Yachats Area History Publicatons, Presentatons, and Sites
Early Yachats History Recently updated; written by Joanne Kittel and Suzanne Curtis in 1996. It is presented with permission from Robert Kentta, Cultural Director of The Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians.
Living Among Shell Middens – Preserving the past, Looking to the Future
(YOU TUBE) A presentation by Phyllis Steeves, Archaeologist and Tribal Liaison for the Siuslaw National Forest, October 9, 2010. Music to open and close the presentation was provided by Doc Slyter, Elder, Tribal Flutist, and Chair of the Cultural Committee, Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians. Presentation sponsored by The Yachats Academy of Arts & Sciences with support from Friends of the Yachats Commons Foundation.
Yachats Then and Now – from video produced by local historians Mr. & Mrs. Leigh Green (about 1990)
Oregon Coast Magazine:
The Alsea People of Cape Perpetua (2011)
Camp Waldport (2011) Conscientious Objector Camp WWII
Giant Spruce of Cape Perpetua (2007)
Register Guard – Eugene:
Following in the footsteps of history (2011) Amanda Trail
A Step Forward – Years of volunteer efforts pay off with a new link that makes a coastal trail safer to walk (2009) Amanda Trail
OTHER SITES OF INTEREST:
Agate Windows – Yachats Community Presbyterian Church
The Yachats Commons – Built in the mid-1930s and used as a school until 1983. In 1990 the school was purchased by the city to be used as a community center.
Yachats Community Park Wetland
Yachats.info – links to articles and historic data
Alsea Bay Bridge Interpretive Center – Located in Waldport at the base of the bridge, this is a marvelous center for the history of Oregon bridges. There is a wooden toy bridge here to entertain children while adults enjoy the old photographs and other exhibits. FMI: 541-563-2002 or 1-800-551-6949.
Late June-Labor Day weekend, a park interpreter leads an Alsea Bay Bridge Walk on Fridays-Mondays at 2:00 p.m. FMI: Ranger Cameron, 541-270-8480.
Alsi Historical & Genealogical Society / Waldport Heritage Museum
Camp Waldport, or Civilian Public Service (CPS) Camp No. 56 and the Fine Arts Group
Yaquina Bay Light Station and Yaquina Head Lighthouse
Newport’s Historic Nye Beach Area and Historic Working Waterfront
Oregon Coast History Center, 541-265-7509 – 545 NW 9th, Newport. Maritime, logging, settlement, Native American exhibits.
Siuslaw Pioneer Museum, 541-997-7884 – Located in Old-Town Florence