Historical Notes
By MAX BRA IN A R D
(C ntinued from Last W eek)
S h o rtly a fte r th e founding of
th is
tow n, C ap tain T iehenor
b ro u g h t in a p a rty of m en to help
him view out th e tra il to the m in-
ing d istricts. As he observed th e
Coast line, ¡n sailing back and
fo rth , it ap p eared to him th at
so u th of P ort O rford w as
h?
w e ste rly term in u s of a high
ran g e of m o u n tain ridges, e x te n d
ing fa r back to th e in te r :or, so
he in stru cted his m en to clim b
to the sum m it of th a t m ountain,
which te rm in ated in steep cliffs,
at the o cean ’s edge, and to follow
th e dividing ridges in an « a ste rly
direction. They followed his a d
vice, as fa r as going to the top
of th e m ountain, but a f te r s t a r t
ing in an e a s te rly direction, not
being m o u n tain eers, they soon
got into the canyons and becam e
lost. A fte r w an d erin g around for
seven days, they cam e back into
P o rt O rford from th e n o rth . So
disgusted w ere the men w ith th e
advice given th em by C ap tain
Tiehenor, th a t th ey called the
m ou n tain , “T ich en o r's H um bug,”
and it has been know n as “ H u m
bug M ou n tain ,” ev er since and is
an u n m ista k a b le lan d m ark to
tra v e lle rs along th e R oosevelt
highw ay.
T h ere is a strea m , know n as
“B rushes C reek ,” w hich m akes a
sem i-circle aro u n d th e base of
H um bug
m o u ntain.
A lthough
h isto ry is silent in re g ard to the
Carbon Monoxide Historical Group
Brookings Harbor Pilot 7
THURSDAY. JANU ARY 8, 1954
Is Winter Danger Plans Museum; To
most im p o itan t questio n s
C arbon m onoxide m ay be th e Meet Saturday
which m em bers of the association
origin of th is nam e. I feel and
ca u se of m ore traffic tro u b le th an
know th a t every old-tim er who
th e few cases of asp hyxiation th at
tra v e lle d up and down the coast
oci u r each w inter, th e seer ta ry
never questioned its right to be
( f s t a t e ’s traffic safety div sion
' so n am td. I c a rrie d the m ail be
aid this week.
tw een Gold B each and P o rt O r
C arbon m onoxid» in a c lo '
ford. about 45 y ea rs ago. At th a t
c
a
r can sh arp ly reduce a d riv e r’.
♦ me th ere was not a bridge in
C u rry county. T he tra ils along a le rtn e s s and coordination ev ‘*:?
the coast w ere n arro w and u n im though the c o n c en tratio n is not
u nco n
proved. following the ridges and stro n g enough to ca n s
sciousness
o
r
death,
safety
officials
fiten dropping down into creek
beds. M any of these tra ils w. re point out. A d riv er so affected
old elk trails, for in early tim es, m ay not respond to an e m e rg m m
elk ran in bands of hundreds and. situ a tio n quickly enough to a v o d
in travelling, alw ays follow td an accident.
S a fe ty m en suspect th a t tlm
each o th e r in single file.
The
gas,
which is colorless and od o r
re su lt w as deep tra ils w here th y
had tro d and, of course, they less in its pure form, m ay th
responsible for m any
b joke out some of th e brush as
w
in
ter-seaso
n sm ash-ups
t , »
they went through. Indians, and
the pioneers who cam e a fte rw a i 1, norm ally ai » ch arg ed to d riv e r
n a tu ra lly followed th ese trails. in a tte n tio n and carelessness.
Di ivers w e n urged io m ak e
The coast tra il dropped down to
the creek, south of H um bug c rta in mufflers a» d e x h a u st pipe?
m ountain, and on? w as m et w ith a re in good condition and th at at
such a dense grow th of brush least one window is p a rtia ll
th a t, in places, it w as necessaiy on even in cold w eath er. R esearch
to dism ount and lead th e horse. stu d ies have shown th a t s frr n •
So, we old tim e rs never quest ion- er ¡c c rtra tio n s can e x s t in huavv
led th e origin of th e nam e, dow ntow n traffic and th a t ex h a u s
B iu sh es C reek,” alth o u g h it was um es from o th e r \ h id e s can
n te r a ea r th ro u g h th e air du cts
lis t called “B rushy C ree k .”
nl
its v en tilatio n system .
(N o te : R egarding th e abov«
story about seeking a tra il e a s t
w ard from P ort O rford, via H u m
CLAUDIA S H R A D E R
bug, th is p arty w as ted by
H EA D S S E W IN G B E E S
I G. T ’V ault, e prom inent ad •
I.c w c ffic'rr w ere c! c' ’
•rer of ea rly O regon, who la te r
veek by th e 4-II Sew ing Bees.
founded a new spaper at ja c k s
m e. lie and a .party of nine o th The new’ president is C l a u d '1
ers had b«*cn hired by Tiehenor. 'h ra d e r. Vice nresident is C arol
.1 »ns p a r 'y w as G ilbert Brush. Ann Cross. O th e r officers a re :
Five m en w ere m assacred by it Secretary, K aren B a rk e r; song-
p a rty of Coquilles, S nt r.i ur I __ e-ad r, P a tric ia McG nniss and ic-
851, and th e five who survived >ortei, D eanna Bivin.
By Appointment
T im e and place for club m oot-
w ere T ’V ault, B rush, T. J. D aven-
irt, of M assachusetts, L. L. W il- ngs w as discussed, as w ell as the
At th e next
am s, of V erm ont, and C yrus am ount of dues.
eddon, of New Jerse y . B rush m eeting, th e club plans to s ta r t
b eaten w ith a paddle. on th e ir needle cases.
Hours 9-6. Closed Monday w 1 as 1 re badly
tu rn e d to P o rt O rford. Dr.
Glisan, arm y surgeon, statio n ed places of m eetin g “Mr. B ru sh .”
ith troops at P o rt O rford, re- on th e tra il betw een P ort O rfo rd
untii
trip s to t h 1 south, in and “H a lf-b ree d ’s H< iso.” G »no
’53
and
’54,
tells in tw o or th re e w h ere in my notes 1 have a record
V'
of Asa H. C rook clea rin g the
land at tin m outh of B rush
creek, present site of th e H um b u g
P a rk picnic grounds. M SB)
T he next strea m south of H u m
bug m ountain, nam ed by th e In
dians,
“C O S U T T -H E N T O N ,
is
M ussel creek.
It is not known
jus* how’ it happ ned to be so
¡¡a m ’d, but in th e ea rly tim es th e
tra il crossed th e stre a m at its
m outh, n e a r th e site of th e old
Cos- tt-IIc n to n Indian V illage, a1
which place th e re w ere g reat
beds of m ussel shells, the deposil
being, possibly, h undreds of y ea rs
o ’d. Nobody knows how long th«
ird ia n s op erated th ere, hut th e re
; no doubt th a t th e e a rly pio
neers nam ed th e s tre a m “ M ussel
re e k ,” on account of th ese great
deposits of shells at its m outh.
T he origin of the nam e, *Euchr<
re e k ,” is not definitely know n
But w hen th«' w hite s e ttle rs q u e s
tioned
the Indians re g a rd in g ti.
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T he Geisel fam ily w as living in
tins s e ttle m e n t w hen the Ind ian
w ar broke out on th'* night of
F e b ru a ry 22. 1856 On th a t m em
o rab le night th e In d ian s ru sh •«!
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illing him and his th re e sons and
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a k i i u ; his w ife and tw o d a u g h
te rs prisoners. They w ere car-
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will
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T his is to he a ' cry im p o rtan t ! in te re ste d enough to a tte n d am t
meeting- an d it is hoped th at h ea r these discussions.
here w i l l bp p resent a good re p -j
cse n ta tio n from all p a rts of Coos
md C u rry . The building com m it-
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n ea su i
th e space n e a r th e Co-
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luille C om m un tv building av ail- th e basic rule, expired license
dile for a p r m a n e n t m useum , .plates, fined $15.
' ill rep ;t. This co m m ittee m iv
C. H. Jen n in g s, no d riv e r’s li
ilso have m ore in fo rm atio n as to cense, no vehicle license, fined
be proposed sit«’ located n ea r ! $10.
’’oaledo.
W a lte r I. W atson, «hunk in a
This q uestion of a site o.’ion public place, fined $10.
w hich to cr 'ct a fire-proof m u se
R obert C. Long, d ru n k in ¡»ub-
um fo r Coos a n d C u rry is one nl lic place, fined $15.
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