I lived in Jewell from the ages of 4-10. It was a very cut off place. But they had the best school I have ever seen. We did so many cool activities and were part of some PBS docs. Grew up foraging moss, mushrooms, and berries. My dad taught me how to fire a gun, safe gun practice/ how to hunt(so we used to shoot for long periods of time too, like I assume the person in the video was). We trapped rabbits, fished trout in the river, and caught crawdads with homemade bucket traps. We basically lived off the land. We had a beautiful garden. I remember going by the abandoned houses every day riding the school bus. There was also an albino Elk that I loved seeing everyday at the refuge. We would go on day drips to Astoria and explore Fort Stevens inside and out. Running up the stairs in the Astor Column was always a fun/ scary thing to do. There was a haunted movie theatre in that we went to a few times. Fort Clatsop was also a fun place to hang out as a kid. Peter Iredale wreck. Definitely a beautiful place to grow up. I definitely spent more time outside than in.

I'm 56 now,but lived in Jewell when I was 6-8 yrs old . I'm pretty sure you were in my old house (the last one you were in with the dryer ) the wheelchair was my uncle's Chris Barnett,he had gotten one of the very first one they made for wheelchair basketball Anyway I don't think anyone has lived in it since us my mom took me and my brother and left my dad behind they had issues so we moved to my grandmother's on hwy26 right by the junction to go Tillamook Oregon.she had 27 acres that was a functional cattle ranch my dad was in the Jewell chapter of the Gypsy Jokers MC. And he own a gas station on hwy26 right by the truck stop did you guys go down 26 at all? Right near the Tillamook junction there was a restaurant named flo's you might wanna check out that place too last time I was on 26 and drove by it was abandoned One memory of that house was in the woods around it there were the biggest freezing spiders ever. Didn't know about the school mom drove me my grandmas and I rode the bus from there to Cannon beach elementary school where recess was actually on the beach ,so long ago memory not so great so much has happened in my life since hard to remember when I was that young ,dad lives in coos Bay now ,wonder how he's doing. Sorry about rambling ,happens when we get old. Anyway love your content keep I up! P.s. it would have been the early 70s when we lived there

I live here all my life

I've been curious about this place since I saw it on a map. Thanks for showing it and the little history there was to share.

If you're in that part of Oregon try heading over to Clatskanie. You will find Swedetown Road. Near the end of it along the Wilson River you will find old Swedetown. There used to be several houses along the closed and forgotten road. Kinda cool if you can find it.

What an amazing place to explore! Thanks for sharing. I just subscribed to your channel! Keep up the great work! 🤘😎

Thankyou for sharing your visit.

Great video, super interesting. Those cows are huuuuge!!! And you two are adorable btw!!!!

My mom graduated from Jewell High School in 1942. It hasn’t been that many years since she attended her all school years reunion.

Nice video! Keep up the good work 👍

You guys those graphics at the start, those Monopoly pieces...awesome!

Maybe you could do a story on "Bradwood" a ghost town on the Columbia river just down stream from Wauna, Ore. At one time there was a small town and a very large sawmill which I saw burn to the ground in the late 1960's. There was a logging railroad that went up into te woods too on Nicolie mountain. The owner at the time was Blanche Bradley, a very dear friend of our family. Her house is preserved in Cathlamet, Wash, where I grew up with my brother. They are holding "Bald Eagle Days" in Cathlamet this weekend.

Really cool, thanks for sharing

Hi guys thanks for the video, very interesting.

The gunshots aren’t usually going on so much. There’s a guy out there that sets sights and works on guns. Could be him. This is a great location, about 1/2 hour to Seaside one way and 1/2 hour to Intel the other way. An hour from Portland. Lots of deer and elk, bobcat, cougar and coyotes.

This is one of the most beautiful places in Oregon

I definitely want to visit jewell now- what an adventure

Love your video

My friends uncle lives in Jewel and people are wild out there😂😂

Those bread makers… my Grandpa LOVED making his homemade bread in the bread machine. He took a lot of pride. Probably because it’s the only “cooking” he did, besides making popcorn. I always thought the bread didn’t taste as good when it came from those machines. Also, they would have the weird hole in the bottom.

I'm in the Douglas county area. I wonder how many abandoned places there are around here

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We went adventuring today and found two abandoned sites, a cemetery and an old RV park lol. So I got the itch again and stumbled on this. Your commentary tho, lol SAME. Love it🙌🏻 might have to take another trip real soon..GFYS lol😆🙌🏻

Great explore! Loved to see all the little details. Do you usually do Oregon? Or travel all over?

Beautiful Elk reserve in Jewel

Jewell was in alot better shape in the late 60's when my brother lived close to there. I lived across the river on the Washington side of the river.

Could you do a show on Frankport , or

I have been researching Jewell, trying to figure out what happened to it. I know that the post office closed in 1967 but where was it? What happened to the town? I did read a rumor of a fire but I can't find a single thing about it. As you noted, the store still had things inside of it, it's like they all left in a hurry. Do yo happen to know what happened to the town? Did you drive by their school on highway 103?

I remember when Jewell was a vibrant town , as well as Valsetz. The gunfire, disturbing. Maybe someone on a shooting range.

I'm digging the music, who is it?

Ha. The first gravestone you can see is most likely my uncle. Uh, I wouldn't call Jewell a ghost town. Plenty of people live there, obviously somebody takes care of the cemetery, there's a functioning school district. Now Mist, on the other hand...

All the gunfire sucks when playing in the woods.

It appears that the store owner was the last to leave and he stayed there until he either had to leave or died with his animal's feed bowls and the ledger from the store.. Go figure!!:) I would love to do what you two are doing.

Journal paper - they were keeping books for something!

How do you find these places?

I do not mind the Firearms going off in this video. It's the sound of FREEDOM!

Would you guys know where any haunted houses are that I could stay the night in?

Does anyone know why the county allowed it to decay to such extent? Perhaps it private land? Such a shame to see it dilapidated, as cool as old stuff is, would’ve been neat to see it cleaned up and quaint.

The ending made me choke on my drink

I miss being there

I thought people still lived in Jewel.

Lived in Jewell.Mist. and Natles

Man those gunshots just continuing throughout your whole time there!

Not exactly a ghost town, there is close to a thousand people there in the area and a school K-12. I think the post office shut down ages ago though for some reason, odd to have almost a thousand people and no post office, I know far smaller towns with one. So ya a "partial" ghost town. My dad's family is from nearby Vernonia.

I'm sorry if it's just gonna rot into the ground anyway. What's the harm in someone else enjoying it? Just saying.

Very cool! So thought-provoking. Those guns though. Yikes!

Fucking awesome

..so relaxing thugs and spray can artists haven't gotten to it yet..

Most people end their journey at the cemetery 💀💀💀

Great place for the homeless to go too

Ah Oregon...the gunfire is relaxing 😂

Dude, are you really that high?

Gun club or shooting .. hunting

Why are guns going off?

The sound of gun-shots must have driven everyone away.

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Really? You have to use Jesus name as a cuss word?