The General 90th Anniversary Keepsake Program
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From the June 14, 1926 special edition of the Sentinel:
Film Fans Converge on Kingston
Culp Creek, Ore., June 14 - (Special) - Today, the
order was “On to Kingston.” The same order, per-
haps, rang over the rugged hills of Tennessee some
60 odd years ago; but today it was on the picturesque
banks of the Row river. Kingston is the Keaton
movie town just above Wildwood, some two and one
half miles above Culp Creek, on the O.P.&E. railway.
Here a depot and a dwelling — a facsimile of an his-
toric Civil war town in Tennessee, was erected. The
Keaton company was transported to the scene from
headquarters in Cottage Grove on its own trains, one
a freight train of Union and Confederate soldiers,
the other a passenger train transporting other actors.
The early morning looked hardly favorable to good
“shooting,” but as the day wore on the sky cleared
somewhat and several scenes were taken.
It is understood that the work now in hand at
Kingston will be continued tomorrow, conditions
being favorable. Many people from the several sec-
Large crowds attended the filming at many of its locations, with the only directive being that
tions of the country motored to the place to view
they not "cast a shadow on the picture."
the filming, some of them from Eugene.
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