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Boom town doomed by dam to flood Detroit area
Caled Prowse reports from Detroit Oregon where a reservoir project will flood the town, displacing 2000 workers and swelling population to about 8000. Villagers, amid timber country, plan to cash in on the coming boom while awaiting the rising waters and the Army Engineers’ completion of the dam.
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Caled Prowse
Detroit, Ore
Oregon Village
Oregon Cascade Mountains
Detroitite
U. S. Army Engineere
Detroit
Tayting