Swampy travels to Umatilla!
Umatilla had it’s annual city-wide yard sale and a great opportunity to explore bargains AND historic structures you would have trouble exploring on your own. First up- Lake County Veterans Memorial Park. Just west of Umatilla on U.S. 19 is the home of the local veteran gathering place. I’ve seen it many times but didn’t know - The rest of the story.
I asked the veteran volunteers who were busy with their own indoor yard sale about the building. All seemed rather new to the area and knew little of the building (More of those retiring baby boomers). One knew that something called CC something was involved. That’s all I needed.
This was a Civilian Conservation Corps camp where the CCC folks stayed. They were there to log the area. Below is the interior of the building and you can see the similarities to other CCC projects in our state (Highlands Hammock, Lake Helen). The structure is entirely made of cypress.
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