yaquina city
In the late 1800’s, Yaquina City was going to become Oregon’s answer to San Francisco or New York – the great Seaport of the Northwest. From humble beginnings in the 1860’s, the rosy plans of optimistic businessmen led one to believe that Yaquina City, not Portland, would become the commerce center of Oregon. Yaquina City was positioned perfectly on Yaquina Bay, only seven short miles from the ocean. Timber, wheat and other goods would travel west by railroad, be met by ocean ships to move these goods to their final destination. Millions of dollars were invested into making this dream a reality.
great place to clam and crab now.....rivers also carry volumes of mud....and ocean has a great way of cleaning our bays, but not rivers.