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AUGUST 23, 2018 // 13 N W word nerd By RYAN HUME FOR COAST WEEKEND WALLUSKI [WÔL•Æ•SKɪ] noun JOSHUA BESSEX PHOTO Midnight on the Wallooskee River. Dining Out My golf game may be under par, but the Breakfast specials here are not! North Coast and Peninsula Imagine Your Restaurant Seaside 451 Ave U Seaside Golf Course 503-738-5261 Advertised Here! TU E 22 $ ILIES FAM OME! C WEL ECIAL! Y PI Z Z A DA Pizz 2 for as SP S seasidegolfcourse@gmail.com 503.755.1818 www.camp18restaurant.com Favorite stop to & from the Coast Hungry Harbor GrillE 503.325.7414 bakedak.com #1 12th Street, Astoria, OR SMOKEHOUSE BUTCHER BLOCK MEAT , SMOKED MEAT , GHOSTS , LIKE US ON FACEBOOK FOR WEEKLY SPECIALS and more ! 125 9TH ST. ASTORIA OR. (503)325-4744 3 8TH & L, ON THE S EAV IEW BEAC H APPROAC H 3 60-642-7880 3 13 Pa c ific Hw y, Do w n to w n Lo n g Be a c h, W A 3 60-642-5555 • w w w.hu n gryha rb o r.c o m DEPOT DEC K NOW OPEN –– COM E EN JOY OUR K ITE ROOM –– Place Your Ad Here! Buy 1 Meal, Get 1 1/2 off (of equal or lesser value) Monday-Thursday Offer expires 8/31/18 303 1st Avenue South, Ilwaco, Washington 360-777-3740 • travsplace.net OPEN AT 4 AM 1. Wallooskee River: a winding, 10-mile tributary of the Youngs River that flows downhill southwest of Astoria to dump into the river at the mouth of Youngs Bay. 2. Olney-Walluski: com- mon name of the unincor- porated territory due south of Astoria on the Nehalem Highway, which includes the Olney-Walluski Fire & Rescue district. Though never a proper town or settlement, Walluski was a census district until 1950. The Walluski School served the area between 1892 until it burned down in September 1921 in an acci- dent involving students emp- tying the wood stove at the end of the day. The area was the former location of the Clatsop County Poor Farm, where the indigent, disabled and aged traded labor for room, board and medical care. Walluski has also been the site of Oregon State Uni- versity’s Astor Agricultural Experiment Station, Clatsop Community College’s farm and is currently home to the Clatsop County Fairgrounds. 3. Walluski Western: a local farm machinery and equipment manufactur- er, specializing in silage baggers. Founded by Steve Cullen, the company is now more widely known as the Versa Corporation. 4. Walluski Soil: a gov- ernment-recognized soil se- ries whose source is located 500 feet west of Lewis and Clark Road. Origin The area takes its name COURTESY COLUMBIA RIVER ESTUARY STUDY TASKFORCE About 52 acres of former pasture along the western bank of the Walluski River near Astoria is slated for restoration into wetlands. from Wallooska, head of a small band of Clatsop Indians, who, as the sole sur- viving member of his family, ceded his land — which stretched as far south as Sad- dle Mountain — to the U.S. Government in August 1851 in exchange for cash, mer- chandise and other miscella- ny totaling $1,800. The land was desirable for being rich in timber, and a mill was soon constructed. Wallooska was also permitted to live out the rest of his days upon the land. The area and river were subsequently known as Walluski until the Board of Geographic Names officially changed the spelling of the river to “Wallooskee” in 1975, though businesses, roads and organizations continue to use the former spelling, which many locals appear to prefer. “U.S. Rep. Suzanne Bonamici has secured a provision in the federal Water Resources Develop- ment Act to clear the way for restoration of 52 acres of wetlands along the Walluski River by the Columbia River Estuary Study Taskforce.” — Edward Stratton, “Fed- eral legislation helps local wetland project,” The Daily Astorian, Monday, June 11, 2018 “The Walluski school- house in district No. 26, near the Astor experiment station, was destroyed by fire about 6:30 o’clock last night. The loss was about $1200 on the building and $1000 on the contents, with $800 insur- ance.” —“Walluski School Burns,” The Sunday Ore- gonian, Sunday, Sept. 25, 1921, P. 6 CW
