Author: Alan Mitchell
See also: “Oregon Field Guide – Coastal Tsunami” Season 8, Episode 4.
Gilbert Eledy Gable — Mayor of Port Orford from 1935-1941. Gable had big visions for the tiny village of Port Orford, which had a population of just 300…
Gilbert Eledy Gable — Mayor of Port Orford from 1935-1941. (Pictured above: Governor Martin at Gilbert Gable Jetty Dedication. September 2 1935.) Just three months after Gable (now…
These photos were taken by Myrtle Clark during the construction by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) in 1968: As early as 1873, the USACE began developing…
On the night of March 9, 1936, Coast Guardsmen from the Port Orford Lifeboat Station rescued the crew of the steamship Phyllis. Read more about the the wreck of…
At present, our own steamers are carrying all of the logs shipped out of Port Orford by the four companies operating there. We have put extra strong winches…