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Date added: June 12, 2022
The Bandon Fire, which burned the majority of the town on September 26, 1936, displaced a number of the city’s residents from their destroyed houses. The Works Progress Administration (WPA) promptly responded to a request for emergency housing by using… read more
Date added: June 12, 2022
The Union Creek Historic District on the upper Rogue River in Union Creek, Oregon, is listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places because it is a fine representative of a type of rustic resort popular in the early… read more
Date added: June 12, 2022
The Union Creek Historic District on the upper Rogue River in Union Creek, Oregon, is listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places because it is a fine representative of a type of rustic resort popular in the early… read more
Date added: June 9, 2022
After the Bandon Fire of September 26th, 1936 destroyed the city’s grade school along with most of the town, the community sought funds from the Public Works Administration (PWA) to assist in construction of its replacement. The PWA approved the… read more
Date added: June 7, 2022
Bandon’s History Museum occupies a structure built by Work Progress Administration (WPA) workers to house the community’s City Hall. After the destruction of the town in the Bandon Fire of September 26, 1936, priority was given to constructing a new… read more
Date added: June 6, 2022
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) enrollees began development of the 537-acre Cape Sebastian State Park as early as October 1934. The promontory, covered by spruce forest, offers striking views of the Pacific below. CCC workers developed the roads and trails necessary… read more
Date added: June 6, 2022
The visitor center at Diamond Lake, across from the campground, was built by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) in 1938. It is a typical rustic-style building of the northwest forests, with stone foundation and stairs, wood siding, and tree designs… read more
Date added: June 6, 2022
The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) built many trails in the Umpqua National Forest, working under the US Forest Service out of several CCC camps (e.g., Steamboat, Illahee). Mention is made of these trails in some information panels around the national… read more
Date added: June 6, 2022
The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) had a camp at Steamboat Creek from 1933 to 1941. It was a US Forest Service camp serving Umpqua National Forest. The enrollees made many improvements along the North Umpqua River, including campgrounds, trails and… read more
Date added: June 6, 2022
The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) built the fire lookout tower on Cinnamon Butte in 1934. Cinnamon Butte lies 5 miles north of Diamond Lake, east of highway 138, and west of the Mt Theilsen Wilderness Area. The lookout tower… read more
Date added: June 6, 2022
The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) had a camp at Illahee Flats, in the North Umpqua River Valley in Oregon. We do not know the exact years the camp was active, but enrollees from this camp almost certainly built the wooden… read more
Date added: June 5, 2022
The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) had a camp at Steamboat Creek from 1933 to 1941. It was a US Forest Service camp serving Umpqua National Forest. The enrollees made many improvements along the North Umpqua River, including campgrounds, trails and… read more
Date added: June 5, 2022
The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) had a camp at Steamboat Creek from 1933 to 1941. The enrollees made many improvements around area in Umpqua National Forest, working under the US Forest Service, including campgrounds, trails and bridges. One of the… read more
Date added: June 5, 2022
The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), working out of the Steamboat CCC Camp under the US Forest Service built four campgrounds nearby, including Canton Creek. The campgrounds were all built sometime between 1933 and 1941, probably earlier than later in this… read more
Date added: June 5, 2022
There was a Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) on Steamboat Creek, ~1.5 miles up Steamboat Road from Highway 138, along this tributary of the North Umpqua River. We were not able to locate a likely site for the camp on… read more