Gilbert Elledy Gable

First Mayor of Port Orford.

1886 — Born in Philadelphia.
1933 — Moved to Port Orford.
→ Purchased the bankrupt Inman Mine (see Camp Gable).
1935 — Incorporated Port Orford and became first mayor.
→ City Charter, January 1936
→ Dock and Jetty Proposal.
→ Minutes from first City Council Meeting.
1934-1939 — Jetty Construction.
→ After purchasing the harbor, Graveyard Point was dynamited to create new jetty (a decision with major repercussions still to this day).
→ Started the Port Orford Dock and Terminal Corporation.
→ Opened a sawmill called TransPacific Lumber and developed The Hamlet where he lived until his death in 1941.
→ Constructed the Administrative Building on the former grounds of Fort Orford (which became the main offices for the TransPacific Lumber and Port Orford Dock and Terminal Company).
→ Obtained a WPA grant to construct a water system for the town.
1937-1941 — Proposed the Gold Coast Railroad Proposal to connect Port Orford with the main Southern Pacific Line near Grants Pass in an effort to improve transportation to the remote region.
→ Conceived the State of Jefferson in response to the ICC refusal of the railroad proposal.
Died on December 2 1941, a few days before he was to be declared governor of the State of Jefferson and 5 days before WWII.

Watch The State Of Jefferson (start at 13:03 for Gilbert Gable)