A Guide to Oregon South Coast History: Traveling the Jedediah Smith Trail

by Douthit, Nathan

• ISBN13: 9780870714627
• ISBN10: 0870714627
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-06-01
• Publisher: Univ of Arizona Pr

Summary

One of the state's most spectacular scenic regions, Oregon's southern coast is also rich in history. Fur trade explorer Jedediah Smith, Coos Indian Annie Miner Peterson, lumber baron Louis Simpson, and writer Zane Grey are just a few of the fascinating individuals who helped shape South Coast history.

Author Biography

Nathan Douthit is professor emeritus of history and political science at Southwestern Oregon Community College in Coos Bay, where he taught from 1969 to 1997.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. x
Acknowledgments from Preface to the First Edition	p. xi
Map of Oregon South Coast, south half	p. xiii
Map of Oregon South Coast, north half	p. xiv
Oregon South Coast History
The Natural Setting and Its Transformation	p. 2
Early Coastal Exploration	p. 3
Later Spanish Coastal Exploration	p. 4
Captain James Cook	p. 5
American Coastal Exploration	p. 6
Captain George Vancouver	p. 7
Early Nineteenth-Century Contacts with South Coast Indians	p. 8
Prehistory	p. 9
Indian Linguistic Groups	p. 11
Indian Food Resources	p. 12
Indian Houses	p. 13
Indian Wealth and Class Distinctions	p. 13
Indian Religious Beliefs	p. 14
Survival of Indian Culture	p. 14
Beginning of White Settlement	p. 16
Indian-White Conflict	p. 17
Pioneer Economy	p. 18
The South Coast Since 1900	p. 20
A Personal View of Recent Urban Changes	p. 23
Historic Places, Sites, and Museums
The Approach of the Jedediah Smith Expedition to Oregon in 1828	p. 26
Chetco Valley to Rogue River
Jedediah Smith Campsites One and Two Winchuck River to Chetco River	p. 29
Chetco Valley	p. 29
Chetco Valley Historical Museum	p. 30
Chetco Valley History: 1860s-Present	p. 31
Kalmiopsis Wilderness	p. 34
Jedediah Smith Campsite Three Thomas Creek	p. 36
Samuel H. Boardman State Park	p. 37
Jedediah Smith Campsites Four and Five Pistol River to Rogue River	p. 39
Rogue River Indian Villages	p. 41
War on the Rogue River	p. 42
Gold Mining on the South Coast	p. 45
Curry County Historical Museum: Gold Beach	p. 48
Robert D. Hume, Salmon King: Wedderburn	p. 49
Zane Grey and Sport Fishing on the Rogue	p. 52
Rogue River Ranch: Mule Creek	p. 55
Rogue River or Isaac Lee Patterson Bridge	p. 57
Rogue River to Bandon
Geisel Monument Wayside	p. 60
Jedediah Smith Campsites Six to Eight Rogue River to Humbug Mountain	p. 61
Humbug Mountain	p. 62
American and British Discovery of Port Orford	p. 62
Battle Rock	p. 63
Port Orford and Fort Orford	p. 65
Cape Blanco: Lighthouse, Shipwrecks, and Japanese Fire Bombs	p. 67
Jedediah Smith Campsite Nine Sixes River	p. 71
The Hughes House on Cape Blanco	p. 72
Langlois	p. 74
Jedediah Smith Campsite Ten South of the Coquille River	p. 75
Bandon	p. 76
Bandon's Indian Village	p. 80
Coquille River Museum: Bandon	p. 81
Coquille Valley Eastward
Farms and Early Towns along the Coquille River	p. 82
Coquille	p. 86
Coos Bay Wagon Road	p. 88
Fairview to Sitkum	p. 90
Sitkum in Brewster Valley	p. 91
Sitkum to Reston (or Lookingglass)	p. 93
Myrtlewood in the Coquille Valley	p. 94
Myrtle Point	p. 95
Coos County Logging Museum	p. 97
South Fork of the Coquille River to Powers	p. 99
Pioneer (Wagner) House and Railroad Museum: Powers	p. 100
Early Powers	p. 102
Port-Orford-Cedar	p. 103
Bandon to Coos Bay
Bullards State Park: Prehistory	p. 105
Bullards State Park: Indian-White Conflict	p. 106
White Settlers of Bullards State Park	p. 107
Bandon Lighthouse at Bullards State Park	p. 109
Shipwrecks on the Coquille Bar	p. 110
Jedediah Smith Campsite Eleven Whiskey Run	p. 111
Seven Devils Road--Randolph Trail	p. 113
Jedediah Smith Campsite Twelve Cape Arago	p. 114
Francis Drake: South Cove, Cape Arago	p. 115
Jedediah Smith Campsite Thirteen Shore Acres	p. 116
Louis J. Simpson and Shore Acres Gardens	p. 116
Jedediah Smith Campsite Fourteen Sunset Bay	p. 118
Cape Arago Light: Gregory Point	p. 119
Jedediah Smith Campsite Fifteen Charleston	p. 122
Charleston	p. 123
Coos Bay Bar	p. 125
Shipwrecks off the Coos Bay Bar	p. 126
South Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve	p. 128
Jedediah Smith Campsites Sixteen and Seventeen: Charleston to North Spit	p. 132
Camp Castaway and the Wreck of the Captain Lincoln	p. 133
Empire	p. 136
Downtown Coos Bay: Historic Buildings	p. 137
Coos Bay Boardwalk	p. 143
Marshfield Sun Printing Museum: Coos Bay	p. 144
Isthmus Slough: Mill Sites	p. 145
Isthmus Slough: Coal Mines	p. 147
Coos County Historical Society Museum: North Bend	p. 149
Coos Bay to Heceta Head
McCullough Memorial Bridge over Coos Bay	p. 152
Umpqua River Lighthouse and Coastal Visitor Center: Winchester Bay-Salmon Harbor	p. 155
White Settlement on the Lower Umpqua River	p. 158
Fort Umpqua: North Spit of the Umpqua River	p. 160
Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area: Coos Bay to Florence	p. 162
Umpqua Discovery Center: Reedsport	p. 166
Jedediah Smith Campsites Eighteen to Twenty Winchester Bay to Smith River	p. 168
Scottsburg and Gardiner	p. 171
Jessie M. Honeyman Memorial State Park and the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)	p. 173
Siuslaw Pioneer Museum	p. 175
Florence and Siuslaw River	p. 176
Heceta Head Lighthouse	p. 179
Jedediah Smith's Route to Fort Vancouver	p. 180
Jedediah Smith's Relations with Indians	p. 184
Sources of Information	p. 190
Historical Societies, Museums, and Lighthouses	p. 201
Government Agencies: Parks and Natural Areas	p. 202
Index	p. 203
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