Wells Oregon DPO Woman IN Buggy Wellsdale Now Ghost Town To Albany Postcard S30 for Sale

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Wells Oregon DPO Woman IN Buggy Wellsdale Now Ghost Town To Albany Postcard S30:
$49.95

Condition is as shown, please view all of the photos. The Wells post office was in operation from 1880-1936.

The town of Wells, also known as Wellsdale, was wiped out for the construction of Camp Adair during the early days of WWII. Though many rumors had circulated about the possibility, it still came as a shock to the residents. Government men showed up at the tiny schoolhouse one morning and told the teacher that they had to be out by the end of the day, they were! Everyone had to find a new farm, or home somewhere else immediately. This caused a lot of heartache, but it was wartime, and it was done. Any family burial plots were unearthed and moved North to the new Smith and English Cemeteries located West of Fircrest Cemetery on Helmick Road about a mile South of Monmouth. These cemeteries are waymarked. Because Camp Adair is now also a "Ghost Town" Wells can be considered a ghost town within a larger ghost town.

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Condition Description is normal wear associated with an old postcard or photo; it might have creases, corner bumps, ink, or pencil on the front. Please see photos for depiction of the condition

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