Wyeth, Oregon
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{{Short description| Unincorporated community in the state of Oregon, United States}}
Wyeth is an unincorporated locale in Hood River County, Oregon, United States.{{cite gnis |id= 1152669 |name= Wyeth |entrydate= November 28, 1980 |access-date=2010-02-25}} (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.{{cite ogn |7th|pages=1060–1061}} It was named after explorer Nathaniel J. Wyeth, builder of Fort Hall (today's Pocatello, Idaho) and the Fort William trading post on Sauvie Island. The area is now home to the Wyeth State Recreation Area.{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20080907093922/http://columbiariverimages.com/Regions/Places/wyeth.html Wyeth]}} Columbia River Images[http://www.fs.fed.us/r6/columbia/recreation/campgrounds.shtml Wyeth] Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area
Wyeth is located 51 miles east of Portland 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 Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) camp in the 1930s. In the 1940s, it was the site of Camp 21, a Civilian Public Service camp for Conscientious Objectors that took over the abandoned CCC facility during World War II.Charles Davis and Jeffrey Kovac [http://www.historycooperative.org/journals/ohq/107.4/davis.html Confrontation at the Locks]; A Protest of Japanese Removal and Incarceration during World War II, Oregon Historical QuarterlyJeffrey 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 Lew Ayres, politician George Brown, Jr., and actor, director and playwright Kermit Sheets.
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Category:1901 establishments in Oregon
Category:Civilian Conservation Corps in Oregon
Category:Civilian Public Service
Category:Former populated places in Oregon
Category:Populated places established in 1901
Category:Unincorporated communities in Hood River County, Oregon