THURSDAY,
1949
DECEMBER 8,
BROOKINGS-HARBOR PILOT, BROOKINGS. OREGON
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ed settlers who were seeking Coquille river to its mouth, then
homesteads and cattle ranges. up the coast to south slough and
Discovery of gold hastened the on to the present site of Empire.
Emil R. Peterson, Historian, Coos-Curry Pioneer influx.
When members of that company
From Empire City, canoes, along with others brought their
Association, R. 1, Box 528, North Bend, Ore.
rafts, sccows,
rowboats,
then families that same year, they
steamers—all went with the tide|came by way of Roseburg, Scott.
likely, the most-used of any trail
“To Commemorate
to the head of nasigation on Is- burg down the Umpqua river,
within Coos County during the thmus
slough,
approximately
Old Trail
first 20 years of the settlement where Green Acres is located and along the beach to Coos Bay.
I have been unable to find any
Coos Bay Waters To
of this region.
today.
report that justifies attaching
Coquille Waters
From up and down the Co the date 1850 to the old trail
Water transportation always
quille
river, travelers entered across the isthmus, connecting
1850-1874
has been and still is a leading
Erected By
factor in travel and the move Beaver slough and let the tide the waters of Coos Bay with the
carry them till they could float waters of the Coquille river. I’ll
COOS BAY CHAPTER
ment of freight.
no further.
be glad to hear from anyone
Daughters of the
Coos county consists mainly
Russell T. Dement, at the age । W|W can she(j further light on
of
two
sub-divisions
—
the
Co
American Revolution
of ten, had come with his folks t^js subjeCf
quille valley and the Coos Bay to Empire City in 1853. Years
1930”
watershed. Travel and transpor afterwards he wrote: ' ‘ About
The Pilot for Christmas gift !
Ever see this Pioneer Trail tation of freight between the July 4, 1854. a man named Thos.
marker? It’s a bit oil the trod- two sections today follow vir Johnson discovered gold on John
den path now since the comple- tually over the same route that son Creek, a tributary of the
tion of the new section of Hwy was followed by our earliest pi south fork of the Coquille river.
101, about midway between Coos oneers nearly a hundred years John Yoakam and my father
Bay and Coquille. It stands off ago. At that early date, how took their blankets and some
the east edge of the road just ever, there were no roads here grub in a canoe and started for
south of the old bridge over the and trails were inadequate.
the mines. They were much tak
railroad on the divide.
There was a close relationship en up with the country, since
It is a worthy act on the between the two sections from there was plenty of grass and
part of any organization to in- the earliest settlements just as game—elk, deer, bear.
dicate its interest in local his ’t is today. Coos Bav bad the
‘‘Sometime about the middle
tory by marking points of his- i harbor for receiving freight and of 1855 we packed our goods into
torical signficance.
passengers from San Francesco; two indian canoes. There were,
However. I have been unable it had the connty seat at Em- among other things,s a sow and
to find any evidence to justify pire: it had the coal mines, the six or eight pigs. We made the
the use use of the date 1850.
lumber mills.s the salmon fish- head of Isthmus slough the first
That old trail from the head ing. All these meant markets for day, the Indians helped us across
of Isthmus slough to the head beef, bacon, mutton, other farmi the isthmus to the head of the
Beaver slough. ll4 miles.”
of Beaver slough, a distance of products. ,
a little more than a mile, was
The rich bottom lands along1 No claim is made here nor
one of the best known, and quite the Coquille riyer soon attract-; elsewhere that Russell Dement's;
lather (Samuel N. Dement) and .
father
'John Yoakam were the first to I
use this Isthmus slough-Beaver
slough trail. But 1 do not re
call any published account in
dicating its earlier use. There is |
no quesstion about others hav-
ing used it along about that
same period.
It is reported that Hudson Bay
trappers entered the Coos Bay
country as early as 1824. Since
they were in search of fur-bear
ing animals, it is not unlikely
that they went to the head of
Isthmus slough. And it seems
likely also that the Indians may ;
"Pioneer Trails Of Coos and Curry“
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Odd Fellows Name
Officers For Year
Dave Crockett was named No
ble Grand of the Odd Fellow
lodge last Thursday at the an-«
nual election. With him will also
serve :
Vice-Grand Glen Zirbel.
Secretary George Hassett.
Treasurer—Ed Hoar.
Appointive officers will be des
ignated before time of installa
tion, early in January, which is
being planned jointly with the
Rebekahs.
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Like all good farmhouses, notice
the back door of this house is lo-
cated near the farm drive and
barns. Yet to save space, entrance
at the back is through the utility
room. This room houses a forced
air or hot water furnace, as well as
the laundry equipment, and also
serves as storage space for work
clothing.
Omitting a basement has saved
just that much building
For a farmhouse whh o
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as there are in so many smaL
homes. The bathroom, centralis
located, opens from a hall which
leads to all other rooms. Plumbing
economy has been stressed by hav
ing the bathroom, utility room, and
kitchen in luw.
The unbroke» “U” arrangement
of the kitchen routes traffic away
from work areas. The dining table
by low windows is handy to the
stove and refrigerator. For compa
ny dinners, the house is designed
to have a drop-leaf table at the
back of the living room. Although
the living room measures just 11 by
19 feet, it is well arranged for a
small family. In this room, as I e
the others, doors are located at
corners in order to waste the leasi
possible amount of space.
The front porch and coverint
ov r th? back door give protectee
the Douglas fir was named, spent :
some time in the Umpqua coun-1
try in 1824. He reports a con- !
versation with Alexander Rod
erick McLeod of the Hudson Bay i
country, and about the ‘‘myr-1
taceous” trees along the river
some 20 miles south of Coos’
Bay; and the grove of treess,:
‘‘when shaken by the least breeze
diffused a fragrance through the
w hole grove.’’ No mention i s
made of crossing the isthmus
from Isthmus slough to Beaver
I slough, though they may have
gone by that path.
The W’ell-romembered nioneer.'
Patrick Flanagaan, is reported
j to have come down from thn1
Umpqua and piloted a ‘lost’ ship
from Coos Bay to the Umpqua i
in 1851. If he in any of this early
travel crossed over the Isthmus-
Beaver slough, he left no record j
of it anywhere.
When Perry B. Marple led
the Coos Bay Company from
Jacksonville into the Coos Bay
country, they came down the
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