There are several interesting projects happening out at Cape Blanco involving photography, maps and nature — three of our favorite things at Port Orford Historical Photos. The first…
The Art Hatchery was a notable art gallery in the 70’s and 80’s in Port Orford, Oregon, owned and operated by Bob and Vicki Courtright. Bob was a…
Patrick Masterson was an author, historian and photographer of note who owned and operated Pioneer Photo in Port Orford in the 1960s and 70s. He was responsible for…
Many thanks to photographer and firefighter Scott Crawford for giving us permission to share his photos of Cape Blanco. (Photograph above by Rebecca Malamud-Evans) Our last assignment of…
The Hughes House and Ranch is a well-known destination on the Southern Oregon Coast nestled in Cape Blanco State Park at the mouth of the Sixes River. Each…
The tower of the Cape Blanco Lighthouse has been closed to public tours since 2020, and over the past two years it has been under structural evaluation by…
Port Orford History dating back 100 years is now available online through the University of Oregon’s Digital Newspaper Program. The Cape Blanco Heritage Society has been working with…
I was going through an envelope of photos that my mother kept and found four photos that may be of interest to you. Three are small black and…
We have been busy at Port Orford Historical Photos with a pilot project working with 2CJ to digitize their yearbook annuals. Former 2CJ Alumna Bonnie Cox led the…
We received a wonderful collection of photographs for the Port Orford Historical Photos Project that shows how much our town appreciates their fishing community! The original photographs were…
(As told to Alan Mitchell by Leon White – March 2021) The Club Building was a popular fancy saloon in its heyday in the 1930s and ‘40s. Initially,…
The Cape Blanco Lighthouse is one of three historical sites maintained by the Cape Blanco Heritage Society (CBHS). You can learn more about CBHS at their website. “The…
We’re big fans of maps at Port Orford Historical Photos, and we were delighted to discover this extraordinary documentation of “The Port Orford Quadrangle” by Joseph Silas Diller…
A Brief History of Extant Buildings in Old Town, The Original Port Orford Business District. “In 1852, Oregon land claims officials, checking on Port Orford, reported that the…
The Port of Port Orford harbor that has been in use since the 1850s, and was primarily used for shipping lumber. The first Port District was formed in…
File Title Photographer Year Notes by Alan Mitchell The Heads alan brenda mitchell memorial bench 1.jpg Alan Mitchell 2008 On Nellie’s Cove Trail The Heads alan…
File Title Photographer Year Notes by Alan Mitchell Beach-at-Port-Orford-Oregon Unknown c1950 Battle Rock Beach – Lumber Rock – Humbug Mountain – Gold Run Creek Cottages-Humbug Mountain Lodge –…
File Title Photographer Year Notes by Alan Mitchell Cape Blanco 2004 08 16.jpg Alan Mitchell 2004 Cape Blanco viewed from the Heads in Port Orford. Low fog over…
File Title Photographer Year Notes by Alan Mitchell Battle Rock Teddy Roosevelt United Spanish American Veterans 1925 07 23 24 25 Alan Mitchell 1925 Battle Rock…
File Title Photographer Year Notes by Alan Mitchell Bandon Port pile driver Croxall.jpg James Ruben Croxall c1926 Bandon. Coquille River Pile Driver. Bandon Jetty Croxall.jpg James Ruben Croxall…
We’re assessing our photo archive directory by directory in preparation for a software upgrade. Stay tuned! We’ll be adding photographer and year to our database plus notes. 🎶…
A fun walk down memory lane released in the 1950s by the Oregon Coast Association in Newport, “Along the Oregon Coast” is a detailed travel guide about the…
Dennis Dougherty recently sent us this series of photographs of the Western States Plywood Mill under construction in 1951: “I worked there two summers in 1969-70 while attending…
A delightful home movie created by Kenny Henson when he camped for seven days out at Cape Blanco State Park in 2023. He asked the hosts if he…
These cottages were located on an undersized city block on the north end of Port Orford on HWY 101 across from the present day site of Gold Beach…
In 2009, Persimmon Hill Magazine contacted Rebecca Malamud-Evans of Port Orford Historical Photos to illustrate a story with photographs for an article they were writing on Dement Ranch…