Category: Maritime
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…
A mini series all about local, sustainable fishing in Port Orford, Oregon by local filmmaker Eric Feliciano @ the Media Nook. Meet Aaron Longton, our guide into the…
A GREAT WAY TO START 2022: We’re excited to receive contributions from two long-time residents of Port Orford. The first is Rockne Berge whose incredible images of the…
The SS Frogner was built in 1921 by Armstrong Whitworth and Co. of the United Kingdom for Fearnley and Eger, Frogner, Oslo, Norway. The largest ship to dock…
Three portraits of people captured by photographer Alan Mitchell as the crew of the Charlie Ells FV Amak passed through Port Orford in the 1970s. Captured near the…
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…
Cape Blanco was a site of several marine disasters. One such grounding was the S.S. Sinaloa which was documented in the lighthousekeeper logs at the Cape Blanco Lighthouse…
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…
We have encountered some entertaining contributions for the Port Orford Historical Photo Archive — the latest shows the California Shell Fish Company Receiving Building in 1989 when it…
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…
An interesting 1991 Oregon Public Broadcasting piece on the Port Orford Sea Urchin fishery: Sea Urchin Fishery vs. Northern Sea Lions, Balancing Rocks, Woodburn Peat Bog and Whale…
On the evening of Jan. 19, the Eagle III was hit by a rogue wave just outside the Coos Bay bar that turned the 40-foot fishing vessel upside…