Showing posts with label Oregon Historical Marker. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Oregon Historical Marker. Show all posts

Saturday, July 25, 2009

M2 - Thomas McKay

Found in Scappoose, near Old Portland Road. Thomas McKay, Hudson's Bay Company fur trader and operative, died near here.

M1 - Deer Island

Found in Deer Island on hwy 30 at milepost 34. Campsite of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1805 and 1806.

Saturday, February 28, 2009

P9 - Tillamook Burn


Found thirty-two miles east of Tillamook. The site of disastrous forest fires in 1933, 1939, and 1945.

P8 - 41st Infantry Division


Found in the Sunset Springs Rest Area, west of Portland at milepost 28. The rest area was dedicated to the 41st Infantry (Sunset) Division.

P7 - Tillamook Burn

Found in the Sunset Springs Rest Area, west of Portland at milepost 28. Describes the devastating forest fires of 1933, 1939, and 1945 and subsequent reforestation.

P3 - Tsunami

Found  at 'A' Avenue and S. Promenade, in Seaside. Provides information about the devastating waves called 'tsunamis' which can strike the Oregon coast and what action should be taken in case of such an occurrence.

P2 - Fort Clatsop

Found near Ft. Clatsop National Memorial, south of Astoria. The 1805-1806 winter headquarters of explorers Lewis and Clark.

P1 - Fort Stevens State Park

Found In Ft. Stevens State Park. Describes the history of the area, land uses, and the naming of Fort Stevens.

P6 - Sunset Highway

Found on highway 26 near the junction with OR 53. The Sunset Highway is dedicated to members of the 41st Division who wore the Sunset emblem.

P5 - Cannon Beach

Found three miles south of Cannon Beach. Describes how Cannon Beach got its name from the 1856 wreck of the Naval schooner Shark.

P4 - Ecola

Found North of Cannon Beach, at milepost 27.7. William Clark's visit to this area in 1806 and his purchase of whale oil and blubber from the local Indians.

Saturday, January 24, 2009

P10 - Capt. Robert Gray


Found 1/4 mile north of Garibaldi, at milepost 54.8. Capt. Gray was the first known U.S. citizen in recorded history to set foot on the Oregon shoreline in 1788.