Five-Thousand Cremated Remains Sit Unclaimed in the Oregon State Hospital

Rusting away inside the walls of the one-hundred and twenty-two year-old Oregon State Hospital are nearly five-thousand tins of cremated remains belonging to patients whose unclaimed bodies were left to the institution. From 1913 to 1914, in an attempt to make better use of the land surrounding the hospital, the decision was made and the bodies were exhumed from their original grave sites, cremated, and assembled in a “Cremains Room” in the buildings basement.

Over the years the paper labels noting the names and dates of the deceased have warn away, leaving most unmarked.

Source: Oregon Live

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