Scholls, Oregon - Campo Azul

Campo Azul

Campo Azul is a migrant camp on a farm near Scholls. The camp, which was founded in the 1970s, was named for the color of the shacks on the 133-acre (0.54 km2) farm. It was reported that 90 or so adults and children lived on the camp, paying $125 per month rent per person. According to The Oregonian, the camp had initially been considered as a location for the New Thought church Living Enrichment Center, but instead it became the most heavily fined migrant camp in Oregon. Upon the death of Loraine Boggs, the ownership of the camp was in dispute. Only after various legal negotiations was ownership of the farm settled. The camp was sold in 2004, and by 2009 the new owners had plans to turn it into a farming community.

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