Photo by Ri
By Randy Frank
Estacada:
a logging
community
at the foot
of the
Cascades
This is the story of one day in the life
of Estacada, Oregon, as seen through the
eyes of the Journalism and Photojournalism
classes at Clackamas Community College,
This will not be your average story for
it will include such information as the
various aspects of the logging industry as
seen through the eyes of the community,
the loggers themselves and some of the
major businesses, plus some of the various
aspects of a small logging town such as
the Forest Service, police, doctors and its
major industry, the Crown Zellerbach Mill.
Nestled in the lush, green foothills of
the Cascade range, Estacada is one of the
most picturesque communities in Clackamas
County.
Estacadians are never too far away from
the hustle and bustle of the big city as they
are only 40 short minutes from the heart
of Portland.
However, Estacada does manage to main-
tain a small community atmosphere as at
last count only 1,720 residents reside with
in its borders while the Estacada area in
cludes around 17,000.
Estacada is a bedroom community to the
Portland metropolitan area with the major
ity of its people commuting to and from
the city for work.
The immediate Estacada area has a di
verse economy with major employers being
the U.S. Forest Service, Cascade Utilities,
Portland General Electric (PGE), Park Lum
ber Company Division of Crown Zeller
bach,
Milwaukie Plywood Corporation,
Haughton Log Company and Estacada Rock
Products, Incorporated.
Cindy Ralston
Reggie Latham
^4-4 Fran Dutton. .
ci Sharon Flavell .
Charlie Bennett
CZ) Randy Clark . .
Randy Wood .
...................................... Editor
.......................... Photo Editor
............... Production Manager
. Assist. Production Manager
...................................... Printer
Journalism/Publications Head
. . . . Photography Instructor
This publication was a joint production of two
Clackamas Community College journalism classes:
J 218, Newspaper Editing and Design, and J134,
Photojournalism.
Students from J 218 gathered and wrote the
material based on interviews gathered on location.
Students from J 134 were responsible for cap
turing the writer's words on film and producing those
pictures.
The Journalism/Publications program extends its
sincere appreciation to all those who made this publi
cation possible.
P/MYimnnitv
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The Estacada school system is
of two elementary school distri
Union High School district whicl
education for approximately 2,50C
It is also within the Clackamas C(
College district.
As for transportation Estacada
on State Highway 244 which run:
land and on State Highway 21
eventually ties with 1-5 just north
burn.
Estacada is served daily by Tri
and is only 30 miles from Portia
national Airport.
The temperature is also ideal f
any kind of activity.
The average July temperature
grees F. and the average January
ture is 34 degrees F. Precipitation
57.5 inches a year and Estacada <
ages around 11.4 inches of snow.
There are 16 churches in Estacada al
a different denomination. Estacada alii
a theater and city library for those«
enjoy the more relaxed type of recreal
For those who prefer a little morel
cise Estacada is located on the Clacks,
River and is open, along with its
and several high lakes, for year
ing. In the fall the Cascade foothills]_
major site for deer hunting,
also only an hour drive from the majol
areas and is approximately two hours!
from the Pacific Ocean beaches.
PGE's North Fork reservoir is a poj
place in the summer for water skiers,fl
men and swimmers as are the beaul
parks in the area including McIver S
Park, Eagle Fern, Metzler and Barton. I
Estacada also has eight tennis
a golf course five miles out of town.
Estacada residents are never ata
news as the Clackamas County
published weekly in Estacada and the
major Portland dailies circulate in the'
Estacada is within the reception
Portland radio and TV stations.
Estacada is also served by a
police force, a largely volunteer 221
fire department and three doctors.
The small community of Estacada
ingly has not really changed since its
ding back on Dec. 23, 1903, when a
was held at the office of the Oregon
Power Townsite Company, First and
Streets, Portland. Townsite and
company officials suggested various
Rochester, Lowell, Lynn and then
J. Kelly suggested Estacado.
According to legend, Kelly's name'
later drawn from a hat and given to
townsite, but through an error in
was filed as Estacada.
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