Historic Willard Cabin Moving To Peterson Prairie

A historic cabin built in 1940 by the Civilian Conservation Corps in Willard in Skamania County is going to be moved later this week to Peterson Prairie seven miles west of Trout Lake.  The cabin was the home of the former Willard Ranger Station in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest…serving as a combination tool house and bunkhouse for Forest Service personnel.  On Friday it will be loaded onto a trailer and moved to Peterson Prairie to replace the former guard station there, which was used by the public for many years as a recreational rental cabin before being destroyed by fire two years ago.  The building will be driven slowing over Forest Service roads 16 miles to its new home.  The cabin will be remodeled for recreation lodging use, with the exterior to be restored to its original 1940 appearance.  The Forest Service has worked with the Mt. Adams Institute in Trout Lake since last year on rehabilitation and restoration of the cabin.

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