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GRAB BAG book shelf • glimpse • wildlife • pop culture • words • q&a • food • fun Photo by Matt Love History buffs will discover gems inside the Seaside Historical Society Museum. A G LIMPSE I NSIDE An occasional feature by MATT LOVE Seaside Historical Society Museum One of the finer pleasures of my roaming literary life is visiting history museums along the Oregon and Washington coasts. They provide priceless resources and edification for writers, teachers and history buffs. Over the years, I’ve performed dozens of presentations promoting my books in these venues, and the dedication of the staff and volun- teers of these museums has always impressed me. I count my collabo- rations with these museums as ab- solutely essential to my writing and teaching lives. I can now add the Seaside His- torical Society Museum to my list and frankly can’t believe it took me this long to set foot inside this wonderful repository of artifacts and displays about Seaside’s past. I’d driven by the museum multiple times but finally headed in after recently meeting the director, Steve Wright, at a couple of my events. Steve issued a special invitation, and well, I couldn’t pass that up. That’s why I love living in small towns; these kinds of things happen. Steve Wright made it happen with his curiosity about my passion for Oregon history. The museum boasts an infor- mative display of the Clatsop-Ne- halem people who inhabited the area before the pioneers. I loved the diorama of Seaside 1899 built by students from Seaside High School. The old linotype typeset- ting machine from the Seaside Signal is fascinating. It blows my mind that newspapers all over the country were produced this way for nearly 50 years. Photographs of the Pacific Pier also intrigued me. It was a piece of foolhardy construction built in 1904, right out into the ocean, from the present-day Turnaround. It had Santa Monica Pier written all over it. The Oregon Coast didn’t possess a separate identity yet. The Pacific Pier lasted five years before the waves and storms de- stroyed it. A unique identity was un- derway for the Oregon Coast: We’re not Los Angeles. It continues to this day. Admission to the museum costs $3 for an adult. I tried to pay, but Steve wouldn’t take my money. I was his guest. He even agreed to have the museum carry some of my history-themed books. He also wants to roll me into the museum’s new historical series in collaboration with Seaside Brewing, History and Hops. I’m there. The museum is open from 10 a.m to 3 p.m Monday through Saturday and is located at 570 Necanicum Drive in Seaside. Matt Love lives in Astoria and is the author/editor of 14 books about Oregon. They are available at coastal bookstores and at www.nestuccaspitpress.com ES CA P E TO R U N TO . .. 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We are a city program, and this is our 30th year. We go during low tide and set up signs to make sure peo- ple are aware of the nation- al wildlife refuge and the state protected marine gar- den. We’re there to educate and hopefully create more stewardship of the area and other people’s backyards. We live in Oregon. There’s always something exciting and majestic in our own backyard, whether it be the Pacific Ocean, wetlands or the mountains. They need to be protected. What’s it like working with visitors and residents who don’t know much about Submitted photo the protected area? Lisa Habecker, left, poses with Lisa K. from California. During a marine life conversation, It can be challenging, but they learned they share a name and birthday. it’s really nice to understand other people’s perspectives. This is a very unique place that has a lot to offer, and that’s kind of the lead in. The diversity of animals and ev- erything we have is because it is a protected area. 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Social media, we’re ¿W I was the lead Rocky Shore hoping, is really going to What about Haystack Interpreter. It was a natural reach people we haven’t Rock interests you? progression of promotion. been able to get. Five Minutes With ... LISA HABECKER December 3, 2015 | coastweekend.com | 19
