[or-roots] Kinzua

[Mary Marling]

As former resident of Condon/Lonerock I would add that there was a
passenger, and probably mail, service by "the Goose" on rails between
Condon and Kinzua.  I believe "Searcy" Creek is correct.   The former
mill pond was a great place to catch trout from the bank before beings
sold and removed from public access in recent years..
After mill was removed, every vestige of the entire village was removed,
ground plowed and pine trees planted.  All that remained was the lovely
pond.
Further info might be available, a short distance away, at a Historical
Center in Fossil, the county seat of Wheeler County.
Mary

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Leslie Chapman" <khanjehgil at presys.com>
To: <or-roots at sosinet.sos.state.or.us>
Sent: Sunday, June 27, 2004 9:12 PM
Subject: RE: [or-roots] Kinzua


> Verdena;
>
> I think you have the right general area, here is the USGS info on the
> "populated place";
>
> Feature Name:  Kinzua (historical)
> Feature Type:  populated place
> Elevation (feet):  3420
> Description:  Kinzua was a company mill town in which it and company
> property has been removed and abandoned.
> State:  Oregon
> County:  Wheeler
> USGS 7.5' x 7.5' Map:  Kinzua
>  lat 44degrees 59' 23" N
>  long 120degrees 03' 28' W
>
> the golf course, which they list as historical?, is about 30 seconds
further
> north and a minute and a half further west than the town. Kinzua was
at the
> confluence of Searcy Creek (Scarcy? hard to read) and Thirty mile.
There is
> an airstrip a couple of miles north of it that still bears the Kinzua
name,
> and the topo map shows the Condon Kinzua and Southern railroad as
still
> running through the townsite, I seem to remember reading about that
train,
> but don't know if what I read was it is no more or what. Okay that was
too
> easy;
>
> FROM; http://www.brian894x4.com/UPCondonRailroad.html
>
> In 1928, a line was built from Condon, 24 miles to Kinzua and called
the
> Condon, Kinzua and Southern.
> This line served several logging operations and eventually terminated
at a
> large mill town called Kinzua
> that was built in 1937, by the Kinzua Pine Mills Co.   This section of
track
> between Condon and Kinzua
> was abandoned and the tracks pulled up when the mill and town closed
in
> 1976.  This short line only
> operated one engine in its last days.  A GE 70 ton, numbered 104, that
was
> acquired new in 1951.   A
> Heisler - 3 truck steam engine, built in 1929 for the line was used
for
> several decades and actually
> survives today.   It is currently being used by the Mt. Hood Scenic
Railroad
> in Elbe, Washington, in
> active tourist service!  In it's earlier years of operation, several
other
> steam engines were used.
>
> Judy should contact the person who posted this web page, he is
interested in
> exploring Kinzua, and if she was interested in going there too, they
might
> be able to arrange a joint expedition, it appears to be somewhat
> inaccessible.
>
> Les C
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From:  Verdena Veelle
> Sent: Saturday, June 26, 2004 11:39 PM
> Subject: [or-roots] Kinzua
>
> Was this located near Fossil?  A goggle search brings up
> http://www.pasturegolf.com/kinzua.htm which is a golf course now.  It
has a
> picture of what is left of what was the millpond.
> Verdena Veelle
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> To: or-roots at sosinet.sos.state.or.us
> Sent: Saturday, June 26, 2004 10:06 PM
>
> I too lived in Kinzua-about 1941 and in Camp 5 as well.  I was very
young.
> Do you have any other stories about the area?  I understand that it
has been
> purchased by someone with a great deal of money and the roads have
been
> closed and you cannot even go near the place now.
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