Cheraw State Park | Destination: SC Parks

Interview with Linus Pauling by Thomas Hager, December 8, 1985

In this brief phone interview, Hager poses some questions to Pauling on behalf of Oregon Magazine. Pauling gives his thoughts on activism in world peace, especially among scientists. He shares his views about militarism, Presidents Kennedy and Reagan, and Secretaries of Defense McNamara and Weinberger. Specific mention is made to a petition several physicists and university presidents have signed against the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), also known as the "Star Wars program." Focus of the talk then shifts to Pauling’s book How to Live Longer and Feel Better and the kinds of recommendations he makes in the book regarding supplements and lifestyle factors. It concludes with some discussion vitamin C’s role in treating AIDS, the difficulties of doing clinical research on the topic, and mention of Drs. Robert F. Cathcart III and Ewan Cameron and their work on the matter. Digitized from an audiocassette original held in Thomas Hager Papers (MSS Hager - 2.005.1), Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Oregon State University Libraries.

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Cheraw State Park was the first state park built by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC). Formerly used as farm land, the park was acquired in 1934 during the Depression, so the land could be rehabilitated for people to enjoy swimming, cabins, and more. Many of the structures were built with natural materials. The CCC worked up until 1942-43 unitl World War II forced many to join the military.

The park has wildlife that includes the federally endangered Woodpecker. These birds live in pine trees that are over 60 years old. The woodpeckers like to peck the resin wells. Sap flows from these wells to protect the cavity for any predator that wants to climb the tree.