Walker Creek has a really long and rich history. My family is even part of it! I spent some time lookin' for websites that back up my information, and there's only this one: https://sites.google.com/view/walkercreektourism/history (I hope that link works, I don't really know how to work technology). Anyway, I just wanted to talk about it for a sec. Hell, my family's company the Magnil Lumber Company was part of it. We helped make the town into into an actual town. It started as a mining thing, Sanders Mine. Then families came there so they built more things to make it into a town. Stores, houses, the whole deal. There's a lot of stories from that time, folk stories told at the Harvest Festival or to kids at bedtime, things like that. The land was taken over from Native Americans so there's stuff about that too. There's not quite as much history after that starting point, but still some. That's where my family comes in. The Magnil Lumber Company formed around the the early 1900's, WW1 times. My great grandfather wanted to capitalize on the amount of land and trees in the newly formed Walker Creek County. Bought a ton of cheap land, chopped down a bunch of trees, and suddenly they were one of the biggest companies in the area. Even mentioned on that website. Anyway, I don't think the company exists anymore. Got sold to some big corporation, hell if I know what became of any of that land or anything. I turned it down and it all went to shit. But for a while there, we were really important. Most people there probably still know the name Magnil, not that I really checked. Anyway, after that we just sorta kept building up the town until Mayor Lambert tried to tear it all down. Goddamn idiot, I tell you. Can't believe they elected that man. It's all because of Ramsey, the town neighboring Walker Creek. They voted for him mainly and doomed us all for the better half of a decade. Anyway, can't say there was too much more eventful stuff. Just know that Walker Creek is very prideful about their history. We got the Sanders Mine as a historical park, there's buildings with little plaques outside about their history, all sorts of stuff. There's a lotta stuff still standing. That church too. Dunno, lots of stuff, that's my point. I thought you might find this interesting though, that's all.
- Trevor
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