Pondosa, Oregon
Pondosa is an unincorporated community in Union County, Oregon, United States. Pondosa has an elevation of 3261 feet (994 meters).[1]
The town came into being in 1927, when the four Stoddard brothers of La Grande bought land in the area.[2] They moved the sawmill operations of the Grande Ronde Lumber Company in nearby Perry to the site.[2] The town was named after the Ponderosa Pines that dotted the area.[2] A post office was established in 1927.[2] In 1931, Truman Collins of The Collins Companies of Portland bought the mill.[3] The mill was sold again in 1956, this time to Boise Cascade, which made plans to shut down the mill.[2] This caused the decline of the town, which had over 500 inhabitants at the time.[2] The post office was discontinued in 1959.[2]
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