This was the town where the Eastern Oregon Gold Rush of '61 got started, and it was a wild and lawless place; town ordinances did prohibit stabbing or shooting people “in public places," but otherwise the town was mostly wide open. (Near Griffin Creek, Baker County; 1861) (For text and pictures, see http://offbeatoregon.com/1210a-auburn-wildest-mining-town-vanished.html)