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Money to further Fort Umpqua construction
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Elkton Community Education Center is the recipient of a $30,000 grant from the M. J. Murdock Charitable Trust. The money will go toward the Fort Umpqua Replica Construction project, a press release said.
Volunteers have completed approximately half the stockade and one bastion of the 150-foot by 200-foot enclosure, which will eventually have three structures within its walls. The original Fort Umpqua was the southernmost Hudson Bay Company fur trading post from 1836-1851. It was instrumental in early agricultural development of the Elkton area.
The Murdock Trust was created by the late Jack Murdock, co-founder of Tektronix. Its mission is to enrich the quality of life in the Pacific Northwest states by providing grants to organizations that seek to strengthen the region's educational and cultural base in creative and sustainable ways.
In addition to the Fort Umpqua project, the Butterfly Pavilion, a Native Oregon Botanical Garden and several student-run social enterprises are available from Memorial Day through Labor Day each year. The 30-acre site is just west of Elkton on Highway 38.
Volunteers have completed approximately half the stockade and one bastion of the 150-foot by 200-foot enclosure, which will eventually have three structures within its walls. The original Fort Umpqua was the southernmost Hudson Bay Company fur trading post from 1836-1851. It was instrumental in early agricultural development of the Elkton area.
The Murdock Trust was created by the late Jack Murdock, co-founder of Tektronix. Its mission is to enrich the quality of life in the Pacific Northwest states by providing grants to organizations that seek to strengthen the region's educational and cultural base in creative and sustainable ways.
In addition to the Fort Umpqua project, the Butterfly Pavilion, a Native Oregon Botanical Garden and several student-run social enterprises are available from Memorial Day through Labor Day each year. The 30-acre site is just west of Elkton on Highway 38.
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