Tourism is the top industry in the southern Oregon coastal city of Bandon, but a century ago, maritime shipping was king. Bandon was the main port between San Francisco and Portland, and in aid of ...

I love this old picture of the Coquille River Lighthouse. A similar picture in Dow Beckham's book about Bandon reports that the lighthouse "had a booming fog signal trumpet serviced by a redwood tank ...

The first picture I am sharing I found among my uncle’s treasures. The photo was taken Sept. 6, 1895, during construction of the Coquille River Lighthouse. The back of the photo indicated it belonged ...

Oregonians love their lighthouses, but how much do we know about them? See if you can pass this quiz from www.visitthe oregoncoast.com. Of the nine original lighthouses on the Oregon coast, seven are ...

COOS COUNTY, Ore. — Kids are out of school, it’s getting warmer, and we've all been stuck inside. As things start to re-open, you may be looking to take a little trip. Lighthouses on the coast are a ...

Oregon was a rough place to build a lighthouse. Ships that traveled the rugged Pacific Coast needed beacons to navigate the shoreline, but those same conditions that plagued sailors plagued the ...

BANDON — The bride was beautiful, the groom cleaned up well, and despite the strong westward wind and a couple of last-minute stresses, the whole wedding was wrapped up in a matter of minutes under ...

Of the 11 lighthouses on Oregon's coast - ranging from squat "Terrible Tilly" on Tillamook Bay to the elegant, and perhaps haunted, Heceta Head Lighthouse perched on the cliffs outside Florence - Sara ...