A from-the-foundations-up Blue Creek rebuild already is filled with memories
In 1986, Tom and Janet Wadsworth bought a two-bedroom, one-bath cabin on the east side of Lake Martin and counted themselves lucky to have a place at the lake that was convenient to their fulltime home in Auburn.
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