Originally called Clyde, the community of Mayville on Highway 19 south of Condon grew by offering services to stage coaches and freight haulers in the late 1800s. Residents hoped to make Mayville the county seat of Gilliam County, which was created from Wasco County in 1885, but county voters finally chose Condon in 1890. Undaunted, citizens built a large Independent Order of Odd Fellows (IOOF) hall, church, grange hall, mercantile, and other buildings. But a fire later destroyed the hotel while a newly paved Highway 19 allowed motorists to speed through Mayville without stopping, thus sealing its fate as a ghost town.