Delora Shedrick was my classmate! (About 1 min. in.) She was in my 4th, or maybe 6th grade class (those were in different schools because they built Seven Locks Elem.and moved us) at least. It’s an unusual name and it’s stuck in my memory. That is super cool.

And you need to mention that as the area grew and the land there became more valuable, a developer tried to zone them out, when they wouldn’t sell. They had been there for a century. So this community was brought about with safety and sanitary upgrades and a legal cooperative structure, after a woman on the council stood up for fairness. It was a big big deal when I was a teenager.

To give folks an idea on what Marian said: you continue on up the hill from them a ways and where I remember cows grazing when I was a kid is now the international headquarters of the Marriott Corp.

I remember the doorbell ringing and Mom answering the person at the door with, YES!! I will sign that petition!!! They were trying to save their community from that developer.