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Talk trains during Clamshell Railroad Days
ILWACO — Join the fun
as we celebrate Clamshell
Railroad Days on Saturday
and Sunday, July 14 and 15, at
the Columbia Pacific Heritage
Museum with expanded
events and old favorites.
The $5 admission fee
includes a souvenir pin and
museum entrance for two
days. Kids under 12 get in free.
During “Train Talks,”
local experts will discuss the
history of the railroad.
At 2 p.m. Saturday, Dr.
Gary Brooks will present
“Railroad Logging Around
Willapa Bay.” Brooks has
been building miniatures for
20 years and is perhaps best
known for his 34-foot by
8.5-foot model of the World
War I Spruce Production
Division mill, on view at Fort
Vancouver.
At 1 p.m. Sunday, historian
Bruce Weilepp narrates the
“Return of the Railcar Nah-
cotta.” For almost 40 years,
COURTESY COLUMBIA PACIFIC HERITAGE MUSEUM
Dr. Gary Brooks
the Nahcotta was parked
outside of Puyallup, Wash., at
the home of rail car collector
Henry Welzel, who left the car
to the Columbia Pacific Her-
itage Museum when he died.
Its journey back to Ilwaco 15
years ago was documented
with photographs and video.
At 2 p.m., celebrate the
15th anniversary of the car’s
return with cake in the court-
yard.
The railcar Nahcotta will
be open for tours on both
days. Members of the Nah-
cotta Preservation Committee
will be on site to talk about
new findings and the ongoing
preservation of the Nahcotta
railcar.
For more information, call
360-642-3446 or visit colum-
biapacificheritagemuseum.org.
COURTESY SOU’WESTER LODGE
Shanna Gillette
The search for the Beeswax Shipwreck
SEASIDE — Join us at 1
p.m. Saturday, July 14, as
The Friends of the Seaside
Library host anthropologist
Scott Williams, who will
speak on “Searching for the
Beeswax Shipwreck.” The
event will take place in the
Community Room.
One of the most popular
mysteries of the Oregon
Coast has been the identi-
fication of the “Beeswax
Wreck” at Nehalem Beach,
in Tillamook County.
Identified over time by
various researchers as either
a Chinese or Japanese junk, a
Spanish galleon, a Portuguese
trader, or a lost English or
Dutch pirate vessel, we have
been able to determine that
the ship was in fact a Spanish
Galleon of the Manila Trade.
Nehalem Indian oral
histories and the journals
of the earliest traders in the
EDWARD STRATTON PHOTO
Scott Williams has been searching for a shipwreck off of Man-
zanita for the past decade through the Beeswax Wreck Project.
area indicate that the galleon
wrecked prior to European
settlement — indeed, before
most European exploration
of the Pacific Northwest. The
site has been buried for the
last 100 years.
However, blocks of bees-
wax are occasionally found
by beachcombers in the sand
dunes adjacent to the site.
Archaeologists have
recovered assemblages of
Chinese porcelain sherds
from nearby archaeological
sites, including some that
were modified into projectile
points by local Nehalem
Native Americans. These
sherds display design motifs
indicating they were man-
ufactured in China in the
late 17th century and were
intended for export to the
European market. Analysis
of the motifs indicates the
majority of the porcelain
was manufactured sometime
between 1680 and 1700 AD.
Radiocarbon samples
from wood known to be
associated with the wrecked
vessel and beeswax blocks
that were part of her cargo
have also been dated, and,
while not as precise as the
ceramic dates, they also
indicate the vessel is from the
period of the Spanish Manila
Trade.
The Seaside Public
Library is located at 1131
Broadway St.. For more in-
formation, call 503-738-6742
or visit seasidelibrary.org.
Reconnect mind, body,
and spirit at Sou’Wester
SEAVIEW, WASH. — Shanna
Gillette, a certified yoga in-
structor, mindfulness coach
and metaphysical counsel-
or, leads a workshop at the
Sou’Wester Lodge, 2 to 5
p.m. Wednesday, July 25.
Titled “Reconnecting
Mind, Body & Spirit (Let
That Shift Go!),” the three-
hour workshop focuses on
reducing stress, releasing
tension and trauma from
the body, discovering our
perceived limitations and
transcending them, creating
a safe and respectful place
to explore the heart, and
designing simple practices
to feel good every day.
Participants will use
ancient yogic techniques
mixed with the latest in
neuroscience and prov-
en methods to reconnect
mind, body and spirit and
tap into the highest and
best version of you.
This workshop is for
students 12 and older; 10
students max. Bring a yoga
mat, notebook and pen.
Coffee and hot tea will be
provided.
RSVP to souwester-
frontdesk@gmail.com or
360-642-2542. The cost is
$30.
The Sou’wester Lodge
at located at 3728 J Place,
Seaview, Wash.
This class is part of the
Summer 2018 Workshop
Series. All classes are
open to the public, all skill
levels welcome.
Visit souwesterlodge.
com/calendar for the full
schedule of artist-led work-
shops.