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Prime Purchase Is Part of Historic Ghost Town

Robert B. Pamplin Jr. pays $1.05 million for the two-story, century-old Shaniko Hotel and a nearby RV park.

By Brian K. Miller | Updated on July 28, 2000

SHANIKO, OR—Robert B. Pamplin Jr., one of Oregon’s wealthiest men, has paid $1.05 million for the two-story, century-old Shaniko Hotel and a nearby RV park. He paid another $200,000 for a stretch of storefronts that includes an ice cream parlor and an antique shop.

The portfolio of Robert B. Pamplin Jr. includes textile mills, radio stations, bookstores and agriculture operations. His appreciation for history rather than profits played a role in this purchase, however.

The town, located about 70 miles southeast of the Dalles on U.S. 97, was a boomtown at the turn of the century, with vast ranches raising sheep and cattle. It is known as a ghost town but is incorporated and has a couple of dozen residents and a few businesses.

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