Disston is an

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in Lane County,

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, southeast of Cottage Grove where Brice Creek and Layng Creek join to form the

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. It is about a mile west of the

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. Its post office opened in 1906 and ran until 1974. Cranston Jones—the first

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—was also one of the founders of the first

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in Disston and the name of the town came from the famous Disston saws. At one time there were two sawmills in Disston, the Wheeler-Osgood Lumber Company and the I. E. James Lumber Company. Both mills closed down in the 1950s. Disston was a sawmill and logging town and also a supply point for miners heading into the nearby Bohemia mining district. The terminus of the

Oregon, Pacific and Eastern Railway The Oregon, Pacific and Eastern Railway was an Oregon-based short line railroad that began near Eugene as the Oregon and Southeastern Railroad (O&SE) in 1904. O&SE's line ran along the Row River between the towns of Cottage Grove and Dissto ...

logging railroad was also in Disston.Row River Trail
/ref> Much of the former rail line has now been converted to the

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, although the

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doesn't extend into Disston. A hiking trail managed by the

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, the Noonday Wagon Road Trail, follows an 1896 wagon road that started in Disston and was used to haul supplies into the mining district.

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Historic images of two covered bridges near Disston
from the Salem Public Library
Historic image of students at Disston School
from the University of Oregon Library Unincorporated communities in Lane County, Oregon 1906 establishments in Oregon Populated places established in 1906 Unincorporated communities in Oregon {{LaneCountyOR-geo-stub

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