Mitchell, Oregon
Wheeler County · Population 138 · Card no. 1874
A tiny town in a narrow canyon on the road to the Painted Hills, rebuilt more than once after floods.
- The Painted Hills unit of the John Day Fossil Beds is nine miles west.
- Flash floods destroyed much of the town in 1884 and 1904.
- A black bear named Henry was once the town's pet attraction.
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