Port Orford and North Curry CountyPerched on the cliffs above the Pacific Ocean, Port Orford claims to be the oldest town site on the Oregon coast and the farthest west incorporated community in the continental United States. Incomparable scenery surrounds it, providing work for generations of residents: lumber from trees of the great forests and all manner of seafood harvested from ocean waters. Gold lay in the waters and banks of streams and in the black sands of beaches, attracting the earliest settlers in 1851. Farming came later but proved successful, especially for cattle and sheep farmers and cranberry growers. Residents have survived fire, earthquake, severe storms, and the fluctuations of the mining, timber, and fishing industries. As Oregon developed, county lines changed. The south coast area was part of Jackson County in 1852, then Coos County in 1853. Curry County was formed in 1855, and Port Orford was the first county seat until Oregon statehood in 1859. |
Contents
Two THE RESOURCES WERE GREAT | |
Three LANGLOIS AND THE DAIRY INDUSTRY | |
Four GROWING PAINS 19001929 | |
Five A MARITIME COMMUNITY | |
Six DEPRESSION AND WAR 19301945 | |
Seven EDUCATION AND ENRICHMENT | |
Eight ARE WE THERE YET? AFTER 1945 | |
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128 Start Reading Adolphsen Alan Mitchell Allen Boice Battle Rock beach bought built Cape Blanco Cape Blanco Light Cape Blanco Lighthouse Capps Captain Tichenor Centennial Charles church constructed Coos County Curry Historical Society dairy Dairyville dance Denmark early Ed Austin Elk River farm fish Floras Creek Gable's garage George Gilbert Gable gold Gold Beach Guerin Highway 101 Jackson Street Jamieson Knapp Hotel later left to right Leon White Leutwyler lighthouse lived located logs Louis Knapp Lucile Lindberg Douglas Marsh Mary Masterson House McKenzie mill miners mining Mountain myrtlewood Native Americans north Curry County operated Oregon coast Orford High School P. J. Lindberg packhorse librarians Pennhurst photograph POHS Port Orford cedar Port Orford High post office railroad restaurant sawmill second row settlers ship Sixes River south of Port station storm structure Thrift town Trans-Pacific Lumber truck U.S. Highway unidentified White William Tichenor Zumwalt