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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DD0_march-11-2011-tsunami_Harbor-OR.html
March 11, 2011 Tsunami. . On March 10, 2011 at 9:54pm (Pacific Standard Time), a 9.0 magnitude earthquake struck off the northeast coast of Japan creating a major tsunami event for the entire Pacific Ocean, including the West Coast of North Americ…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2565_building-community-cornerstones_Sixes-OR.html
Patrick and Jane Hughes' strong support of education and religion helped their children and community flourish.
John Hughes
The third Hughes son, John, studied in the east for the priesthood and was ordained in 1895.
He was remember…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM251J_cape-san-sebastian_Gold-Beach-OR.html
Spanish navigators were the first to explore the North American Pacific Coast, beginning fifty years after Columbus discovered the western continents. Sebastian Vizciano saw this cape in 1603 and named it after the patron saint of the day of his d…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM251I_conflict-at-pistol-river_Gold-Beach-OR.html
During the early 1850s hundreds of miners and settlers poured into southwest Oregon and onto Indian lands staking claims and establishing farms. The clash of cultural attitudes toward the ownership and use of natural resources led to the Rogue Riv…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24ZA_gold-beach-ranger-station_Gold-Beach-OR.html
Gold BeachRanger Stationconstructed1936-37placed on theNational Register of Historic PlacesApril 8, 1986The nine original buildings on this sitewere designed by W.I. Turner and constructed byCivilian Conservation Corps Companies 2523 and 1652as we…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24Z4_gold-beach_Gold-Beach-OR.html
Gold discovered on the beaches at the mouth of Rouge River in the mid-1800s brought miners here; resulted in the Rouge River Indian Wars of 1855-56.
Prattsville, Ellensburg, officially becoming Gold Beach in 1890.
In the 60's returns from the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24Z3_patterson-bridge_Gold-Beach-OR.html
Patterson Bridge
(Rouge River Bridge)
Completed January 21, 1932 and dedicated In Memory to the Governor of Oregon Isaac Lee Patterson (1926-died in office 1929)
1932.... The bridge was considered the most advanced concrete bridge in …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1E16_wreck-of-the-cottoneva_Port-Orford-OR.html
On Feb. 10, 1937, winds over 74 M.P.H. caused the 190 foot steam schooner "Cottoneva" to run aground at Battle Rock. It was in port loading lumber. The captain and all 26 seamen were rescued by the Coast Guard crew using a breeches body. The Cotto…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1E15_mary-d-hume_Gold-Beach-OR.html
In 1876 Mr. R.D. Hume of Astoria, Oregon, decided to move his commercial salmon fishing, processing and shipping business to the mouth of the Rogue River. Mr. Hume anticipated huge profits due to the large run of "King" Salmon which entered the mo…