A DAM WAS BUILT
A LAKE WAS FILLED
NOW LOGS WOULD BE MILLED
ROADS BUILT, RAILROAD TRACKS LAYED
THEN CAME A LUMBER MILL
THEN THE TOWN WAS MADE
THIS TOWN IN THE VALLEY OF THE SILETZ
WAS THEN NAMED VALSETZ
THEN THE SCHOOLS CAME,
THEN THE COUGAR FAME.
IN A VALLEY WITH TREES SO GREEN, AND WATER RUNNING SO BLUE AND CLEAN
THE DRIVE TO VALSETZ
WAS 16 MILES
UP, DOWN, AND AROUND
ON A WINDING GRAVEL ROAD
SNOW IN WINTER, DUST IN SUMMER
A TRIP OVER THE HILL
COULD BE QUITE THE THRILL
OR A BUMMER
AND NEAR THE TOP, COLD SPRINGS
A DRINK OF COLD WATER
WAS A FAVORITE STOP
HITTING THE FLATS
BROUGHT BIG SMILES
KNOWING, VALSETZ WAS NOW
ONLY A FEW MILES
PAST THE OLD SWIMMING HOLE
BEYOND THE COUNTY BRIDGE AROUND THE BEND AND OVER THE RIDGE
IN THE TOWN YOU FOUND
VALSETZ STREETS WERE DIRT OR GRAVEL
AND CADILLAC WAS
THE MAIN STREET OF TRAVEL
THE SIDE WALKS AS THEY SHOULD
WERE ALL MADE FROM WOOD
PHOTOS BY Lou Blaser
Jim Oneth
& others
AS TOLD IN THE PAST
VALSETZ COULD NOT LAST
COME THE YEAR 1984, WAS
WHEN DOORS CLOSED, AND THE TOWN
VALSETZ WAS TO BE NO MORE
RAILROAD TRACKS WERE REMOVED
ROADS CLOSED
THEN BUILDINGS BURNED & DOZED
THE DAM WAS REMOVED, AND THE LAKE DRAINED
NOW A LAKE WOULD NO LONGER BE FILLED
THERE WOULD BE NO MORE LOGS MILLED
TO MOTHER NATURE, VALSETZ HAS BEEN RETURNED
TO THE VALLEY OF TREES SO GREEN
WITH WATER RUNNING SO BLUE & CLEAN
By JERRY BLACKWELL
REMEMBER TRUCK # 23 ?
BOB ENDECOTTS "PUSS"
LAST DRIVE DOWN VALSETZ STREETS
NOW DRY VALSETZ LAKE - 2002 or 2004
From Ron Jorgenson's collection
POWELL'S HOME AT CAMP ONE
CLICK ANY RED LINE TO RETURN TO TOP
COLD SPRINGS.
Click on Bob's truck to return to top
Dry Valsetz Lake bed
THE OLD SWIMMING HOLE
