Ghost Town Tokens
Not a bad looking token from Austin Oregon. Austin is pretty much a ghost town these days. Just a few folks living in what was once a major lumbering center on the old Sumpter Valley Rail Line.
The first token that I ever found is this Sumpter Oregon token. The Sullivan House was supposedly the toughest bar in Sumpter. The town, once home to nearly 2,000 people, is now host to 2,000+ only during summer holiday flea market extravaganzas. Found during a street reconstruction project in Baker.
Dug this one just last summer. Only my second Sumpter Oregon token. Recovered it from a roto tillered yard, down about 8 inches. This one was good for five 12 1/2c cigars. Cigar store tokens from old historic gold rush settlements like Sumpter are prized finds in anybody's book.
