Shevlin was an

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in Deschutes and

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counties in the U.S. state of

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. It consisted of a collection of logging camp buildings that were moved from place to place on rail cars as logging progressed. The loggers worked for the Shevlin–Hixon Company.

Background

Some of its known locations from north to south included a spot about south of

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and about east of

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and a second place about southeast of La Pine, both in Deschutes County. The community then moved to Summit Stage Station on

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in northeastern Klamath County near its border with Lake County. The

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places the community in the Fremont–Winema National Forest southeast of Chemult. Shevlin post office opened in 1931 with William J. Baer as the first

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. By 1936, the post office had moved to Klamath County, where it continued until 1951. After that, mail to Shevlin went to the post office in Chemult.

References

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