Port Orford

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=200 BGCOLOR="#003399" TEXT="#080000" background="040c8c00erkjxk.jpg"> <div>  I can only guess what the settlers of 1851 were thinking when they landed here. . . </div> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#0066CC" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#99CCFF" FACE="Arial" ><B>Small Town Oregon</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFF99" FACE="Arial" > </FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" > </FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#CC0000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT>  |     <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Small Town Oregon"><U>home</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id95.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Bandon"><U>Bandon</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id76.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Brookings"><U>Brookings</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id108.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Coquille"><U>Coquille</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id140.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Gold Beach"><U>Gold Beach</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id162.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Lakeside"><U>Lakeside</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id188.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Myrtle Point"><U>Myrtle Point</U></A>   |   <B>Port Orford</B>   |   <A HREF="id199.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Powers"><U>Powers</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id203.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Reedsport"><U>Reedsport</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id276.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Gardiner"><U>Gardiner</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id278.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Winchester"><U>Winchester</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id279.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Winchester Bay"><U>Winchester Bay</U></A></div> <div> Port Orford</div> <div>   <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Bookman Old Style" >   Port Orford doesn't have a river estuary so there is little place to build a boat basin.  Instead a breakwater and dock system service a small commercial fleet.  This is one of the most beautiful and rugged stretches of the rocky Oregon coast.  I can only guess what the settlers of 1851 were thinking when they landed here (we know what the Indians thought).  All of the trailblazing effort of the mid-nineteenth century resulted in a very nice little town in a most beautiful area.  Whale watching and storm watching a great winter pastimes.  The name Port Orford is also attached to the native cedar tree which flourishes in the rich rain forests. </FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.mapquest.com/maps?city=Port+Orford&state=OR#a/maps/m::6:42.744938:-124.495146:0:::::/e" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.mapquest.com/maps?city=Port+O"><U>Area Map</U></A>      <A HREF="http://www.mapquest.com/maps?city=Port+Orford&state=OR#a/maps/m::11:42.747924:-124.492798:0:::::/e" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.mapquest.com/maps?city=Port+O"><U>Street Map</U></A>     <A HREF="http://www.mapquest.com/mq/9-AhJJMsql" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.mapquest.com/mq/9-AhJJMsql"><U>Aerial Photo</U></A></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="1436cd10.jpg" border=0 width="620" height="465" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Lacking a natural harbor or bay Port Orford depends on this breakwater with cranes to service the local fishing fleet. </div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="1456cd10.jpg" border=0 width="620" height="465" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> The view south from the Battle Rock area.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="1476cd10.jpg" border=0 width="620" height="465" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Port Orford is a nice little town but in 1850 I am not sure why the white people wanted to take it from the Indians. </div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="1496cd10.jpg" border=0 width="620" height="465" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> This looks like an old jail to us but the locals we asked were mystified also.  It is across the street from the </div> <div> Battle Rock viewpoint. </div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="14b6cd10.jpg" border=0 width="620" height="465" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> The history of the Oregon coast is a story of ship wrecks.  It is easy to see why the Captain of the Cottoneva lost power. </div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" width=150 BGCOLOR="#0066CC" TEXT="#080000"> <div> "Oldest town site on the Oregon Coast."</div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>