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One Family’s Love Affair with Watoga, the Swimming Pool and Cabin 20

by John C. DeanHuman Interest Story June 18, 2020August 31, 2020Comments are Disabled

For more than seven decades, the Botts have fished, swam, hiked, and oftentimes stayed at Cabin 20 at Watoga State Park. This is Flora Jane Bott’s memories about the swimming pool, that cabin next door and the park. Cabin 20 “It was next to impossible to contain our excitement as we drove closer to park …

One Family’s Love Affair with Watoga, the Swimming Pool and Cabin 20

by John C. DeanHuman Interest Story June 4, 2020August 31, 2020Comments are Disabled

Seventy-Two Years at Watoga Four generations of the Bott family have stayed at Cabin 20, nestled in the pines next to the swimming pool at Watoga State Park. For 72 years, the Botts have fished, swam, hiked, and along the way have made countless memories at the state’s largest recreation area. Specifically, from 1957-1967, these …