WALDO

NAME: Waldo COUNTY: Josephine ROADS: 2WD GRID: 7 CLIMATE: Cold wet winter, very hot dry summer. BEST TIME TO VISIT: Anytime.

COMMENTS: Little is left structurally after a fire swept the town in the early 1900,s Large tailing mounds remain as well as two cemetaries, one Caucasian, and one Chinese. The site is located on Waldo Road, 3miles off US 199, 5 miles south of Cave Junction. . REMAINS: Chinese Cemetary, Caucasian Cemetary.

Waldo, once the county seat of Josephine Co. was at one time a booming gold rush town of 30,000 people. SUBMITTED BY: David Rodgers.

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