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The Art Hatchery

The Art Hatchery was a notable art gallery in the 70’s and 80’s in Port Orford, Oregon, owned and operated by Bob and Vicki Courtright. Bob was a…

Pat Masterson

Patrick Masterson was an author, historian and photographer of note who owned and operated Pioneer Photo in Port Orford in the 1960s and 70s. He was responsible for…

Dement Ranch, Sixes Oregon

In 2009, Persimmon Hill Magazine contacted Rebecca Malamud-Evans of Port Orford Historical Photos to illustrate a story with photographs for an article they were writing on Dement Ranch…

The Colonial Theatre

(As told to Alan Mitchell by Leon White – September 2021) I recall one of the movie serials had a scene with a Forest Ranger speeding in the…

Port Orford’s Bicentennial Mayor – 1972-1976

(As told to Alan Mitchell by Leon White)PHOTO ABOVE: Long-time friends Alan Mitchell (second from left) and Leon White (right) at Port Orford City Hall. I had never…

The Wooden Nickel

I learned a lot from [Tracy Hassett]. He was critical to my education as a woodworker. We remained friends till he moved from Oregon to Utah. … I…

Port Orford’s WWII Era – 1941-1945

(A Series of Recollections by former Mayor Leon White as told to Alan Mitchell) “There were blackouts. At night we had to hang blankets over windows to make…

Pehr Johan Lindberg

Pehr Johan Lindberg was a Swedish immigrant who relocated to Port Orford in the mid-1880s, bringing with him a wealth of building experience from thirty years of practicing…

Newspapers in Port Orford

Though he did not start the first paper, the first half century of Curry county journalism revolves pretty much around Walter Sutton, real Oregon pioneer, who crossed the…

Bluegrass In The Backwoods

Music by Alayne Olmsted and Rick Cook

Music by Alyane Olmsted and Rick Cook, recorded in artist Rick Cook’s studio. The photo above is of an old cabin belonging to cousins of Rick on Cadron…

Tim Palmer Photo

Tim Palmer’s Nature Photography selected for US Postage Stamps

Artist, Writer, Conservationist and Port Orford resident Tim Palmer had four of his exceptional nature photos selected for US Postal Service Forever Stamps. You can view Tim’s remarks…

ARTWALK May 2019 (Alan Mitchell)

Port Orford Art Walk

The Port Orford Art Walk has been a tradition among the galleries in Port Orford for nearly 20 years. Every ART WALK, the gallery owners in Port Orford…

Amak

Crew of the Charlie Ells – FV Amak

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…

Mayor Jim Auborn

Mayor Jim Auborn

James John Auborn was a much beloved figure in Port Orford and we were all saddened by his passing on April 6 2019. He served as mayor of…

Dock and Jetty Proposal, c1935

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…

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Jetty Construction 1934-1939

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…

Joan Reynolds

Happy Birthday, Joan Reynolds

This incredible video was created by Josh Reynolds, son of original Kingston Trio founder Nick Reynolds and the multi-talented Joan Reynolds, as a memorial upon her passing in…

Donna and Rosy Roselius

Donna Roselius

For over 20 years, Donna Roselius hosted monthly gatherings in her home with its Roaring Sea Arts Gallery. Professional, amateur and student musicians and singers performed classical and…

Scene Port Orford Oregon

Early Settlers

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…

Port Orford Ore - Port - Hazeltine

The Hazeltine Brothers

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…