Coos Bay, Oregon This article is about the town/city of Coos Bay.
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Coos Bay, Oregon County Coos Coos Bay Waterfront Coos Bay (Coos language: Atsixiis) is a town/city located in Coos County, Oregon, United States, where the Coos River enters Coos Bay on the Pacific Ocean.
The town/city borders the town/city of North Bend, and together they are often referred to as one entity called either Coos Bay-North Bend or the Bay Area.
Coos Bay's populace as of the 2010 census was 15,967 residents, making it the biggest city on the Oregon Coast. Prior to Europeans first visiting the Oregon coast, Native American tribes claimed the Coos Bay region as their homeland for thousands of years. Members of the Coos, Lower Umpqua, Siuslaw and Coquille tribes lived, fished, hunted and gathered along Coos Bay and its estuaries, along rivers, and in meadows and forests. Approximately 400 years ago, British and Spanish explorers first approached the South Coast. In 1579 Sir Francis Drake is purported to have sought shelter for his ship, the Golden Hinde, around Cape Arago. Trader and explorer Jedediah Smith was in the region seeking furs and the Hudson's Bay Company sent Alexander Mc - Leod to search for an inland passage. Steamboat Coos, sometime before 1895, probably in or near Coos Bay, Oregon The earliest settlement of European Americans in the region was in January 1852 when survivors of the Captain Lincoln shipwreck established Camp Castaway until they and their cargo could be fully rescued. There has been a permanent settlement on Coos Bay since 1853, when the town of Marshfield was established there and titled after the Massachusetts hometown of its founder, J.
The setting up of a postal service in 1871 and the arrival of the Coos Bay Wagon Road in the town a year later connected Coos County with the Umpqua River valley in neighbouring Douglas County, on the other side of the Coast Range of mountain peaks.
1869 saw Coos Bay set up its first, and the state's 48th, chartered Masonic Lodge. Named Blanco Lodge, this brotherhood was set up by a several of the town's beginning fathers.
One of the nation's earliest still-operating machine shops, the Nelson Machine Works-Coos Bay Iron Works, was established in 1888.
In 1902 the only lynching ever to be documented in Oregon occurred in Coos Bay, of Alonzo Tucker, an African American man.
Prior to around 1915, the Coos region was largely isolated from the rest of Oregon due to problem in crossing the Coast Range and fording rivers, and the Pacific Ocean was used to link citizens to other areas, including San Francisco, which was an easier two-day trip compared to traveling inland over rugged terrain. In 1916 a rail line was instead of that linked the region to other interior settlements and towns, which increased commercial trade and tourism Significant urban expansion occurred in the 1920s, and amid the 1930s to 1950s large-scale expansion occurred. Per the Oregon Bay Area Chamber of Commerce, amid the 1930s to 1950s: The culmination of the North Bend Bridge (now Mc - Cullough Memorial Bridge) in 1936 and the Roosevelt Highway decidedly improved undivided transit connections and provided the final link in opening the Coos region to the outside world.
The formerly remote precinct known as the Coos Bay nation had come of age. What now makes up the central precinct of Coos Bay was called Marshfield until 1944 when inhabitants voted to change the name to Coos Bay to match the name of the Bay itself.
On February 4, 1999, a Japanese ship titled the New Carissa ran aground on a beach 2.7 miles (4.3 km) north of the entrance to Coos Bay, drawing global attention to the area.
The New Carissa was empty of cargo at the time, heading for the Port of Coos Bay to pick up wood chips.
The worst loss of life for a fire department in undivided Oregon history occurred in Coos Bay on November 25, 2002, when three firefighters were killed by a structural failure of the roof in an auto parts store.
Captain Randy Carpenter, Firefighter/Engineer Robert "Chuck" Hanners and Firefighter/Engineer Jeff Common, all from Coos Bay, died when an explosion caused the roof of the building to cave in - they were inside the structure when the roof collapsed, killing the three firefighters. Empire Lakes is encompassed by John Topits Park in the northwestern section of Coos Bay.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 15.90 square miles (41.18 km2), of which, 10.60 square miles (27.45 km2) is territory and 5.30 square miles (13.73 km2) is water. The town/city is quite hilly, with elevations ranging from between sea level to over 500 feet (150 m). Bodies of water inside the town/city limits include Upper Pony Creek Reservoir, Lake Merritt, Empire Lakes and various streams.
Historic architecture in the Marshfield District of Downtown Coos Bay Maritime interpretive display at Coos Bay's boardwalk The Marshfield District of Coos Bay is the historic central downtown and company precinct of the city.
Old Marshfield and its encircling neighborhoods were what comprised the initial Coos Bay before the annexations of Empire and Eastside amid the 20th century.
The Marshfield District contains many buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places, such as the Carnegie Library, Chandler Hotel, Egyptian Theatre and Tioga Hotel. The waterfront region of the Marshfield District has a boardwalk with a town/city dock, bicycling trail and pavilions featuring historical and interpretive displays. The Milner Crest precinct is a residentiary neighborhood advanced in the mid-20th century, positioned at the crest of a hill overlooking the bay, north of Mingus Park and the Marshfield District.
The majority of the Coos Bay area's medical facilities are positioned in this district. The Eastside precinct of Coos Bay was originally called East Marshfield for its situation on the east side of the bay.
The improve of Eastside consolidated with the town/city of Coos Bay in 1983. Eastside is primarily a residentiary neighborhood and is home to Millicoma Middle School, walking trails at Millicoma Marsh and a enhance boat launch. The Empire precinct (Coos language: Hanisich) was established as Empire City in 1853 by members of the Coos Bay Company from Jacksonville, Oregon, and at the time it was assumed that the region would be center of the region.
For a time Empire City was the governmental center of county of Coos County.
It was the first postal service in what is now Coos County, though at the time it was part of Umpqua County.
In 1965, the town/city of Empire voted to consolidate with Coos Bay. Today, Empire is the locale of Madison Elementary School, Sunset Intermediate School and a company precinct along Cape Arago Highway. According to the Koppen Climate Classification system, Coos Bay has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate, abbreviated "Csb" on climate maps. The record high temperature of 102 F was recorded on September 22, 2009, and the record low of 0 F was recorded December 19, 1990.
Climate data for Coos Bay, Oregon Coos Art Museum, a exhibition in Downtown Coos Bay, has directed since 1950.
Coos Historical & Maritime Center is a proposed 11,000-square-foot (1,000 m2) exhibition was assembled on a 3-acre (1.2 ha) site on Coos Bay's historic waterfront.
Coos Bay Iron Works, a producer of logging equipment, opened in 1882 and is still in company on Front Street, using a range of antique tools dating to the Industrial Revolution. Closed again in 2011, the Egyptian Theater Preservation Association and the Coos Bay Urban Renewal Agency are raising cash to correct a several structural issues that will allow the theater to reopen in early 2014.
Mingus Park, near downtown Coos Bay, features a 1-mile (1.6 km) walking path that encircles a large pond with a resident populace of duck and geese.
John Topits Park, in the northwestern section of Coos Bay, is a 120-acre (49 ha) natural region encompassing the Empire Lakes and protected coastal dune and forest land.
The greater Coos Bay region has a range of outside recreation opportunities, including the Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area, which brings approximately 1.5 million visitors each year. The ocean beaches near Coos Bay are devoid of the level of evolution seen on other areas of the Oregon Coast, due to much of the coastline being designated state and county parks.
Across the entrance bar to Coos Bay from the Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area lie the rugged cliffs and pocket beaches of Bastendorf Beach County Park, Yoakam Point State Park, Sunset Bay State Park, Shore Acres State Park and Cape Arago State Park.
Approximately 11 miles (18 km) southwest of Coos Bay is the South Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve and approximately 25 miles (40 km) east in the Coast Range is Golden and Silver Falls State Natural Area.
The City of Coos Bay operates under a council-manager form of government.
The Coos Bay City Council is composed of a mayor and six councilors who are propel citywide to serve four-year terms.
Coos Bay operates its own library, fire department, enhance works and police department.
The federally recognized Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians are headquartered in Coos Bay. Coos Bay is historically a Democratic stronghold.
Coos Bay is represented in the United States House by Peter Defazio (D-Springfield) and in the Oregon Legislature by State Senator Arnie Roblan (D-Coos Bay) and State Representative Caddy Mc - Keown (D-Coos Bay).
Coos Bay K 12 enhance education is served by the Coos Bay School District.
Southwestern Oregon Community College (or SWOCC) offers certificates and associate degrees, and has a dual admissions programs in partnership with Oregon enhance universities.
Oregon Institute of Marine Biology (or OIMB) is the marine station of the University of Oregon.
It is in Charleston, at the mouth of Coos Bay.
Coos Bay has the biggest concentration of community care facilities on the Oregon Coast and serves as a county-wide core for the Central and Southern Coasts, as well as inland areas. Bay Area Hospital, the biggest hospital on the coast has 172 beds and is undergoing a 97,000-square-foot (9,000 m2) expansion. Other facilities in the town/city include North Bend Medical Center, Oregon Coast Spine Institute, Bay Clinic, South Coast Center for Cosmetic Surgery, South Coast Orthopedic Associates and Southwest Physical Therapy. Ocean Power Technologies, a renewable energy company, based in Pennington, New Jersey, is proposing to precarious a utility-scale, commercial wave park in North America at Coos Bay.
Coos Bay is positioned along U.S.
The Southwest Oregon Regional Airport (ICAO: KOTH, IATA: OTH) is a enhance airport positioned in adjoining North Bend and is the 5th busiest airport in Oregon, as well as the biggest airport on the Oregon Coast.
Porter Stage Lines provides bus service from Coos Bay with a several stops, including Eugene, which has connections with Amtrak rail services and the Greyhound bus network.
Coos County Area Transit or CCAT provides daily loop service to 54 stops around Coos Bay and North Bend. The Port of Coos Bay provides freight shipping services.
The Central Oregon and Pacific Railroad directed the Coos Bay Rail Link linking the port to the nationwide rail network.
The line is now directed by Coos Bay Rail Link.
Steve Prefontaine, Olympic distance runner; born in Coos Bay and attended Marshfield High School Coos Bay has one sister city: Steamboats of Coos Bay Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians.
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