Early settlers to the central Oregon coast used Native American people’s trails to get around the Cape Perpetua. In the late 1800s, a crude trail was cut to allow […]
The fishing vessel Sea Lion III has been part of Newport’s fishing fleet since the 1950s. The 47-foot vessel was made locally by E.M. Gerttula in 1943. Ownership changed […]
John Ludeman was born in Germany in 1879 and moved to the Waldport area with his family in 1886. In 1900 he joined the Gold Rush in Nome, Alaska. […]
Hundreds of thousands of people visit the Agate Beach Wayside on the north side of Newport each year. But did you know it used to be the site of […]
The U.S. Coast Guard has a long history on the central Oregon coast. The service was originally called the U.S. Life Saving Service and its first Yaquina Bay station […]
On Aug. 21, 1938, a dead whale washed up on the shore near Big Creek north of Yachats. The Corvallis Gazette-Times said the following day said “thousands” hit the […]
Before highways reached the Oregon coast, ferries worked the rivers connecting inland rail stations to cities at the beach. The railroad from the Willamette Valley to the central Oregon […]
These three objects, two sinker stones and a wood and bone hook, are part of the Lincoln County Historical Society’s collection and are on display at the Burrows House […]
Mariners and historians estimate there have been more than 3,000 shipwrecks along the Oregon coast and in its bays and harbors. The most infamous might be the New Carissa, […]
The West Shelter sits at the 800-foot level on the west edge of Cape Perpetua and was built by the Civilian Conservation Corps in 1933. It was listed on […]
