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About The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 1, 1881)
THE WEST SHORE. February, 1881 54 i -I'M .;rl.H 0, IIKNTON COU.N'TV, OR. This county it mimed alter Mi'Miiili'k disliu guUiol statesman, Hon, Thomas II. Itcntou, Or egon's warm friend, wli i, when tliin county w it oig.mi.cd in I S 1 7 , ll' III Ills M'lll llh (111! Oltl l'K( I'lllllillllltllH M'lllllOI' III I 111' gOUTIIIIICIll llf 1 In- United Si.iio, Since i I iir,Miiiziilinn, ( li c ( iiniii of (J '!, Curry, I u 11 g 1 11 , Josephine, J uUmii mill l,anc,lie li.vn curved out of il. It in, however, iitill j pretty good size, lieing .)S milct long frntn cant to west, liy thirty from north to south, nuking it upwards of 1,400 miles in urea. It U tho first of the westside counties 1 you go up tho Williimctte river, whose wcHtcrn boundary it washed by have about 10,000 acres of land in this the Pacific ocean. The count range of j county for mile on the most liberal mountain run across from north to term, with long credits mid at low south through the middle of the county price. There in also plenty of govern but it to low In the centre, opposite J mcnt bind open to pre-emption nnd Corvnllis, at todccrve but the name of, homestead, that will soon be found HKNTON COU.N'TV COURT IIOUSK, O.rvai.i.is, Or. Photo by Dr. Ilenlop, The priccoflnnds will hold the usual average of thin vulley, nnd can be ob tained of nil kind and nt nil prices to suit the wants nnd purses of purchasers. The Oregon and California Railroad hills. This leaves a gap In the const range forming natural and easy pnss accessible and valuable, especially along the const and bays. Ynquina bay is an to the wean, and through this pnss, ! estuary of the Pacific ocenn, that enters we are reliably informed, Hint the cam! into the west const of this county, nt n of the Oregon Pacific Railway will be xit alxut seven miles north of the Til run in time to move the crop of 18S1. lamook line. The Ibiy is about one mile The county it admirably watered by : wide be! ween the heads at the ocean, and the Yaquina, Alca and Mnry's rivers, 'widens lo nenrly double the distance at the latter.emplying into the Willamette ,U extends inland about three miles; it . f it Mta ... ' ai otvaiu. j he Wiiliim-ltc fount thee.iKiern boundary line ot the county dividing it fioni I. inn. The suif.iceof the bind it Mimi'whiit uneven and in mine parts broken by hills nnd ravine.. The hills, howcxer, when iiiuv cultivated are piiHl.itiiveiisibel.iwI.iiid ,iind f.iimiiiv pnipo puf.rilile. V IliMl is .,t. and it gi..w ahimdniiily ceiy wheiv, rtvtl on the coast, wherv egi-l.iliuii i, r,, lb it tho train i.i i,,, (i,m. (ill properly. Itul out and the graM m product,! in j.,-nt abundance, funii.bing unexam pled croj, Fruit of all kind adapted to this rlimnlc grows in profusion and of kupvrior quality. M. mJMA M then turns south about three miles more, then cast three miles, nnd then norlhent about the snine distance. Here it n.in w s (low n and re ceives I he v:ilcrs of llie Vantpiinn river, but tin.' lidc-waler extends a dis- . tiincc of twenty live miles fimn the month of the bay. From all we can learn about this bay or harbor, we are pirp ircd lo say that it has yreat possi bilities before it. A comparatively small ex pense would permanent ly improve it, so as to make it fit to admit any of the vessels now entering Pacific const harbors. The so-called bar, is at dead low wntcr twelve feet in the shal lowest soundings. The bottom of it is composed of solid sandstone rock, which obstruction once removed, would give a permanent deep entrance, as the waters of the Yaquina river emptying into the bay are clear nnd almost en tirely free from sand. Newport, at the head of the bay, is one of the favorite summer resorts of the northwest, and has every advantage to retain its reputation in that respect. The bay itself is a beautiful sheet of wntcr nnd offers splendid opportunities for boating. The fishing is excellent; the woods adjoining abound in deer, grouse, phensants and quail, while the I scenery in and about the bay is all that any one could ask for. Corv dlis, the comity sent ( f Henton, was first settled in lS6, nnd laid out as a town two years later by Joseph C. Avery, Esq., who named it Marysville. This name, how ever, wns changed to Corval lis in 1S53; it is uf Latin ori gin, made up from two words, nnd menus "The Heart of the Vnlley. During the winter of '53 '54, nt the first convening of the Oregon legislature, nfter Wash inton Territory wns organ f.ed,Corv8llii. became the cap ital. This glory, however, was ' y!( 'rt lived, as tha legislature l!.iml. n I I I .1! -....) j v.uuif.i-u uiiu mijuurii' k sn.i.Nci: llt m. s. fcoou-ucv.. t. cOkvauLIs, t wtt in sUm