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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM256S_a-battle-with-the-elements_Florence-OR.html
Can you feel the sea wind? The lighthouse can, too! For a lighthouse, standing out in the sea spray and storm winds is part of the job description. For more than a century of working life, Heceta Head Lighthouse has taken a constant…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2549_hard-work-at-a-lonely-light_Florence-OR.html
Would you make it as a Heceta Head Lighthouse keeper? Imagine living here, part of a tiny, isolated community whose lives revolved around the beacon of Heceta Head Light. You would: Work day and night to keep the light in good repair, al…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2526_road-behind-and-sea-beyond_Florence-OR.html
This headland has attracted and challenged centuries of travelers. For centuries, Siuslaw, Yachats and Alsea Tribes were drawn to the rich marine resources at Heceta Head. As they hunted, fished, and traveled, they established trails. I…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM251N_siuslaw-river-bridge_Florence-OR.html
The Siuslaw River Bridge was built as part of the Coast Bridges Project. It is one of five designed by Conde B. McCullough and built during the Great Depression from 1934 to 1936. The Coast Bridges Project was funded through the Public Works A…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM251K_welcome-to-historic-old-town_Florence-OR.html
Originally named First Street then later Front Street, Bay Street was renamed in the mid-1950s by the Florence Garden Club. Historically known as the city center of Florence, Bay Street held much of the government and commerce functions. Once th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM251F_heceta-head-lightstation_Florence-OR.html
Lighthouses are not just scenic structures - they are life-saving innovations. In the 19th century, most traffic sailed by offshore. To steer true, and to avoid hazards such as reefs and shoals, ship captains needed land-based beacons, as …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2517_technology-spans_Florence-OR.html
If this historic bridge and tunnel weren't here, what would it be like to cross Cape Creek? Engineers building the Pacific Coast Highway in the early 1930s encountered an unusual challenge here at Cape Creek, a deep, offset gorge, carved…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM250S_harbor-theater_Florence-OR.html
Built in 1938 as the "Florence Theatre," the facade displays a stucco exterior. After an internal fire in 1957, it was refurnished and renamed the Harbor Theater. One of the last neighborhood theaters operating in Oregon, it continued dispensing c…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM250P_mapleton-depot_Florence-OR.html
Constructed in 1912, this Southern Pacific Railroad Depot served Mapleton, a community 15 miles east of Florence. With the widening of Highway 126 in 1976, it was saved from demolition by local contractor, Mike Johnson, and rebuilt on the present …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24T5_building-a-bridge_Lowell-OR.html
Oregon's rivers echoed with the sound of saws, axes, and the other industrious banging of hammers as work crews erected hundreds of bridges during the height of the covered bridge era. Bridge construction typically started with the abutments that …
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