Roberta McKern
In last month’s column I wrote about time’s alteration of a one-mile stretch of Highway 228 running west from the Crawfordsville Bridge and taking in a popular swimming hole sometimes called locally “the Crawfordsville Dam.”
Many can associate it with McKercher Park, just above the swimming hole.
The swimming hole is formed by a basalt dike crossing the Calapooia River followed by a pool below with a gravel bottom. Above the pool a…