Category: Misc.

The snags from the 1868 fire are visible in this photo taken in 1902.

The Great Fire of 1868

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…

Coast Line North Toward Port Orford Sawyer

Oregon Coast Highway

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…

1989 California Shell Fish Co Recieving

On The Dock

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…

Jenny

Barnstorming

Two photos (and an accompanying newspaper article) from the era of ‘Barnstorming’. I believe this modified modified JND4 (Jenny) dropped in around the time of Port Orford’s first…