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An excellent article and video by Arya Surowidjojo outlining the challenges and ingenuity of our local fishermen featuring artifacts from the Port Orford Historical Photos project. We were…
Aerial footage of Fort Point, Port Orford, Oregon footage produced by Oregon State Productions
This building used to be located east of the Oregon State University’s Field Station. For quite a few year it was rented by Ellis & Joyce Mott from…
Aerial views of Port Orford captured by photographer Alan Mitchell on March 22, 1980.
We have a new series of updates to our archive featuring photos by Alan Mitchell whose archive is the primary source for the Port Orford Historical Photos Collection….
In his 19th-century “Pioneer History of Coos and Curry Counties, Or”, Orvil Dodge noted: “in 1868 the face of the country was changed by a great forest fire…
Arthur B. Cross partnered with Edward L. Dimmitt to sell real photo post cards of the Columbia River Gorge, Mt. Hood and Portland. Cross opened his Electric Studio…
Every 4th of July, the Port Orford Jubilee hosts a parade that passes through the heart of our friendly small town: Fourth of July in Port Orford is…
Righting history doesn’t happen overnight. The sign commemorating Battle Rock City Park was eventually changed through the tireless efforts of citizens determined to preserve the memory of the…
When the first European settlers came to the area in 1851 led by Captain William Tichenor, the Tututni Native Americans lived in a large village along the beach…
The Roosevelt Coast Military Highway, named in honor of President Theodore Roosevelt, was a result of a renewed national sense of isolationism and the perceived need for emergency…
On March 9, 1936, the Phyllis grounded after striking a submerged rock off the beach near Humbug Mountain during stormy and foggy conditions. Henry Axtel purchased the hull…
New to the collection are a set of postcards of the area which are some of the more artfully composed in our collection. The date and the aesthetic…
In October of that year in company with his brother Martin M., he started for the Pacific coast this time by way of New York and from there…
Humbug Mountain is a very familiar landmark that is often pictured in the background of photos featuring the stretch of coastline that is home to the Port of…
An excellent contribution from two students from our local high school. It is a presentation that provides a brief historical overview of the early days of mining in…
New to the archive is a high resolution scan of an illustration that originally appeared in Harper’s New Monthly Magazine in 1856 for a story entitled “Wild Life…
Many of the most scenic postcards of the area were produced by Sawyer’s Studio in Portland: Carlton Sawyer established a studio in Portland in 1911 where he produced…
Early scenes from the Port Orford Agate Festival (A.K.A. Carnival) as the annual celebration was known before it was renamed the Port Orford Jubilee a half century ago….