M ass ▁media ▁in ▁the ▁State ▁of ▁Palest ine ▁Category : Pro pag anda ▁by ▁interest ▁Category : News ▁media ▁manip ulation ▁Category : Cons pi racy ▁theories <0x0A> </s> ▁M ist ▁is ▁an ▁un in cor por ated ▁community ▁in ▁Columbia ▁County , ▁Oregon , ▁United ▁States . ▁Form er ly ▁called ▁R ivers ide , ▁the ▁place ▁was ▁renamed ▁in ▁ 1 8 8 8 ▁for ▁the ▁atmos pher ic ▁conditions ▁of ▁the ▁Ne h alem ▁Valley . ▁The ▁first ▁land ▁claims ▁in ▁the ▁area ▁had ▁been ▁made ▁circa ▁ 1 8 7 0 . ▁The ▁original ▁R ivers ide ▁post ▁office ▁was ▁closed ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 5 . ▁▁ ▁On ▁July ▁ 6 , ▁ 2 0 0 1 , ▁the ▁M ist ▁store , ▁which ▁was ▁built ▁in ▁ 1 8 7 4 , ▁caught ▁fire ▁and ▁was ▁destroyed . ▁Until ▁then , ▁it ▁was ▁the ▁oldest ▁continu ously ▁operating ▁business ▁in ▁Oregon , ▁offering ▁food ▁and ▁hardware ▁and ▁displaying ▁historic ▁newspaper ▁cli ppings ▁and ▁ant ique ▁logging ▁equipment ▁on ▁the ▁walls . ▁ ▁M ist ▁is ▁a ▁cross ro ads ▁community ▁where ▁Oregon ▁Route ▁ 4 7 ▁turns ▁north ▁to ▁Cl at sk anie , ▁and ▁a ▁pione er ▁trail ▁( B urn ▁Road ) ▁crossed ▁the ▁Ne h alem ▁River ▁and ▁went ▁south ▁to ▁Vern onia . ▁It ▁is ▁the ▁eastern ▁termin us ▁of ▁Oregon ▁Route ▁ 2 0 2 . ▁The ▁Ne h alem ▁River ▁valley ▁wid ens ▁between ▁M ist ▁and ▁Jew ell