Dad grew up in the small town of Detroit, OR. In 1952 the town of Detroit was inundated when the Army Corp of Engineers finished the Detroit Dam on the Santiam River.
Per his request, we spread his ashes on Detroit Lake, shown above.
More on Detroit from the Oregon Historical Society.
And more about the underwater ghost town, visible in a drought in 2013, here.
C. M. Jones 1919-1997 