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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25L4_sir-francis-drake-1540-1596_Coos-Bay-OR.html
The Devon privateer took his flotilla from Plymouth Harbor August 5, 1577 bound for the River Plate. He raided Spanish shipping and treasure houses around South America, including Valparaiso, Peru and Acapulco roads. June 5, 1579 the renamed 78 …
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To commemorate old trail Coos Bay waters to Coquille waters 1850-1874
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Travel by land was difficult until about 1915. The road between Marshfield and North Bend was not completed until 1912. Most people continued to travel by small boats around Coos Bay for several more years. Mosquito Fleet Several s…
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In 1872, the Coos Bay Wagon Road was completed. The road, which connected Coos Bay Roseburg, was 58 miles long. A stagecoach could make the trip in about 28 hours in good weather. Another route to the interior was the stage line nort…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25KC_the-changing-waterfront_Coos-Bay-OR.html
The shipping channel in the bay in front of you has a depth of about 35 feet at low tide. Large ships travel in this channel on their way to the upper bay. Frequently small harbor tugs can be seen pulling log rafts by this pavilion. The logs…
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On July 22, 1922 a fire started here and spread to both sides of Front Street. Within hours, 25 businesses had been completely destroyed.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25K5_in-memory-of-curtis-sause-1913-2001_Coos-Bay-OR.html
The 27-foot tug named Irene was built in 1938 by a family friend, C.J. Sessions, for Henry Sause, Sr. and Curtis Sause. It was designed along the lines of a Columbia River gillnetter with a four-cylinder, 40 horsepower Durant automobile engine. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25K4_the-changing-waterfront_Coos-Bay-OR.html
Fire On July 23, 1922 a fire destroyed more than twenty-five buildings on Front Street, including city hall. Many of the businesses rebuilt a few blocks to the west, moving the heart of downtown Marshfield. The fire was one of se…
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First Came Steam - The first tugboats in the Coos Bay area had steam engines, and steam powered tugs were in service up to the 1950s. Steam power had some advantages: wood and coal to burn to make steam were abundant and cheap, and the eng…
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Working On Water Koos No. 2 was the second of several tugboats with the Koos name to work for the Knutson Towboat Company. Built in 1924 by Frank Lowe at his Marshfield shipyard, Koos No. 2 went to work with her sister tug Koos. The orig…
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