Wyeth is an unincorporated locale in Hood River County,

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. (Dead link - no longer supported by GNIS) It is the site of a campground area in the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area off Interstate 84 (I-84). It was a railway station and had a post office between 1901 and 1936. It was named after explorer Nathaniel J. Wyeth, builder of Fort Hall (today's

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) and the Fort William trading post on

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. The area is now home to the Wyeth State Recreation Area.Wyeth
Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area Wyeth is located 51 miles east of

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at exit #51 of I-84, and 1/4 mile west on Herman Creek Road. It is a trailhead for Wyeth Trail #411, the Gorge Trail #400, and Gorton Creek Falls.

History

Wyeth was an early settlement site. It became the site of a

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(CCC) camp in the 1930s. In the 1940s, it was the site of Camp 21, a

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camp for

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s that took over the abandoned CCC facility during

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.Jeffrey Kovac, Refusing War, Affirming Peace: A History of Civilian Public Service Camp #21 at Cascade Locks, Oregon State University Press, 2009 Residents of the camp included architect Kemper Nomland, actor

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, politician George Brown, Jr., and actor, director and playwright Kermit Sheets.

References

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