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Port Orford (Tolowa: tr’ee-ghi~’- ’an’ [5]) is a city in Curry County on the southern coast of Oregon, United States. The population was 1,133 at the 2010 census . The city takes its name from George Vancouver 's original name for nearby Cape Blanco , which he named for George, Earl of Orford , "a much-respected friend."
The Patrick Hughes House, also known as Hughes Ranch and the Historic Hughes House, is a historic Queen Anne-style house built in 1898 on Cape Blanco in the U.S. state of Oregon.
Frank Fay Eddy launched another paper called the Port Orford Post in 1937, [5] but he died three years later. [6] Around 1955, Paul L. Peterson opened a print shop called Port Orford Press. Four years later he relaunched the Port Orford News, the town's first newspaper in nearly two decades.
The Port Orford Lifeboat Station is a museum and interpretive center that was opened in 2000 by the Point Orford Heritage Society. Built in 1934, the building is on the National Register of Historic Places (as the Port Orford Coast Guard Station ) and was used by the U.S. Coast Guard until 1970. [ 3 ]
Artists are encouraged to apply to participate in this year's Main Street Kent Art & Wine Festival on June 1. The festival will take place from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. in downtown Kent. The event is ...
The newspaper was founded in 1914 by E. M. Bogardus [2] as the Gold Beach Reporter. [3] The Gold Beach paper was sold in 1917 to A. E. Guyton and John A. Juza, [4] with Juza assuming complete ownership in 1922 and W. E. Hassler becoming editor.
Fright Fest runs from Sept. 21 through Oct. 27 on every Saturday and Sunday, as well as the following select dates: Friday Oct. 11, Monday Oct. 14, Friday Oct. 18 and Friday Oct. 25.
The photographs became a sensation, and received an overwhelming response when Philip offered, in a nationally broadcast interview, to send a copy of the paper, at cost, to anyone who requested one. Philip later participated in a 50th anniversary celebration of the photo at McMenamins Hotel Oregon's annual UFO Festival. [5]