Cannon Beach community groups are teaming up to celebrate Native American Heritage Month with “Gathering,” a weekend of art, music, culture, food and more from Friday November 10 to Sunday November 12….
Category: Local History
Nehalem Valley Historical Society Presents: “Logging Oregon’s Coastal Forests” – Video Premiere Nov. 4th
Nehalem Valley Historical Society is happy to present Logging Oregon’s Coastal Forests, a video collaboration of Mark Beach and Carl Vandervoort. The presentation will be in the Performing Arts Center at NCRD…
TILLAMOOK COUNTY PIONEER MUSEUM HOSTS BOOK SIGNING, READING “Ephraim Fox: An Oregon Pioneer Story” AUGUST 26TH
TILLAMOOK, Ore. – The Tillamook County Pioneer Museum will be hosting a book signing of local author, James Royal Fox, Jr.’s latest publication, Ephraim Fox: An Oregon Pioneer Story, on August 26,…
Early Railroad Logging Book Event Marks the Arrival of Local Historical Classic at Tillamook County Pioneer Museum
By Neal Lemery; Photos & Video by Don Backman The Whitney Company Along the Kilchis River: A First Hand Telling of Logging in the 1920s, a long awaited historical book, premiered August…
TILLAMOOK COUNTY PIONEERS SERIES: Elbridge Trask
‘Tis the season of family reunions, and one of Tillamook County’s Pioneer families held theirs today … along their namesake river. The “face” of the Tillamook County Pioneer during it’s first five…
“Bayocean” Author Visit at Tillamook County Library Aug. 12th
What: Jerry Sutherland, Author, Bayocean: Atlantis of Oregon When: Saturday, August 12th 2-3pm Where: Tillamook County Library, 1716 Third Street, Tillamook, OR Why: Bayocean Peninsula forms the western edge of Tillamook Bay…
BOOK REVIEW: The Whitney Company – Along the Kilchis River by Daniel Dewees Strite; EVENT – Reading at Tillamook County Pioneer Museum August 5th
By Neal Lemery Those curious about Tillamook County’s logging industry, especially the use of railroads in the logging and transport of timber, will find this book of particular interest. This collection of…
Navigating the Languorous History of Nehalem Valley
At the edge of the world, and at the edge of Tillamook County, the Nehalem Valley History Museum stands as a testament to the rich and diverse history of the region. Tom…
Dr. Brian Atwater, tsunami expert and author, book-signing in Manzanita, presentation in Nehalem on July 8
Sponsored by the Nehalem Valley Historical Society, the event will benefit the Emergency Volunteer Corps of Nehalem Bay. A puzzling tsunami entered Japanese history in January, 1700. Samurai, merchants and villagers wrote…
Clatsop-Nehalem Tribe Celebrate Mural Installation in Seaside, Dedication on Saturday, July 8th at 2 p.m. on Broadway at Ace Hardware.
Sitting near the heart of downtown Seaside, the Clatsop-Nehalem Confederated Tribes mural depicts a scene of life on the Necanicum estuary, featuring many important tribal leaders as they appeared in pre-contact times….