Short Bridge Oregon Fake Ghost Town

Short Bridge Oregon. This is a fake Ghost Town I stumbled upon in Short Bridge. The reason it's fake is because it's like a movie set and only has the front of the buildings. I just love obscure stuff, and this was definitely obscure.

Short Bridge Ghost Town is an impressive replica of an Old West town. The area features a variety of Western-themed storefronts, including a saloon and a stage stop. Short Bridge may not be a real ghost town, but that doesn't make this funky roadside attraction any less fun and obscure.

It's such a fun little pit stop, especially for kids. Venues include a town undertaker, the “Drunken Horse Saloon”, and “Slim’s Cafe”. Whoever built this creation was sure to add all the details, right down to a WANTED poster for Jesse James.

Appropriately, the highway is the route of the old Santiam Wagon Road which was the original crossing over the Cascade Range to Sisters, Oregon. “Our goal for the Short Bridge Ghost Town is to keep our local history of this area alive for our children and others so that it does not die,” a 2013 Facebook post by Jeanne Lahodny reads. “We hope each and every one of you stop by and see our ghost town as we made it for all of you.”

I Love the car they have here even though it's takes away from the Old West Ghost Town theme.

The Short Bridge Ghost Town is located going east on Hwy. 20 at milepost 39 near Cascadia State Park on the right-hand side of the road.