by lakecountry | May 19, 2017 | Bernie Gatkze, Community Events, Guest Bloggers, History of Lake Country
The Oyama Fire Department was the first organized fire department in what is now Lake Country. A fire at Appleton’s General store, located next to the Oyama Post Office and Thomson’s Garage demonstrated the need for fire suppression in the community. That fire was...
by lakecountry | Jan 16, 2015 | Bloggers, History of Lake Country, Thomson, Carol
In early days it took dedicated community members to provide recreational facilities in the Lake Country area. The following except is from the manuscript, The Autobiography of Harold David Butterworth of Oyama,1 where Butterworth documents the making of an outdoor...