The Coquille Valley sentinel., September 26, 1930, Page 7, Image 7

E HISTORIC ROOSEVELT .-At Bandon, we hre going
COAST HIGHWAY
th h^hway a monment
to
an
----- --- ,v. one of the most fascinating
/.■v.mfi»» and
a
tiful beeches on the Pacific Coast. I
— By MiA Alteen Wilson in
Perhaps the moat outstanding feature
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Oregon Motorist
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of this beach are the huge, fantastic
Under tbe above he ad. ng appeared rocks which guard the shore. The
in a recent issue of The Oregon Mo­ most noted of these are Table, Sphinx,
torist an article by Mies Alteen Wil­ Cave and Monk rocks, and they are so
d*y.
son, secretary of the Coquille Cham­ realistic they eeem as if sculptured
“le it insured?
ber of Commerce, and manager of the and placed there by some gigantic
AAA desk at the hotel here. It is ao hand.. The beach is long and gently
full/of interest and contains so many sloping with lots of fine, clean sand
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historical references that we believe which makes sbrf« bathing a delight
many of our readers will know mere There is also an abundance of sea life
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about Oregon coast history, after which will provide many interesting
reading it, than they ever did before: and instructive days to the inland per­
The motorist who chooses to drive
son. But to return to our journey.
along the Oregon Coast, in South­
The highway is practically a
western Qregon, will encounter a re-j
straight stretch from Bandon to Port
rion,
only rich in incomparable!
Orford and you may travel as fast as
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3 for
Tomatoes
scenery, but with a wealth of histor­ you please, because ws are about to
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ical interests, folk-tom and stories of enter the moot historioul and most
Peas
Tor
adventure that make it one of the beautiful section of our motor-log.
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most interesting drives .in the entire
“On April 24. 1722, Captain George
Purex
for 25«
West. One literally drives through the
Will bo at
Loin or
Vancouver sighted what we now know
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Chandler Hotel. Marshfield
pages of history as the various bays as Cape Blanqo. and named it Cape
Màlt
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Thursday aaM Friday. Oct. 2 * 3 sad headlands unroll themselves along Orford in honor of George, Earl of
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from lfi a. Mu, to 4 p. m. .
.he ribbon of road wo call the Oregon Orford, bis ‘much respected friend.’
2 for
Jello
Coast Highway.
.
TWO DAYS ONLY
George, Third EarJ of Orford, was the
The person who has a genuine love grandson of Sir Robert Walpole, first
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No Charge for Consultation
Shoulder
for the unusual in beautiful scenery, Marl of Orford, and was a nephew of
and who longs to be free from the the Fourth Earl of Orford, the fa­
Dr. Melbnthin’s visits are greatly turmoil and rush of everyday living,
White Soap for
Shoulder Steaks
mous Horace Walpole." The harbor,
appreciated and patronised, especially
will
find
solace
and
rejuvenation
in
by those who are suffering or ailing
because of its proximity to the Capo,
from troubles of the Internal organa, Ihto region whoso wooded hills be- has been known since the early’SO’s
in the chsst or abdomen; abo bead, peak tranquility and peace, although
oar, nose and throat The Doctor ac­ Indian wars and massacres once raged as Port Orford.
Chops
cepts onlv those who can be treated
Cape Blanco is the most westemly
>eneath
their
gently
swaying
boughs;
medicinally with the aid of correct
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cape in
and “was named in
Shoulder Roasts
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diet and hygiene for which a nominal 'races of Indian fighting still exist 1608 by Martin de Augilar, Spanish
charge is made.
Look
our line of
and are of great interest for those of
Stew
explorer, who recorded that on Janu­
Women if married please bring
an inveatigating trend of mind.
ary 1», ho reached the 43rd parallel
their husbanda.
Local
Imported
A region too whose apparent atill- and found a point that he named Cape
What over your comphint may be
Side
it will be of interest to consult the neaa ia broken by the singing of a
Blanco. Blanco is a Spanish word,
Doctor on this trip.
myriad of birds and by the roar of the
or whole
Below are the names of a few of Ns
meaning white.
Pacific against its rocky cliffs, first
many satisfied patients:
“The U. 8. Geographic Board in
sighted by the English and Spanish choosing between the two names de­
Mrs. Harriet Anstadt, Astoria.
Alfred Clemens, CorvalMa. ~ *
sos muere tn ttee early days of the
cided against Vancouver’s name,
Chas. Desch. Portland.
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Pacific Coast Conquest. As you gase Cape Orford, so that the official name
W. G. Grubbe. Albany.
seaward, sighting a vessel on the far
Mrs. J. G. Huntsuckor, Toledo.
is Cape Blanco.”
W. E. Hankins. Mt. Hebron, Calif. distant borison, instantly the thought
Port. Or ford has given its name to
One Pound
of
Golden Gate
Denver Kincaid, Ashland.
BREAD
comes to mind that at one time Span­ a valuable lumber, Fort Orford Ce­
Bert Lamps, St. Helens.
ish
Galleons
and
English
vessels
rtav-
L. H. Martin, Mero.
dar, botanically known as Lawson
or Malted Milk Crackers
COOKIES
'.gated these very shores, competing Cypreus (chmnaecyparis lawsonia).
F. O. Pollard, Yreka, Calif.
E. F. Smith, Heppner. _
'or their possession. In fact, histori­
It b c inaid. rod one of the most beau­
Mrs. Wm. Schuening. Helix.
ans agree that “Sir Francis Drake, in
tiful cedars in cultivation, either In
Loo Oey, North Powder.
the Golden Hind’ stopped between 42
T. L. Shown, Goldendale.
this country or in Europe.
’’mms Turo»r. Mikkalo.
degrees, 3*, just over the California
Battle Rock, an hbtoric landmark,
Henry Trowbridge, John Day.
< line in present-day Oregon, and it
1 la situated at Port Orford, upon which
J. H. Wood, Eugene.
bps been stated be was therefore the
V. P. Harris, Athena.
was founght a very fierce Indian bat­
Mm. B. Daniil, Klamath Falta.
proBable discoverer of that State.”
tle. It is a long, massive btock of rock
Mm. Walter Rcott, Mt. Angel.
“In 1587, John Drake (a cousin of the
■standing well above the water, and it
Pkg. White
Henry Schultz. Pendleton.
Commander) made the following dec­
Headquarters for Poultry
is in full view of the highway. If you
Mrs. X). N. Kimball, Crabtree.
3 Bars
Mrs. Frank Sgpipson, Hood River. laration before the Inquisition of Li­ look closely, you will see part of an
Loe 81ucherffRtaGrando.
ma: Then they toft (Guatulco) and
Port for Smoked,
old log barricade, stiH standing, which
Note above th* exact date and «ailed
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and
. until they reached 44 de­ held the cannon. Capt. J. M. Kirkpat­
8lace! Permanent address: 268 So.
grees, when the wind changed, and he
Pickled and Fresh
errano, Los Angelos, Calif.
rick, one of the heroes of the battle,
(Drake, the Commapder) went to the
tells the story as follows:
‘Californias* where ho discovered land
“I was working in Portland, Ove-
Choice of
or
Ball
in 43 degrees. There he landed and gon, the latter part of May, 1851f^
built huts and remained for a month
when I heard about the intended set­
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and a half."
tlement at Port Orford, proposed by.
Sir Francis Drake, then, was the
Captain William Tichenqr, command­
first adventurer to discover the great er of the steamer ‘Sea Gull,” and be­
recreational possibilities in this sec­
ing told there was not a particle of
tion of Oregon. In order to gat a dang.r from the Indians, I decided
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motor-log of the most noted scenic
to accompany the expedition, ami
and historic placee *n route, we will
went to work to hunt up a party to
commence with the completed section
go down with us on the ‘Sea Gull.’
at the Oregon Coast Highway, in
“On the morning of the 9th we were
Southwestern Oregon, and follow it
landed on the beach just below Bettie
fibefiiy. -
Rock. There were a few Indians in
Commencing at Reedsport, located
sight and I could see that they did
near the mouth of the Umpqua River,
not like to have us there. I told Capt.
and traveling south, the highway is
Tichenor that I did not like the looks
practically s straight stretch to Win­
of things at all and those Indians
chester Bay. From this point it winds
meant mischief, and there was one vdlow hair and a. freckled face! He
up the mountain, through groves of
thing more we wanted and that was turned out to bo a white man who had |
fir, and dropping down on the other an old cannon on-board the 'Sea Gull.’ —
been
Indians for many
— among
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side, circles one-half of the beautiful He sent his mate with one of my men years, they having saved him from
Clear Lake. This new highway ex­ and they soon returned bringing the the wreck of a Russian ship that was
tends through sand dunes and wooded cannon and copper magazine.
Ao loot on the Oregon Coast many years
hills, crossing the upper portions of soon as the cannon arrived, the Cap- ago. Soon after the battle, we quietly
Coos Bay, spread out like lonj^ fin­ tain bid us goodbye and left for San left Battle Rock and made our escape
gers. by bridges.
Francisco, saying he would return in to the white settlement on the Ump-
“Coos Bay was discovered in 1853, I fourteen days.
I ¡ qua River. This was the first time
though it has been said that tdappers
"After be left, we loot no time in the Indians of Port Orford had ever
had before this traversed the .country making our camp
eamp on
<m what was
mu to be been whipped, 25 of their warriors
and traded with the Indians, who, un­ called Battle ! Rock. On the morning having been killed, but it wae
was the old
xs
----- did -- the - work.
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. a • *a •• a «v
w St
like
their neighbor! farther
south,
I the Indians had T aa- ""
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tenth
cannon that
41» Front St. Coquille, Ore.
were very peaceful. Coos is an Indian * sembled, as I feared they would, and Kirkpatrick, 1897.)
name of a native tribe whose habitat soon began to shoot arrows and crowd | Upon leaving Port Orford, and the
wae the vicinity of Coos Bay. The up the rock. The air was full of ar- Indians, the highway winds up the
name is first mentioned by Lewis and ; rows coming from at least one hun- mountain and along the cliffs, afford-
Clark, who spell it ‘Cook-ko-oose.’ :
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dred bows. James Carigan has picked j„r mort wonderful views of the ocean,
One Indian moaning of Coos ascribed I up a pine board about fifteen inches That stretch of the highway * leading
is ’lake’; another 'place of pines,* both
Mountain is perhaps
wide and eight feet long and held it I toward 1 Humbqg
“
of which are fittihg description of the ,
it well known and is the most highway winds gradually upward marvel that jiart a mon ent ago you
in front of us both; 87 arrows hit the the most
Bay There are forests of cedar and I board and at least half of them
photographed section on the route. along the bluffy, until the highest ele­ were looking across the vast expanse
fir on every hand, and the Bay b j
showed the points through it. Some I But now you are due for a surprise; vation of the trip is reached at Cape of the Pacific from another headland
noted for its fish and extensive clam of my men were wounded, which left the highway immediately leaves the
ticket invites you to see the full
Sebastian, and without doubt, the with the waters from other worlds
flats. .
six of us to fight the Indians who still I cliffs, and drops ’way down to Brush vista from this Cape is one of the
breaking into wavec and spray at your
sweep of California’s chann-
” According to an Indian legend,
kept coming. When they ware crowd­ ' Creek Canyon, and runs parallel with
mg playgrounds.
“there bad been large bode of oysters ed on tbs narrow ridge, and not more Brush Creek which merrily «plashes most inspiring and majestic on the very feet.
And so we motor southward over
Travel the xceriic SAsrts
along the Bay, but many winters back than eight feet from the muscle of the ¡t, vay over various colored stones, Coast.
Cape Sebastian derives its name the historic Coast Highway. Every
the Great Spirit had sent a ‘Skookum’ gun, I applied the fiery end of the rope The hills rise very steep on both sides
Koste, through miles of breath­
.
I from the fact than on January 20, promontory disclosed by the windings
fire that had consumed the forests in to the priming. The execution was
less mountain scenery. Cour­
tbe
road and creek and are I
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tW3 Sebastian Viscaino on an ex- of the road was first sighted, and in
places, so that the ashes colored the fearful, at least 12 or 13 men wore
teous attendants smooth your
¡most instances, named by the early
tributary streams to the Bay, and the killed outright and such a tumbling and there ta‘ a little waterfall whore
way. You arrive refreshed and
sighted
a
high,
white
bluff
near
what
European navigators and ettplorem.
lye destroyed the oysters."
ready for play.
of scared Indians I never saw before I you can get the coolest drink.
he determined to be the 42nd parallel, i Every bay and cove
itling Th the
There is a state-owned ferry across or since. The gun was upset by the
Th- next stop is at Wedderburn He named it in honor of the saint of; shelter of the
Th*
isivo headlands has
ocean
entrance
of
the
Buy,
and
CALIFORNIA VACATION the
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recoil, but ws rushed out to them and ' (which,
/...V-l. 1 by
— -L.
- was named after
the —
way,
after that day, San Sebastian. This point resounded to the clatter of oAFs anJ
from
turns soon cleared the rock of all the live
Iiym this point the highway
ROUNDTRIPS
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an
ancestral
estate
in Scotland) where marked the northern limit of hb voy- muskets and the babble of foreign
inland for a change, and b puved*
eountwi
there is another ferry across one it Rfft.
flfi-day limit via Roseburg)
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Cape Sebastisyi b prominent tongues as the early day explorer
through the towns of North Bend, Indians on the rock, and some of them
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the most important rivers on route, Iron
from either northward or southward groped along the coast <rf "New Al-
SAN FRANCISCO
Marshfield and Coquille.
weighed over two hundred pounds.
namely. Rogue River. Bishop F. N. ------
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and rises abruptly from the sea to bifin” (so called by Drake) in their
LOS ANGELES
An interesting side-trip may be
“After the fight was over, an In- Blanchet’s account of the Catholic
S?.M
a height of about 700 feet
efforts to find things of interest. So
DEL MONTE
made from North Bend, down the 1 dian Chief came up the beach and laid Church in Oregon, says the French
From this Cape, the highway again today the motorist in ineroasing num
SAN DIEGO
Coast, through the old town of Em­ down his bow and knife and made were first to call it by this name. The
descends tbe mountain only to rise ben is visiting this new land and
LAKE TAHOE
pire, the first county seat, to the es­ signa to us that he wanted to carry Indians there
wore a peculiarly again presenting an entirely new view ' they, Mke the explorers of old, aro
YOSEMITE
tate of “Shore Acres.” The lovely away the dead Indians. He sailed for troublesome lot; “hence." says Blan­
and perspective. Now we have left finding
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it not only beautiful,
gardens and lily pond at “Shore Ae­ ’ one more to help and they carried all chet, “the name Les Coquins (the
the bluffs, for awhile, and e)imb treme! y interesting.
reo” are well worth seeing and are ' the Indians away but their loader who Rogujs) and La Riviere aux Coquina
through the coolest, tallest fin and
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open to visitors every day except Sun­ * wore a red shirt. I tried to got the (the Rogue River) was given to the
pines imaginable, until, upon, turning
Notice: Farmers—We buy Be f,
big
chief
to
carry
him
off,
but
he
day.
country by the men of the brigade. a curve, It seems as if we are motor­ Veal. Pork, Poultry and Hides, at the
ing in the skies. Far down the val­ ECONOMY CASH MARKET, Co­
leys and off* in the distance the hilla quille. Oregon.
ars virtually one large sea of trees,
with a high, blue, rugged ranges for
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fiot but your health.
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