Nearly 60 years apart

Here's a picture from a family gathering at the cabin in Gum Branch. This is from the late 1940s.

Salter family at the cabin.
Top row (L-R): Theodore Wells, David E Wells, Bessie Salter, Marion C Salter.
Middle row (L-R): Hubert Smith, Eva Salter Smith, Willie Lee Salter Wells, Leona Salter Wells, Gene Wells.
Bottom row (L-R): Velma Wells, Myrtice Wells, Russell Wells, Leo Wells, Louis Smith, Dale Smith.

In 2005, Leona Salter Wells made a trip to Oatland Island Wildlife Center to see the cabin.

Leona Salter Wells in the same spot on the steps many years later.

That was for her 92nd birthday. She had a wonderful time.

Map to Oatland Island Wildlife Center

The Oatland Island Wildlife Center was chosen as the site of the 2017 Salter Family Gathering for one simple reason: They have Ma & Pa Salter's house.

The Center has taken excellent care of the cabin and restored it to the condition it was prior to Ma & Pa Salter moving in.

Here are direction to Oatland Island Wildlife Center.



This map is to the main entrance. We will likely be directed to an alternate entrance that is around 50 yards past the turn in on Barley Drive from Sandtown Road.