Tell us what you remember

Greetings all!

The Up from the UnderStory community media team met for it's first Saturday workshop and we (or at least i) had a blast! Here we are all circled up!

We went went over camera techniques, shooting portraits, and got ourselves all set up on the blog! So stay tuned for weekly installments from the group.

Before we got all technical, we spent some time talking about community history in the Blue Mountain area. Team members had asked folks they knew about what the area was like in the 60s and 70s and how it's changed since then. Check out what they discovered....

The big changes that were noticed:
1. Not as much logging, so not a lot of jobs
2. Kinds and types of buildings have changed
3. Fewer businesses
4. The youth center has grown (A positive change)

Some details...

• There was a big fire in the 1970s that burned a lot down; there are not as many stores now. Ever since the fire people don’t seem to respect the town as much as they did before the fire.
• Town used to have a deli and meat counter where you could buy fresh meat. Jerry Hyde owned this deli.
• There used to be festivals in the street. The community would close down the street and there would be dancing. Dori the bus driver remembered how she danced in the streets.
• There used to be more logging: people made a living with the woods and lumber. Ever since the mills closed down people now have to commute to work.
• The youth center used to be a lumber yard called “Scottos”
• Scott who owned Scottos Lumber also owned grocery store/hotel/bar. All of this is now burned down.
• The town used to have a medical clinic, a feed and drugstore, and a hardware store.
• There even was a court house in West Point called Judge Henry’s Courthouse
• Chris remembers a hotel/bar that was a good hang out spot for everybody. Even kids were allowed inside.
• There used to be four bars and now there are only two.

Sound right to you? What do you remember this place being like?
Tell us your memories! Make a comment.