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"Short History of the Little Nestucca River Valley and Its Early Pioneers" written about South Tillamook County, Oregon
The page below was written by Mrs. Hardy Rock (Alexandria LEY Rock) and published in 1949. NVMS students have retyped her history so that many may read it. Although some punctuation errors have been corrected the text remains as written by Mrs. Rock.
Note that Alexandria LEY Rock's "Short History of the Little Nestucca River Valley and Its Early Pioneers" has been republished in book form as of January 2007 and is now being offered for sale by the Tillamook County Historical Society!
p. 39 Post Offices continued
(This page was typed by Dean Bones.)
3rd was Jeff in
his home where Earl Porter's mink houses stand.
4th was Vine Sutton in his house across the road from cheese factory.
5th was A. W. Atterbury in one room building near south end of cheese factory.
6th was Wm. Redberg in his home on east side of the road north of the cheese
factory.
7th was Mrs. Hardy Rock in Redberg house, and in building north of church.
9th was Frank Martin, in same building.
9th was Gertie Redberg (acting Postmaster) in same building, later in new store
building.
10th was Edna Redberg, present postmaster in service station building.
At Meda, the first Postmaster was Wallace Yates, who named the office "Meda" to honor the name of the deceased fiancé" of his brother, Albert O. Yates. Other Postmasters were Zulima Dunn and George Misner. This office was discontinued after a few years.
Emma Post Office was started about 1897 with John Chitwood, Postmaster, who named the office for his wife. It was on what was the Loys Carver farm, now belonging to Art and Delorus Naughton. Five years later, it was moved to the Varner farm which later became the James and Jessie Taggart farm and, at the present time, is owned by Ralph Sutton. The office was located where the late Luella Sutton lived. Franklin Varner became Postmaster, and the name changed to "Marx". After a short period, this post office was discontinued; the patrons now receive mail at Neskowin.
Neskowin Post Office was so named by Sarah Page, wife of Henry Page, who was the first Postmaster. She named it Neskowin, an Indian name, meaning "plenty fish". When Henry Page, her husband, became mail carrier, she could not be Postmaster according to postal laws; then her son-in-law, Al Bowman, became Postmaster. He swore her in as his clerk and the office continued in the Page home on the beach until the family moved to their new home which is now the Neskowin Hotel. Later, the Post Office was moved to the store building where it is still located. There have been many Postmasters in that office because the store changes owners often.
A mountain ridge extends from the Junction of Little and Big Nestucca Rivers south to the northern end of the Lake and from the Ocean to the circuitous low pass from the Lake to the Little Nestucca River.
Before 1887, a road was built from Oretown to Nestucca Bay over a high mountain ridge. Lewis Bozley lived on the old road from Oretown to the Beach, west of the present grange hall and across the creek. The road to the bay started south of the Bozley house, ascended a very steep grade to the crest of the mountain, thence northerly to the homesteads of Fred Scherzinger and Chris Christensen which were above and east of the Bay. Later, this road was closed and one opened from the home of T.A. Porter by a steep winding route to the Christensen house; thence down a hill to a creek north of the Christensen house where on the bay front was built a dock and sawmill. After a number of years, the Christensen family built a private road from a point some distance north of the Church, on a good grade to a new residence they had built on the farm; thence on up to the crest joining the former road. In time, this private road was and is still used by the public.
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