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Gold Beach, Oregon Gold Beach ( Tolowa : yan-shu’-chit, [ 5 ] yan-shuu-chit’-dvn [ 5 ] ) is a city in and the county seat of Curry County , Oregon , United States, [ 6 ] on the Oregon Coast . The population was 2,241 at the 2020 census .
The Mary D. Hume was a steamer built at Gold Beach, Oregon in 1881, by R. D. Hume, a pioneer and early businessman in that area.Gold Beach was then called Ellensburg. The Hume had a long career, first hauling goods between Oregon and San Francisco, then as a whaler in Alaska, as a service vessel in the Alaskan cannery trade, then as a tugboat.
The marks on the boots indicated a shark, making him the first shark attack victim in Oregon history. [citation needed] Pacific City: Phoenix: 5 November 1923: A gas schooner that capsized on Tillamook Bar. Four died. [14] Barview: Sea Island: 7 February 1932: Rum-Runner. Tillamook: Tyee: 6 December 1940: A tugboat that foundered off Tillamook Bar.
Curry County is the southwesternmost county in the U.S. state of Oregon located on the South Coast. As of the 2020 census, the population was 23,446. [1] The county seat is Gold Beach. [2] The county is named for George Law Curry, a two-time governor of the Oregon Territory. [3] Curry County includes the Brookings, OR Micropolitan Statistical Area.
The bridge carries U.S. Route 101 across the river, near the point where the river empties into the Pacific Ocean, and connects the towns of Gold Beach and Wedderburn. A bridge with strong Art Deco influences, the Isaac Lee Patterson Bridge is a prominent example of the designs of the Oregon bridge designer and highway engineer Conde McCullough .
Robert Deniston Hume (October 31, 1845 – November 25, 1908) was a cannery owner, pioneer hatchery operator, politician, author, and self-described "pygmy monopolist" who controlled salmon fishing for 32 years on the lower Rogue River in U.S. state of Oregon.
The Mary D. Hume, built in 1881, is still largely intact, lying on the shore at Gold Beach, Oregon. The wreck itself is on the National Register of Historic Places. The steam ferry Roosevelt, which used to run on Coos Bay, was photographed abandoned near Marshfield in 1941. wreck of Roosevelt, steam ferry, near Marshfield
The National Register recognizes places of national, state, or local historic significance across the United States. [1] Out of over 90,000 National Register sites nationwide, [ 2 ] Oregon is home to over 2,000, [ 3 ] and 46 of those are found in Curry County.