By David Dillon, North County News Manzanita resident Owen Nicholson and his late wife Ann have been honored by the Oregon Heritage Commission for their efforts over the years on behalf of…
Category: Local History
“Ships of the Farmers” at the Tillamook County Pioneer Museum Sunday March 10th
The Tillamook County Pioneer Museum’s Great Speaker Series is pleased to present Portland historian Jerry Sutherland discussing “Ships of the Farmers” on Sunday, March 10, at 1 p.m. Using a PowerPoint full…
Stories of Ships: More Than the Morning Star – Calvin Tibbets builds the Pioneer in Clatsop County
EDITOR’S NOTE: When Jerry Sutherland shared some additional information about his upcoming presentation “Ships of Farmers” at Tillamook County Pioneer Museum (https://www.tillamookcountypioneer.net/ships-of-the-farmers-at-the-tillamook-county-pioneer-museum-sunday-march-10th/), and he mentioned a ship called the “Pioneer” that was…
Nehalem Valley Historical Society Presents “Telling it Like it Was” Continues: Surveying Neahkahnie’s Treasure Rocks March 9th
Nehalem Valley Historical Society’s Inspiring Presentations in History … 2nd Saturdays in February, March, April and May 2019, 3:00 PM. Location: The Historic Pine Grove Community House, in the heart of Manzanita,…
PERILS OF THE SEA: SHIP EMILY REED WRECKED; SURVIVORS’ THRILLING EXPERIENCES TOLD IN NEWS REPORTS
Story from the Barrier Miner – April 6, 1908 (Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia article and found that they got the story from the “Daily Telegraph”) Writing from Los Angeles (U.S.A.)…
Feb. 14, 1908: A Three Masted square rigged schooner the Emily Reed has shipwrecked on the Oregon Coast
(From newspaper reports … compiled by Don R. Best, Rockaway Beach, OR) TODAY, February 14th, at 1:30 am, one hundred and eleven years ago, “Three Masted square rigged schooner, The Emily Reed…
Nehalem Valley Historical Society Presents “Telling it Like it Was” — Four Inspiring Presentations in History, Monthly Feb – May
Mark your calendar: Second Saturdays in February, March, April and May 2019, 3 pm for these presentations from the Nehalem Valley Historical Society – “Telling it like it was” … Location: The…
TILLAMOOK COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY ANNUAL MEETING/LUNCH JAN. 27th
The Tillamook County Historical Society will meet Sunday, January 27, 2019, at 1 PM, at the Bay City Arts Center, 5680 A St., Bay City. Cost of the lunch is $10.00. A…
Tillamook County Pioneer Association Meeting Sun. Feb 10th at Sandlake Grange
Mark your calendars – Members, and new members, are invited to attend the Tillamook County Pioneer Association’s first meeting and potluck of 2019. It is to be held on Sunday, February 10,…
LOCAL HISTORY CLASSES Offered by Nehalem Valley Historical Society Start Feb. 25th
History professor Mark Beach shares his photos and research about local history during two sessions weekly for three weeks, on MONDAYS and THURSDAYS, FEBRUARY 25 to MARCH 14, from 4:00 to 5:30…