Sumpter Oregon Sumpter Photos! Photos of Sumpter Attractions! Gold mining is so much fun! No doubt about it! But when you bring your family or club to Sumpter, you will find plenty of historic attractions and events to visit and enjoy that will make visiting Sumpter, Oregon a great vacation idea! We would like to sharejust some of our favorite Sumpter photos here with you! To see additional great photos of Sumpter, Oregon, be sure to visit the websites for our featured attractions! Lets start with some great Sumpter photos of our historic mining town! Sumpter, Oregon was founded in 1862 by some confederate soldiers on their way to California gold fields...or so the story goes! Sumpter was a gold mining boom town with a population of over 3,000 people! Tragically, most of Sumpter burned to the ground in a matter of a few short hours in 1917 from which it never really recovered. Enjoy our Sumpter photos! For more Sumpter, Oregon history, please visit our friends at www.historicsumpter.com