Blakelyville/Eula/Armet, Oregon
Isabell and John Blakely settled Blakelyville in 1887, and a post office opened in the community in 1910. Two years later, postal and Southern Pacific Cascade Line railroad officials renamed the town Eula, after longtime resident Jo Blakely’s daughter. Around 1925 or so, railroad officials again changed the town’s name from Eula to Armet, so that the town would not be confused with Eola in Polk County. When the United States Army Corps of Engineers constructed Lookout Point Dam in 1954, it displaced Armet's residents. Citizens never rebuilt their town after its inundation.
About this community
- Region
- Pacific Northwest
- Basin
- Willamette
- Project
- Lookout Point and Dexter
- Established
- 1887
- Inundated
- 1953
The community that was displaced
- Displacement cost
- $6,744,766
- Property value
- $99,116
- Vocations
- farmer, fisherman, rancher
- Birthplaces
- local
Archive artifacts
Official Records
- Larkspur Ranch Name Registration 1912Application to Register Farm Name for Larkspur Ranch, filed by James L. Furnish.James L. Furnish · Lane County History Museum
Personal Accounts
- Blakelyville Postcard 1911Postcard from "M" to Miss Sara Mae Smith of Springfield, Oregon. Front side has roses and the words "Greetings from Blakelyville, Oregon."M · Lane County History Museum
Sources
- https://lchm.pastperfectonline.com/Search?search_criteria=Blakelyville%2FEula%2FArmet&onlyimages=false
- Oregon Geographic Names, 3rd Edition (Lewis A. McArthur, 1952)