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This low-resolution photograph originates from the Oregon Historical County Records Guide, a collection of over 4000 photos from the state of Oregon. License to reuse. The 72 dpi JPEG images displayed in the Oregon Historical County Records Guide may be used free of charge without permission provided that the photo credit "Gary Halvorson ...
Warrenton is a small, coastal city in Clatsop County, Oregon, United States. Named for D.K. (Daniel Knight) Warren, an early settler, the town is primarily a fishing and logging community. The population was 6,277 according to the 2020 US Census. Warrenton is a less urbanized area close to the Clatsop County seat, Astoria.
Out of over 90,000 National Register sites nationwide, [2] Oregon is home to over 2,000, [3] and 62 of those are found in Clatsop County. This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted January 10, 2025.
Fort Stevens was an American military installation that guarded the mouth of the Columbia River in the state of Oregon.Built near the end of the American Civil War, it was named for Civil War general and former Washington Territory governor, Isaac I. Stevens.
Peter Iredale in Seattle, circa 1900. Peter Iredale was a four-masted steel barque that ran ashore October 25, 1906, on the Oregon coast en route to the Columbia River.She was abandoned on Clatsop Spit near Fort Stevens in Warrenton about four miles (6 km) south of the Columbia River channel.
The bridge opened to traffic on July 29, 1966, marking the completion of U.S. Route 101 and becoming the seventh major bridge built by Oregon in the 1950s–1960s; ferry service ended the night before. [11] On August 27, 1966, Governors Mark Hatfield of Oregon and Dan Evans of Washington dedicated the bridge by cutting a ceremonial ribbon.
Sunset Beach State Recreation Site is a state park in Clatsop County, Oregon, United States, administered by the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department. The park comprises 120 acres (49 ha) along the Pacific Ocean on the Clatsop Plains. In February 2024, a male fin whale washed onto the beach. The 46 foot (14 metres) endangered mammal was ...
The Daniel Knight Warren House is a house located in Warrenton, Oregon, that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Daniel Knight Warren was an Oregon pioneer born in Bath, New York on March 12, 1836. [2]