Locations
The History of Lake Creek
Title: The History of Lake Creek: Struggles and Perseverance of the Early Settlers. The Lake Creek Historical Society has a booklet for sale. $10.00. If ordered by mail please enclose $3.00 for postage. Sample of Chapters in booklet: Lake Creek get its name, First settlers come to Lake Creek,…
Camp Latgawa aka Dead Indian Soda Springs
The ‘Dead Indian Soda Springs’ are an assortment of small mineral springs that feed into Dead Indian Creek near Lake Creek, OR. The springs are rich in sodium carbonate, iron, magnesium, and sodium hydroxide. The Dead Indian Soda Springs were discov…
Lake Creek Cemetery
LAKE CREEK CEMETERY aka Peck Family Cemetery aka South Fork Cemetery This picture shows how over grown it was the next picture will show what it looked like after May 12, 2012 when 8 men and one woman spent Saturday morning cleaning it up. In this c…
Tablecloth Mystery
Mystery Tablecloth A tablecloth found in a local home provided an intriguing mystery. Thanks for some good detective work the mystery of the tablecloth ant its more then 255 signatures has been pretty well solved. One of the people who did the most …
Gate-way to Lake Creek
Welcome sign as you enter Lake Creek. Provided by B-K Ranch. Come visit our beautiful rural area. This sign is setting on what was once Vern Meyer’s property. As you can see by the sign there is a beautiful General Store, which includes an ice cre…
Lake Creek Community Building
Later known as the Lake Creek Pioneer Hall. This is a picture taken in 1930 of the original hall that occupied this location. It was privately owned by the Wyant Family and burned down in the summer of 1940. My older sister told me they used to have dances here and sold sandwiches and coffee. …
Lost Creek Covered Bridge
Another one of Ralph Wehingers major achievement was the restoration and preservation of Lost Creek Covered Bridge. When Ralph began the project, the bridge needed major restoration. Ralph put together the funding required to completely remove the …