Editing Morton, Washington (section)

==Parks and recreation==
Located on Morton's east side lies Jubilee Park, home of the Loggers Jubilee.<ref name="AITPC">{{cite news |author1=The Chronicle staff |title=Art in the Park celebrates a decade |url=https://www.chronline.com/stories/art-in-the-park-celebrates-a-decade,221858? |access-date=April 15, 2024 |work=[[The Chronicle (Centralia, Washington)]] |date=May 22, 2006}}</ref> A renovation of the park began in 2024 under volunteer efforts. In 2025, vandalism, along with the theft of benches, bleachers, and building materials, has hampered the completion of the project.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sexton |first1=Owen |title='They’re stealing from the kids': Thieves steal bleachers and more from Morton's Jubilee Park |url=https://www.chronline.com/stories/theyre-stealing-from-the-kids-thieves-steal-bleachers-and-more-from-mortons-jubilee,379903 |access-date=May 1, 2025 |work=The Chronicle |date=April 30, 2025}}</ref>

Bordering the [[Tilton River]] is Gust Backstrom (City) Park, often home to the city's farmer's market and was the location of the Old Settlers Museum.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Filley |first1=Bette |title=The Big Fact Book about Mount Rainier |date=1996 |publisher=Dunamis House |isbn=9781880405062 |page=19 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xv4qlIPaSLUC |access-date=April 15, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author1=The Chronicle staff |title=Museums of history, motorcycles and military |url=https://www.chronline.com/stories/museums-of-history-motorcycles-and-military,221868? |access-date=April 15, 2024 |work=The Chronicle |date=May 22, 2006}}</ref> The grounds, in 1896, were home to the first schoolhouse built in the town.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sparkmann |first1=Lavone M. |title=Let's Crack the Books and Study Up on Early Schoolhouses |url=https://www.chronline.com/stories/lavonne-m-sparkman-commentary-lets-crack-the-books-and-study-up-on-early-schoolhouses,128919? |access-date=April 15, 2024 |work=The Chronicle |date=August 29, 2012}}</ref> The park is used by the [[Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife]] (WDFW) to deliver migrating Chinook salmon, circumventing the dams on the Cowlitz River.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Nailon |first1=Jordan |title=Popular, Controversial Cowlitz River Steelhead Recycling Program Resumes |url=https://www.chronline.com/stories/popular-controversial-cowlitz-river-steelhead-recycling-program-resumes,47534? |access-date=April 15, 2024 |work=The Chronicle |date=July 14, 2016}}</ref> Named after August Backstrom, a Swedish immigrant and long-serving public servant in Morton, he donated the land to the city before his death in 1972. The site contains a cabin for a park caretaker, who acts as an overseer of the site and is a host to campers throughout the year.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sexton |first1=Owen |title=Morton continues search for new live-in caretaker at Gust Backstrom Park |url=https://www.chronline.com/stories/morton-continues-search-for-new-live-in-caretaker-at-gust-backstrom-park,377730? |access-date=March 31, 2025 |work=The Chronicle |date=March 28, 2025}}</ref>