44°44′10″N 122°52′14″W / 44.7360°N 122.8706°W / 44.7360; -122.8706

Shelburn is an unincorporated community and ghost town located in Linn County, Oregon, United States, established in the 1850s.[1] The town experienced a significant number of deaths in the 1860s during the third cholera pandemic along the Oregon Trail.[1] A blacksmith shop in the city dates to the 1890s.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Florin, Lambert (1992). Ghost Towns of the Pacific Frontier. New York City: Promontory Press. pp. 79–80. ISBN 978-0-883-94068-6.


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