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Umpqua volunteers craft a resurrection.

Publication: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
Publication Date: 31-AUG-07 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Umpqua volunteers craft a resurrection.(Festivals)(Four men labor to bring history to life and life to their city)

Article Excerpt
Byline: Andrea Damewood The Register-Guard

ELKTON - First it rotted. Then it burned. Then the floods came.

And now, more than 150 years after Fort Umpqua disappeared from its spot by the river, its rebuilding is busting backs.

About one mile from where the original fort stood, four dedicated residents - all pushing or over the age of 70 - are trying to do what a dozen burly Hudson's Bay Co. fur traders did in five months.

One 78-year-old volunteer, Keith Carr, has hand-peeled more than 300 logs. Another member is having an MRI for his aching spine brought on by the grueling work. They all don support belts to haul lumber.

"It's kind of backbreaking work. Most of the people who show up to do it, they don't even get half a log...

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