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Unabandoned Documentary of Eastern Oregon (in English)

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Inspired by a quote citing that Oregon has over 250 ghost towns, a team of five OSU students go on a journey to explore small towns in Eastern Oregon. They interview residents in Whitney, Sumpter, and Cornucopia and supplement their work by interviewing two Applied Economics faculty at OSU, Mallory Rahe and Bruce Weber, as well as Steve Arndt who wrote Oregon Ghost Towns A to Z.

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