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EPISODE · Mar 4, 2026 · 8 MIN

Oregon’s highest, smallest city once had its jail stolen

from Offbeat Oregon History podcast · host Finn J.D. John

Because of how it's chartered, the ghost town of Greenhorn remained an incorporated city even when its population was zero — but it couldn't defend its city hoosegow from the midnight raiders of Canyon City one summer night. (Grant and Baker County; 1960s) (For text and pictures, see https://offbeatoregon.com/1505d.greenhorn-smallest-city-jail-stolen-340.html)

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