Work to repair resort damaged by Archie Creek fire ahead of schedule
Steamboat Inn owner Travis Woodward walks past the valve house, the water supply system, for the Steamboat Inn restaurant and cabins near Roseburg in December. The system was destroyed in last year’s Archie Creek Fire, but the resort is hoping to open by mid-March. (Michael Sullivan/The News-Review via AP)
ROSEBURG, Ore. (AP) The owners of a resort on the Umpqua River that was damaged by last year’s Oregon wildfires are hoping to open for guests by mid-March.
The News-Review reports that thanks to favorable weather and fundraising to help pay for the $200,000 in damages from the fire, Travis and Melinda Woodward said repairs to the Steamboat Inn are ahead of schedule.
Steamboat Inn on verge of closing
Damage from the Archie Creek fire will cost owners at least $200,000 to repair.
Posted: Dec 11, 2020 5:55 PM
Updated: Dec 11, 2020 6:20 PM
Posted By: Evita Garza
DOUGLAS COUNTY, Ore. Three months after the Archie Creek fire swept over Douglas County, the Steamboat Inn is still struggling with the aftermath.
Located 38 miles east of Roseburg on Highway 138, employees said the hotel and restaurant has been around since the 1950s. Their normal season runs from March to November, and attracts thousands of people from around the world.
The hotel was in the center of the Archie Creek fire, which burned over a hundred thousand acres this fall.
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