Saturday, September
28, 12:00 -- 4:30
Borst Park, Centralia WA
Join your fellow members the Fall for a celebration of
Centralia, WA. Enjoy some NWOCTA comradeship -- take time to renew old
friendships and make new ones. Bring along a friend, or an OCTA member
who hasn't been on a chapter activity in a while. Don't forget to bring
something for a raffle; it needn't be trail related. Bring your own
picnic lunch (this is not a potluck), the chapter will furnish soft
drinks and coffee. Some members are planning to bring desserts for 6. If
you wish to do this let know with your registration. Please reply by Sept.
18.
We will meet in an enclosed area, complete with
fireplace, so cold or damp weather will not be a problem. Chuck
Hornbuckle will discuss the Cowlitz Trail that traversed this area.
A Centralia based historian will provide local color and a local guide
will give tours of the Borst Home, blockhouse and schoolhouse. There is
a charge of $2.50 per person for the tour and it is optional.
Directions to Borst Park
Plan to arrive at 12:00 noon or a little after, because
the board is having a planning meeting prior to the picnic. From I-5
take Exit 82, turn west. Stay in the left lane of Harrison for0.6 mile
and turn left on Johnson Road. Turh left again just beyond Centralia
High School. Meet at Borst Kitchen #1 on the left side of the road near
the playground.
Historic Borst Home and Army Blockhouse
Built in the early 1860s, this stately white mansion is
located on the banks of the Chehalis River near Centralia in Borst Park.
Joseph Borst calculated that it was so well built that it would last 80
years. It has already lasted well over a century and is still going
strong. The Blockhouse, now moved to the city park to avoid Chehalis
River flooding, was constructed by Army volunteers to house supplies for
the 1855-56 Indian Wars.
For more information call
at
425-454-7118
