 It was kind of a rough place. There were a lot of saloons and some crofts. Just a decade after it hit its prime, a competing railroad built a more direct route from Bend to Portland, and Shanico was basically deserted. It could die. It could die out if people don't care. Selina Kephart has opened an antique store in town. There's a post office once again, a record store, candy store, restaurant, and an old hotel that's been refurbished. And what's a ghost town without a few mysterious presences?