Wyeth is an unincorporated

Unincorporated area

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 locale in Hood River County

Hood River County, Oregon

-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 20,411 people, 7,248 households, and 5,175 families residing in the county. The population density was 39 people per square mile . There were 7,818 housing units at an average density of 15 per square mile...

, Oregon

Oregon

Oregon is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is located on the Pacific coast, with Washington to the north, California to the south, Nevada on the southeast and Idaho to the east. The Columbia and Snake rivers delineate much of Oregon's northern and eastern...

, United States

United States

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. It is the site of a campground area in the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area off Interstate 84

Interstate 84 in Oregon

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 (I-84).

It was a railway station and had a post office between 1901 and 1936. It was named after explorer Nathaniel J. Wyeth, builder of Fort Hall (today's Pocatello, Idaho

Pocatello, Idaho

Pocatello is the county seat and largest city of Bannock County, with a small portion on the Fort Hall Indian Reservation in neighboring Power County, in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Idaho. It is the principal city of the Pocatello metropolitan area, which encompasses all of Bannock...

) and the Fort William trading post

Fort William (Oregon)

Fort William was a fur trading outpost built by American Nathaniel Jarvis Wyeth in 1834. It was located on the Columbia River on Wappatoo Island in what is now part of Portland, Oregon. It was the site of a murder and the first Euro-American trial in what is now the state of Oregon...

 on Sauvie Island

Sauvie Island

Sauvie Island, in the U.S. state of Oregon, originally Wapato Island or Wappatoo Island, is the largest island along the Columbia River, at 26,000 acres , and the largest river island in the United States...

. The area is now home to the Wyeth State Recreation Area.

Wyeth is located 51 miles east of Portland

Portland, Oregon

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 at exit #51 of I-84, and 1/4 mile west on Herman Creek Road. It is a trailhead for Wyeth Trail #411, the Gorge Trail #400, and Gorton Creek Falls.

History

Wyeth was an early settlement site. It became the site of a Civilian Conservation Corps

Civilian Conservation Corps

The Civilian Conservation Corps was a public work relief program that operated from 1933 to 1942 in the United States for unemployed, unmarried men from relief families, ages 18–25. A part of the New Deal of President Franklin D...

 (CCC) camp in the 1930s. In the 1940s, it was the site of Camp 21, a Civilian Public Service

Civilian Public Service

The Civilian Public Service provided conscientious objectors in the United States an alternative to military service during World War II...

 camp for Conscientious Objector

Conscientious objector

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s that took over the abandoned CCC facility during World War II

World War II

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. Residents of the camp included architect Kemper Nomland

Kemper Nomland

Kemper Nomland Jr. was a modernist architect in Los Angeles, California and part of a father-son architectural team with his father Kemper Nomland. He was also a painter and printer of poetry and arts publications....

, actor Lew Ayres

Lew Ayres

Lew Ayres was an American actor, best known for starring as Paul in All Quiet on the Western Front and for playing Dr...

, politician George Brown, Jr.

George Brown, Jr.

George Edward Brown, Jr. was an American politician. He was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from 1963 to 1971 and from 1973 to 1999, representing Los Angeles, San Bernardino and Riverside counties in California.-Background:Brown was born in Holtville, California...

, and actor, director and playwright Kermit Sheets

Kermit Sheets

Louis Kermit Sheets was an actor, director, playwright and an artistic partner with poet James Broughton.-World War II:...

.