Trail leading through what was once Lake Valsetz

The following is based on information I found on Wikipedia. It pretty much summarizes everything else I've heard about Valsetz so I take it to be reliable.

Valsetz was established by the William W. Mitchell timber company, west of Falls City, in 1919. The company built a railroad line that ran 39 miles west from the farming community of Independence through Kings Valley of the Luckiamute River to the flats where Fanno Creek joined the South Fork Siletz River. They called the railroad the Valley & Siletz Railroad, and named the mill town they built at the end of the railroad, Valsetz. The town got a Post Office in 1920, thrived and at one time had somewhere around 300 full time residents. MORE...