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Agate Beach is an unincorporated community in Lincoln County, Oregon, United States. [1] Agate Beach is named for the agates that are found on the beaches of the Pacific Ocean between Newport and Yaquina Head. Agate Beach post office was established in 1912 and closed in 1971. [2]
It is administered by the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department. [2] Lying between new and old U.S. Highway 101, the 18.48-acre (7.48 ha) park offers beach access via a path from the parking lot through a tunnel under the old highway. [2] Amenities include restrooms and a place to fish, surf, and dig for razor clams. [2]
Portion of Lincoln City, Oregon between the Wecoma Beach and Roads End neighborhoods. Taft was named for the 27th U.S. president William Howard Taft. Taft post office was established in 1906, and was named when Taft was Secretary of War. The post office ran until incorporation as Lincoln City. [6]
Lincoln County, Oregon: Nearest city: ... South Beach State Park is a state park in the U.S. state of Oregon, ... Various fossils [4] are found there, as are agates ...
SE of Lincoln City: Lincoln City vicinity: Original bridge dismantled in late 1997. [11] 2: Elk City Bridge: November 29, 1979 (#79002104) November 25, 1986: Cherry St. Elk City: Destroyed by a storm in 1981. [12] 3: Sam's Creek Bridge: November 29, 1979 (#79002107) November 25, 1986: E of Siletz: Siletz vicinity: Demolished in 1980. 4
The beach. The park was established in the 1950s, [3] assembled through purchase and donation of land acquired between 1954 and 1978. [2] The park and the creek were named after John Fogarty, a former judge in Lincoln County. [2]
Fodor's has said Finders Keepers was established in 1997. [2] [3] Other sources have said the program was established in 1999 via the Millennium Float Project.[4] [5] [6] According to the Lincoln County Leader, "Finders Keepers began as the Oregon Coast Festival of Glass, a celebration of the millennium in 2000."
The name and theme of the park came from nearby Lincoln City. A popular restaurant there was named Pixie Kitchen, which opened in 1930 and had the slogan "Heavenly Food on the Oregon Coast". [1] Jerry Parks and his wife Lu Parks ran Pixie Kitchen and announced in 1967 the vision of Pixieland as a 57-acre (230,000 m 2) "Fairytale Story of Oregon ...