[1] In 1946, Bill Mellin bought Millican and ran the gas station, store and post office.

[1] The post office closed for good in 1953, but the store and gas station remained open for 35 more years.

[1] In 1988, Mellin was robbed and murdered by a parolee from the Oregon State Penitentiary who worked for him in the store, making the town's population zero.

[1] In 1999, Bruce and Tracy Resnick bought Millican with plans to donate the land to the Animal Rescue League, but they put the town up for sale in 2000.

[3] The Millican Store closed again in 2005 when the Murrays moved on to run the cafe and gas station in Hampton, Oregon, further east.