WALDO, OREGON

'Waldo' is a ghost town located in Josephine County, Oregon, United States, about three miles from the California border.''History of southern Oregon : comprising Jackson, Josephine, Douglas, Curry and Coos Counties'' (Portland, OR: A.G. Walling, 1883), p. 446, 456-7. It was settled in 1852 as a gold mining camp called 'Sailor's Diggings'.^[1][2]
The place was later renamed "Waldo" in honor of William Waldo, who in 1853 was the Whig candidate for governor of California. This was apparently because, believing the settlement was in California, William Waldo campaigned there and convinced the populace that they should vote for him.^1[3] The town was the first county seat of Josephine County.^[4]

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1. Illinois Valley history page on Cave Junction, Oregon web site.
2. Grants Pass history page on Grants Pass, Oregon web site.
3. Teather, Louise, ''Place Names of Marin'' (1986), p. 85.
4. Josephine County history at Oregon State Archives.

External links

★ Waldo, Oregon History

★ Waldo, Oregon Ghost Town