File TitlePhotographerYearNotes by Alan Mitchell

Battle Rock   Teddy Roosevelt   United Spanish American Veterans 1925 07 23 24 25Alan Mitchell1925Battle Rock – Teddy Roosevelt – United Spanish American Veterans Encampment – 1925 – July 23-24-25

Battle Rock – East side – Driftwood – c1970.jpgUnknownc1970Postcard – East side of Battle Rock. Note moderate driftwood in foreground, and remains of a jetty in the background.

Battle Rock – Port Orford.jpgUnknownc1930Postcard – West side of Battle Rock. Note moderate driftwood.

Battle Rock – West side – Driftwood – c1975-4.jpgUnknownc1975Postcard – East side of Battle Rock. Note heavy driftwood, 1968 Army Corps of Engineers Jetty in background, and Summer Salmon Fleet.

 Battle Rock – West side – Driftwood – c1975-5 Unknownc1975Postcard – East side of Battle Rock. Note moderate driftwood and wooden dock in background.

Battle Rock – West side c1975 – Driftwood-2.jpgUnknownc1975Postcard – West side of Battle Rock. Note moderate driftwood. Humbug Mountain in the background.

Battle Rock 2007 – Malamud.jpgBecky Malamud-Evans2007West side of Battle Rock.

Battle Rock at Port Orford ORS bb014786.jpgUnknownc1924Postcard – East side of Battle Rock. Note Bath House – Fife Wilson Company’s Fort Point lumber loading tower – Pilings or telephone poles stacked above the surf line.  The bath house may have been built for the Pioneer Reunion 1924-0814. Oregon Historical Society photo collection ?

Battle Rock at Port Orford Roosevelt Highway – Patterson.jpgUnknown
Postcard – East side of Battle Rock – Pre-Gable short dock – No jetty – Minimal driftwood – c1930 Duplicate ?

Battle Rock at Port Orford Scene of Indian Conflict – BEST.jpgUnknown
Postcard – East side of Battle Rock – Pre-Gable short dock – No jetty – Minimal driftwood – c1930. ‘Huge Rock’ in the background was used to anchor cables for the Fife Wilson Company’s lumber loading tower.  Cables attached to those anchors were used to sling lumber from Fort Point down to the deck of small coastal freighters such as the SS Della.

Battle Rock at Port Orford Scene of Indian Conflict – Sawyer.jpgUnknown
Duplicate ?

Battle Rock at Sunset 2009 – Malamud.jpgBecky Malamud-Evans


Battle Rock Beach – Low Tide – 2007 – Malamud.jpgBecky Malamud-Evans


Battle Rock Beach c1950 1.jpgUnknown
Postcard – Message on back of “Battle Rock Beach c1950.jpg”

Battle Rock Beach c1950.jpgUnknown
Postcard – Battle Rock Beach – Lumber Rock in background. Humbug Mountain and Redfish Rocks in the distance.

Battle Rock Beach Grass Belly fishing skiff c1912 1.jpgUnknown1914“THEM WAS THE GOOD OL’ DAYS”… when an afternoon jaunt in an old double-ender in the local bay rewarded you with a fine catch of ling cod. Shown here with the boat “Grass Belly” are, left to right, Mr, Bunch, local school teacher, Bernal Forty, Delmar Wright, Charles Gene Strain in the back row; in the front row are, Lowell Johnston, Carl White and Bob Forty. Lucille Douglas provided the names. Note the sparse forest in the background, likely the result of a forest fire.

Battle Rock Beach Grass Belly fishing skiff c1912.jpgUnknown1914“Grass Belly” rowboat on Battle Rock Beach. Note the extreme erosion in the background, the remains of a forest fire. and the Knapp Hotel. Postmarked 1919-0210. L-R: Mr. Bunch (School Teacher); Carl White; Delmar Wright; Jim Crew; Lorrin Forty; Louis Johnston; Bob Forty and Gene Strain. Lucille Douglas provided the names. Note the sparse forest in the background, likely the result of a forest fire.

Battle Rock Beach Lumber Rock Dock sketch.jpgUnknown
Local lore has it that during the 20’s-30’s the Hubbard Creek Drainage was being logged and whomever was doing it attached a temporary dock to ‘Lumber Rock’ for loading purposes.  They built a section of narrow gauge rail line that connected to the dock.  Mike Mijs (a property owner along Hubbard Creek) allowed me to photograph a piece of the old track he had found on his property. See also (Battle Rock Beach Lumber Rock Dock sketch.jpg  AND  Battle Rock Beach Lumber Rock.jpg) 

Battle Rock Beach Lumber Rock.jpgUnknown
Local lore has it that during the 20’s-30’s the Hubbard Creek Drainage was being logged and whomever was doing it attached a temporary dock to ‘Lumber Rock’ for loading purposes.  They built a section of narrow gauge rail line that connected to the dock.  Mike Mijs (a property owner along Hubbard Creek) allowed me to photograph a piece of the old track he had found on his property. See also (Battle Rock Beach Lumber Rock Dock sketch.jpg  AND  Battle Rock Beach Lumber Rock.jpg) 

Battle Rock East Side 1909 10 24.jpgUnknown1909East side of Battle Rock – Wooden fence in foreground – Fife Wilson Company’s Fort Point lumber loading tower and a large warehouse are on top of Fort Point. The warehouse was likely built to protect the hardwood lumber Fife Wilson Company was shipping to their furniture factory in Portland. A wooden is visible in the distance and Graveyard Point is intact. There appears to be a small derelict bathhouse appears at the right edge of the photo. Minimal driftwood.  

Battle Rock East Side Axtells miners shack.jpgUnknownc1935Postcard. East side of Battle Rock. George Axtell’s gold miner’s shack appears behind and above the north end of Battle Rock. Tiny Gold Run Creek empties into the ocean in the lower right hand corner of the photo. In the background is a crane on a dock. Gilbert E. Gable’s jetty appears intact behind the dock. Minimal driftwood.

Battle Rock East Side c1900.jpgUnknown1909Postcard. East side of Battle Rock – Wooden fence in foreground – Fife Wilson Company’s Fort Point lumber loading tower has been built. Low tide – Wooden dock with truss bridge access in the background – Graveyard Point is intact – Low tide  – c1900

Battle Rock East Side c1908.jpgUnknownc1908Postcard

Battle Rock East Side c1920.jpgUnknownc1920Framed photograph.

Battle Rock East Side c1951.jpgUnknown1951Postcard

Battle Rock East Side metal tank miners shack.jpgUnknown
Postcard

Battle Rock East Side.jpgUnknown
Postcard

Battle Rock North Side c1915.jpgUnknown1924Postcard – Wrong date. Should be 1924-0814

Battle Rock Park.jpgUnknown
Postcard

Battle Rock Pioneers Reunion North Side 1915.jpgUnknown1915Duplicate

Battle Rock Pioneers Reunion North Side 1924 08 14.jpgUnknown1924Postcard

Battle Rock Pioneers Reunion North Side-1 1915.jpg

Duplicate

Battle Rock Pioneers Reunion Overlook 1924 08 14.jpgUnknown1924Postcard

Battle Rock Pioneers Reunion West Side 1924 08 24.jpgUnknown1924Postcard. West side of Battle Rock – Pioneers Reunion gathering – 1924-0814

Battle Rock Port Orford Ore.jpgUnknown
Postcard

Battle Rock Teddy Roosevelt Statue proposal   1925.jpgUnknown1925West side of Battle Rock.  Proposed highway memorial to Colonel Theodore Roosevelt to be erected on the south end of Battle Rock.

Battle Rock Teddy Roosevelt Statue proposal.jpg

Duplicate

Battle Rock Wayside Beach Bath House.jpgUnknown
Postcard. Battle Rock Wayside Bath House. Note: During the 1920’s bathing in the ocean was considered to be a healthy and invigorating social activity.             

Battle Rock Wayside c1940 1.jpgUnknownc1940Duplicate

Battle Rock Wayside c1940.jpgUnknownc1951Postcard. Note Lumber Rock in the distance. Cars: 1948 Chev Fleetline 2-door and the light sedan to the right is a 1947-48 Ford. 1941 through 1948 Fords are called “Fat Fords” due to their body style. 

Battle Rock Wayside Edward Lindberg 1943 04.jpgLindberg Family ?1943Edward Lindberg. 1943-0404

Battle Rock Wayside Edward Lindberg William Lindberg 1943 04.jpgLindberg Family ?1943L-R: Edward and William Lindberg. 1943-0404

Battle Rock Wayside George Soranson plaque.jpgLindberg Family ?c1940

Battle Rock Wayside sign – George Soranson plaque on back.jpgUnknownc1940Postcard

Battle Rock Wayside sign c1970s.jpgAlan Mitchellc1970The wording was updated 1998-99

Battle Rock West Side – lots of trees and man-made object.jpgUnknown
Postcard – Metal tank in driftwood ?

Battle Rock West side – lots of trees.jpgUnknown
Postcard – West side of Battle Rock. Metal tank in driftwood ?

Battle Rock West Side boiler remains c1950.jpgUnknown
Postcard – West side of Battle Rock. End of a metal tank (or boiler) in sand.

Battle Rock West Side boiler remains metal tank c1940.jpgUnknown
Postcard – West side of Battle Rock. End of a metal tank (or boiler) in sand.

Battle Rock West Side c1915 1.jpgUnknownc1915Postcard – West side of Battle Rock. Minimal driftwood. Postmarked 1927-0830

Battle Rock West Side c1915 information.jpgUnknownc1915Postcard – West side of Battle Rock. Minimal driftwood. Postmarked 1927-0830

Battle Rock West Side c1915.jpgUnknownc1915Postcard – West side of Battle Rock. Low tide. Minimal driftwood. 

Battle Rock West Side c1950.jpgUnknownc1950Postcard – West side of Battle Rock. Low tide. Minimal driftwood. 

Battle Rock West Side lumber on beach.jpgUnknown
Postcard. West side of Battle Rock – Pilings or telephone poles on beach, north of Battle Rock.

Battle Rock West Side pilings on beach.jpgUnknown
Postcard. West side of Battle Rock – Pilings or telephone poles at base of Fort Point.