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A poorly engineered jetty was installed at the mouth of Tillamook Bay that changed the ocean's currents, and over the following three decades the sea relentlessly scoured away the town. Today, no trace remains of once-thriving Bayocean. (Bayocean Spit, Tillamook County; 1910s, 1920s, 1930s) (For text and pictures, see https://offbeatoregon.com/1611b.bayocean-town-swallowed-by-the-sea-417.html)

Logger, watching 'timber worms' chew through a log, wondered, 'How do they do that?' So he took some home, figured it out, and invented the modern chisel-toothed cutting chain. (Tillamook County; 1940s) (For text and pictures, see https://offbeatoregon.com/1809b.joe-cox-invents-bug-inspired-chainsaw-512.html)

Stories about buried treasure are very seldom completely untrue. Many of the wildest flight of golden fantasy started out, hundreds or thousands of augmented and embellished retellings ago, as true stories. Maybe that's why people love them so much: One gets to speculating about just how much truth has survived, and if any of that fantasy gold might just be still out there waiting to be discovered.... One particular tale from the Indians of the northern Oregon coast is especially tantalizing in that way, because it's so close to its source. The old treasure hunter who recounted it to author Ruby El Hult in 1958 had it directly from the grandson of the man who originally (according to the story) buried the loot. (Nehalem Bay, Tillamook County; 1840s) (For text and pictures, see https://offbeatoregon.com/21-11.portuguese-gold-legend-nehalem-603.html)

In his spooky nightmare, first mate of the German barque Mimi saw seaweed covering all but three shipmates; the next day, all but three drowned in one of Oregon's worst-ever salvage disasters. (Near Nehalem River, Tillamook County; 1910s) (For text and pictures, see URLOFWEBPAGEURLOFWEBPAGEURLOFWEBPAGE)

Windjammer still holds a world speed record for sailing ships, but by the time of her demise, had been losing money for years; the age of steam had made her obsolete. So when she sailed onto the rocks, insurance adjusters smelled a rat. (Neahkahnie Mountain, Tillamook County; 1910s) (For text and pictures, see https://offbeatoregon.com/1107a-glenesslin-wreck-insurance-fraud-or-drunken-incompetence.html)

Loaded with ordinance and launched by the thousands on the jet-stream currents, the weapons were a much bigger threat to American citizens than most now realize — and one of them probably started the 1945 Tillamook Burn. (Salmonberry River, Tillamook County; 1940s) (For text and pictures, see https://offbeatoregon.com/1608cT.balloon-bombs.405.html)

Massive K-series airships were housed in the largest clear-span wood buildings in the world, near Tillamook; one burned in 1992, while the other houses the Tillamook Air Museum today. (Tillamook County; 1940s) (For text and pictures, see https://offbeatoregon.com/1105d-blimp-squadron-first-defense-against-submarines-balloon-bombs.html)

Megan M. Schossow, Outreach Director and Center Coordinator at the Upper Midwest Agricultural Safety and Health Center (UMASH), joins us to discuss National Farm Safety and Health Week. Our Farmer Forum features Derrick Josi of Tillamook County, Oregon and Kevin Paap in Minnesota.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As summer draws to a close, teachers across Oregon are readying lesson plans for the start of a new school year. But for school districts in rural parts of the state, budgetary constraints may mean that arts literacy and the benefits it offers students aren’t included in the curriculum.  Since 2020, the Sitka Center for Art and Ecology on the central Oregon coast has been helping fill that need through a monthly youth arts program. It originally served 500 students at two schools in Tillamook County. Oregon ArtsWatch recently reported on the expansion of the program which is launching this fall with a new name, K-8 Create, to serve more than 5,000 students across 17 schools on the coast, from Astoria to Waldport. Ninety-five percent of the students qualify for free or reduced meals and for many, Sitka’s monthly lessons offer the only art instruction they get at school. Alison Dennis is the executive director of the Sitka Center for Art and Ecology. Leeauna Perry is Sitka’s youth program director. They join us to talk about the impact the K-8 Create program is having in rural coastal communities. 

You may be familiar with ferris wheels, funnel cakes, quilting competitions, and demolition derbies. But the Tillamook County Fair has a unique event you’ve probably never heard of: Pig-N Ford races. Racers hold piglets while driving around a dirt track on stripped down Ford Model T cars (sounds cute, right?) The tradition has endured for close to 100 years and some families have been racing for generations. OPB Oregon Field Guide producer Ian McCluskey takes us to Tillamook County to find out what keeps this event going.    For more Evergreen episodes and to share your voice with us, visit our showpage. Follow OPB on Instagram, and follow host Jenn Chávez too. You can sign up for OPB’s newsletters to get what you need in your inbox regularly.   Don’t forget to check out our many podcasts, which can be found on any of your favorite podcast apps: Timber Wars Season 2: Salmon Wars Politics Now Think Out Loud And many more! Check out our full show list here.

“No one seems to know how the present Kiwanda dory evolved,” wrote Portland Oregonian wildlife editor Don Helm in a 1968 article, “but it revolutionized the sport and made Pacific City the dory capital of the world.” (Pacific City, Tillamook County; 1910s) (For text and pictures, see https://offbeatoregon.com/1909a.cape-kiwanda-dories-563.html)

No one in Tillamook County even suspected the “Lee Film Company” was a front for government Prohibition enforcement until the trap was sprung ... but it has to have been the most expensive law enforcement operation in the county's history. (Tillamook County; 1920s) (For text and pictures, see https://offbeatoregon.com/1907d.lobster-trap-for-bootleggers-557.html)

After the only skipper willing to brave their fearsome river bar died, the only way to get wheat and cheese to market was to build their own trading ship — which they did. (Tillamook County; 1850s) (For text and pictures, see https://offbeatoregon.com/1102d-tillamook-tiny-schooner.html)

When the Oregon National Guard was called up, Oregonians felt vulnerable to Japanese invasion. So they loaded their rifles and possed up ready to give 'em hell! (Tillamook County; 1940s) (For text and pictures, see https://offbeatoregon.com/1802b.tillamook-guerillas-ready-to-fight-off-invasion-482.html)

Quick action by state forester Lynn Cronemiller prevented the devastating forest fire from claiming hundreds of lives when a furnace-stoking wind blew in from Eastern Oregon, flogging the fire toward the sea. (Washington, Yamhill, Tillamook County; 1930s) (For text and pictures, see https://offbeatoregon.com/1408a.tillamook-burn-pt2-the-legacy.html)

State treasurer Straub was a regular visitor to the state park through which the highway department wished to route the main Oregon Coast arterial. He took one look at the department's plans — and declared war. (Nestucca Spit, Tillamook County; 1960s) (For text and pictures, see https://offbeatoregon.com/1708b.bob-straub-saves-nestucca-spit-456.html)

The Refindery in the tiny coastal town of Wheeler is not your typical thrift store. For one thing, you won’t find secondhand clothes for sale. But if you’re looking for a 1986 wall calendar, a used door hinge that still works or that missing piece for a Monopoly board game, you might be in luck. The Refindery invites visitors to reimagine and repurpose items otherwise destined for the landfill, like the glass fish and salvaged seashells mounted inside a vintage television displayed in the store. It also hosts a monthly event where community members can bring in broken vacuum cleaners, lamps and other objects for repair by a team of volunteers. The Refindery and the Repair Café are operated by Heart of Cartm, a nonprofit formed in 2021, which grew out of  a volunteer-run recycle transfer center started in Manzanita three decades ago. Jessi Just, the executive director of Heart of Cartm, joins us to talk about her organization which was recently profiled in Oregon ArtsWatch, and its ongoing work to reduce and reimagine waste on Oregon’s North Coast.

We're joined by Paul Snyder, Executive VP of Stewardship at Tillamook County Creamery, the 112-year-old farmer-owned dairy co-op and iconic Oregonian brand. Tillamook Creamery attracts over 1 million visitors a year, and even if you've never been to Oregon, you've definitely seen their ice cream and other products in grocery stores across the country. Paul started in the hospitality industry and worked his way to Tillamook, where he's leading sustainability-driven partnerships and aligning impact with profits. Listen now wherever you listen to podcasts! More from the episode:Company Website → https://www.tillamook.com/Company Social → https://www.linkedin.com/company/tillamook-county-creamery-association/ Guest Social → https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulsnyder/ Conor Social → https://www.linkedin.com/in/ckgone Time Stamps:0:43 Introduction 8:20 Joining Tillamook19:06 Farmers, Rural America23:06 Co-Operative Models27:49 Doing Good and Doing Well39:02 ESG45:18 Conclusion Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

For workers in the 'bad old days' of working in the woods and in janky, underengineered sawmills, the occasional loss of a finger or two just came with the territory. (Garibaldi, Tillamook County; 1930s) (For text and pictures, see https://offbeatoregon.com/1904b.loggers-were-tough-guys-543.html)

Clarence the logger was running a trapline as a side hustle. One day, he decided a passing skunk would look great on his stretching rack, and impulsively seized the skunk with his bare hands. This did not turn out to be one of Clarence's better ideas. (Garibaldi, Tillamook County; 1930s) (For text and pictures, see https://offbeatoregon.com/1904a.tillamook-county-wildlife-encounters-542.html)

Dr. E.R. Huckleberry came to Tillamook County in 1923, fresh from medical school; by the time he retired, in the 1960s, he could safely say the career he'd chosen had been neither easy nor safe ... but he wouldn't have traded it for anything. (Garibaldi, Tillamook County; 1920s) (For text and pictures, see https://offbeatoregon.com/1903a.country-doctors-huckleberry-537.html)

The construction crew had knocked off work for the night, and outside the building the blustery January weather raged. Then, over the roar of wind and surf, the crew heard a terrified voice from below shouting, “Hard aport!” (Tillamook Rock, Tillamook County; 1880s) (For text and pictures, see https://offbeatoregon.com/1704b.lupatia-shipwreck-tillamook-rock-438.html)

While the captain of the Emily G. Reed was sadly reporting the loss of 11 brave mariners, four of the missing were drifting northward, desperately bailing water out of a damaged and leaky lifeboat. Their journey's end: Puget Sound. (Rockaway Beach, Tillamook County; 1900s) (For text and pictures, see https://offbeatoregon.com/1503a.shipwreck-emily-g-reed.328.html)

A Native American story tells of a galleon coming to the bluff, just south of Astoria, and its crew burying a mysterious chest there — guarded by the body of a murdered crew member. Is it true? And has the treasure already been found? (Near Manzanita, Tillamook County; 1700s) (For text and pictures, see https://offbeatoregon.com/1008d_spanish-gold-of-neahkahnie-mountain.html)

Welcome to February 13th, 2023 on the National Day Calendar. Today we celebrate peaceful pastimes and better cheddar. Birdwatching can be fun, but you have to be very patient. Why not make the birds come to you, courtesy of a bird feeder? There are few things more relaxing than sitting at your kitchen window, coffee in hand, watching birds in your tree only a few feet away. One of the best ways to attract a good variety of birds is to use different types of seed and different feeders. Set them at different heights, and you're almost guaranteed to have a parade of feathered friends. On National Bird Feeding Month—get your feeders set up, pull up a chair, and wait for the inevitable arrival of birds. And probably squirrels. Cheese lovers might not care that their favorite snack is actually named for the place that it's made but today we give thanks to the village of Cheddar in Somerset, England. In the U.K. cheddar cheese accounts for more than half of the multi billion dollar cheese market. And here in the United States, cheddar is just behind mozzarella in popularity. So how did this “cheddar love” migrate across the pond? Enter Peter McIntosh, who brought his talent for cheese making to Tillamook County, Oregon in 1894. His superior skills earned him the title of the Cheese King of the Coast, and today there are more cows than people in Tillamook County. On National Cheddar Day savor the flavor that's treasured on both sides of the pond. I'm Anna Devere and I'm Marlo Anderson. Thanks for joining us as we Celebrate Every Day! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Litter enraged outdoor enthusiast Richard Chambers, so he launched a one-man campaign to pass a deposit bill. Then Gov. Tom McCall leaped aboard, and Oregon became the first state to ban nonreturnable bottles and cans. (Pacific City, Tillamook County; 1970s) (For text and pictures, see https://offbeatoregon.com/1810c.1812.bottle-bill-tom-mccall.html)

Logger, watching 'timber worms' chew through a log, wondered, 'How do they do that?'' So he took some home, figured it out, and invented the modern chisel-toothed cutting chain. (Tillamook County; 1940s) (For text and pictures, see https://offbeatoregon.com/1809b.joe-cox-invents-bug-inspired-chainsaw-512.html)

A poorly engineered jetty was installed at the mouth of Tillamook Bay changed the ocean's currents, and over the following three decades the sea relentlessly scoured away the town. Today, no trace remains of once-thriving Bayocean. (Bayocean Spit, Tillamook County; 1910s, 1920s, 1930s) (For text and pictures, see http://offbeatoregon.com/1611b.bayocean-town-swallowed-by-the-sea-417.html)

RC Larson Longhorns began their journey with Longhorn cattle in 2000 as a lawn ornament. We enjoyed watching our new little herd. We had no goals in mind at the time. Bob's history as a dairyman in Tillamook County brought an abundance of knowledge to raising cattle. We immediately began an artificial insemination program. In 2005 we began our embryo program beginning with conventional flushes then in 2012 invetro fertilization (IVF) program was started.www.rclarsonlonghorns.com

Tillamook Rock gets the worst weather in the state — weather that drives waves that sometimes break over the top of the lighthouse. When they do, they sometimes carry with them boulders torn off the basalt bluff below. (Tillamook Rock, Tillamook County; 1930s) (For text and pictures, see http://offbeatoregon.com/1511b.storms-on-tillamook-rock-364.html)

Locals familiar with Tillamook Rock would have nothing to do with the project, so the government had to hire suckers from distant cities to fill crews; rumor has it some were even supplied by shanghaiers. (Tillamook Rock, Tillamook County; 1870s) (For text and pictures, see http://offbeatoregon.com/1511a.building-tillamook-rock-363.html)

Somewhere in the inky blackness of his little room, a mile away from shore, James Gibbs awoke to hear stealthy footsteps, getting closer and closer. And then something brushed his throat ... (Tillamook Rock, Tillamook County; 1940s) (For text and pictures, see http://offbeatoregon.com/1510d.tillamook-rock-ghost-goose-362.html)

When the Oregon National Guard was called up, Oregonians felt vulnerable to Japanese invasion. So they loaded their rifles and possed up ready to give 'em hell! (Tillamook County; 1940s) (For text and pictures, see http://offbeatoregon.com/1802b.tillamook-guerillas-ready-to-fight-off-invasion-482.html)

In his spooky nightmare, first mate of the German barque Mimi saw seaweed covering all but three shipmates; the next day, all but three drowned in one of Oregon's worst-ever salvage disasters. (Garibaldi, Tillamook County; 1910s) (For text and pictures, see http://offbeatoregon.com/o1107c-mariners-dream-eerily-predicted-shipmates-deaths.html)

Windjammer still holds a world speed record for sailing ships, but by the time of her demise, had been losing money for years; the age of steam had made her obsolete. So when she sailed onto the rocks, many people smelled a rat. (Neahkahnie Mountain, Tillamook County; 1910s) (For text and pictures, see http://offbeatoregon.com/o1107a-glenesslin-wreck-insurance-fraud-or-drunken-incompetence.html)

The massive dirigibles were housed in the largest clear-span wood buildings in the world, near Tillamook; one burned in 1992, while the other houses the Tillamook Air Museum today. (Tillamook, Tillamook County; 1940s) (For text and pictures, see http://offbeatoregon.com/o1105d-blimp-squadron-first-defense-against-submarines-balloon-bombs.html)

Loaded with ordinance and launched by the thousands on the jet-stream currents, the weapons were a much bigger threat to American citizens than most now realize — and one of them probably started the 1945 Tillamook Burn. (Salmonberry River, Tillamook County; 1940s) (For text and pictures, see http://offbeatoregon.com/1608cT.balloon-bombs.405.html)

“No one seems to know how the present Kiwanda dory evolved,” wrote Portland Oregonian wildlife editor Don Helm in a 1968 article, “but it revolutionized the sport and made Pacific City the dory capital of the world.” (Pacific City, Tillamook County; 1910s-present) (For text and pictures, see http://offbeatoregon.com/1909a.cape-kiwanda-dories-563.html)

Welcome to February 13th, 2022 on the National Day Calendar. Today we celebrate our favorite snacks. The 1893 World's Fair in Chicago unveiled many amazing things to its visitors. Advancements in transportation, weaponry, and wonders from around the world. But one its most enduring legacies is the popularizing of snack food. Fairgoers were given a box of Cracker Jack upon entry. As much as people loved it, the molasses, popcorn, and peanut snack was too gooey for mass production. A few years later, the formula was perfected and Cracker Jack became a huge hit. Soon after came a host of other foods trying to capitalize on the trend of munching between meals. February is National Snack Food Month, so tear open a bag of chips or go old school with a box of Cracker Jack. Cheese lovers might not care that their favorite snack is actually named for the place that it's made but today we give thanks to the village of Cheddar in Somerset, England. In the U.K. cheddar cheese accounts for more than half of the multi billion dollar cheese market. And here in the United States, cheddar is just behind mozzarella in popularity. So how did this “cheddar love” migrate across the pond? Enter Peter McIntosh, who brought his talent for cheese making to Tillamook County, Oregon in 1894. His superior skills earned him the title of the Cheese King of the Coast, and today there are more cows than people in Tillamook County. On National Cheddar Day savor the flavor that's treasured on both sides of the pond. I'm Anna Devere and I'm Marlo Anderson. Thanks for joining us as we Celebrate Every Day! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Stories about buried treasure are very seldom completely untrue. Many of the wildest flight of golden fantasy started out, hundreds or thousands of augmented and embellished retellings ago, as true stories. Maybe that's why people love them so much: One gets to speculating about just how much truth has survived, and if any of that fantasy gold might just be still out there waiting to be discovered. One particular tale from the Indians of the northern Oregon coast is especially tantalizing in that way, because it's so close to its source. The old treasure hunter who recounted it to author Ruby El Hult in 1958 had it directly from the grandson of the man who originally (according to the story) buried the loot. ... (Nehalem Bay, Tillamook County; 1840s) (For text and pictures, see http://offbeatoregon.com/21-11.portuguese-gold-legend-nehalem-603.html)

After the only skipper willing to brave their fearsome river bar died, the only way to get wheat and cheese to market was to build their own trading ship — which they did. (Tillamook Bay, Tillamook County; 1850s) (For text and pictures, see http://offbeatoregon.com/o1102d-tillamook-tiny-schooner.html)

No one in Tillamook County even suspected the “Lee Film Company” was a front for government Prohibition enforcement until the trap was sprung ... but it has to have been the most expensive law enforcement operation in the county's history. (Tillamook, Tillamook County; 1920s) (For text and pictures, see http://offbeatoregon.com/1907d.lobster-trap-for-bootleggers-557.html)

Pulp writer and religious figure L. Ron Hubbard figures prominently in the most spectacular story of action against “Japanese submarines” in Oregon waters. It's called, with tongue firmly in cheek, the “Battle of Cape Lookout. (Offshore, Tillamook County; 1940s) (For text and pictures, see http://offbeatoregon.com/1407a.sunken-submarine-rumors.html)

State treasurer Straub was a regular visitor to the state park through which the highway department wished to route the main Oregon Coast arterial. He took one look at the department's plans — and declared war. (Pacific City, Tillamook County; 1960s) (For text and pictures, see http://offbeatoregon.com/1708b.bob-straub-saves-nestucca-spit-456.html)

For workers in the "bad old days" of working in the woods and in janky, underengineered sawmills, the occasional loss of a finger or two just came with the territory. (Garibaldi, Tillamook County; 1930s) (For text and pictures, see http://offbeatoregon.com/1904b.loggers-were-tough-guys-543.html)

Right at the Fork is supported by: Zupan's Markets: www.zupans.com RingSide Steakhouse: www.RingSideSteakhouse.com Jen Hilger, along with her partner, Brooke, is the co-founder and proprietor of the Recess Food Truck in Tillamook.  We talk about how she landed in Oregon and built her business after working in the corporate world, what it's like owning a food truck in a seasonal community, as well as some of her food and hiking recommendations in and around Tillamook County, with host Chris chiming in on some of his faves, too.  This is a great podcast episode for any food lovers visiting Oregon's North Coast! Photo Credit: Tillamook Coast  

Clarence the logger was running a trapline as a side hustle. One day, he decided a passing skunk would look great on his stretching rack, and impulsively seized the skunk with his bare hands. This did not turn out to be one of Clarence's better ideas. (Garibaldi, Tillamook County; 1930s) (For text and pictures, see http://offbeatoregon.com/1904a.tillamook-county-wildlife-encounters-542.html)

Dr. E.R. Huckleberry came to Tillamook County in 1923, fresh from medical school; by the time he retired, in the 1960s, he could safely say the career he'd chosen had been neither easy nor safe ... but he wouldn't have traded it for anything. (Garibaldi, Tillamook County; 1920s) (For text and pictures, see http://offbeatoregon.com/1903a.country-doctors-huckleberry-537.html)

The construction crew had knocked off work for the night, and outside the building the blustery January weather raged. Then, over the roar of wind and surf, the crew heard a terrified voice from below shouting, “Hard aport!” (Tillamook Rock, Tillamook County; 1881) (For text and pictures, see http://offbeatoregon.com/1704b.lupatia-shipwreck-tillamook-rock-438.html)

February 17, 2021 Trail EAffect Show Page ABOUT THE EPISODE The Tillamook Off Road Trail Alliance (TORTA) is a relatively new trail organization located on the Pacific Coast in Tillamook County, Oregon. TORTA has the ambitious goal of building 29 miles of trails, known as the Buzzard Butte Trail Network in the Siuslaw National Forest. On this episode we have Ron Baker (TORTA Board Member), Derek Kidd (Norco Bikes) and Pat Corran (Former Portland Resident) to discuss all things related to TORTA and this region. There is also a fundraiser to help fund the building of these trails. Go to www.tortamtb.com to buy Stickers & enter for a chance to win a handful of great prizes including a complete Norco Bike. Go Buy Stickers and Support Trails! Topics in the show include: Back stories on all 3 guests The TORTA Story More about the region as a whole Fundraising efforts and Raffle Norco Bikes and their Advocacy Closing Comments RELATED SHOW NOTES TORTA: https://www.tortamtb.com/ Current Fund Raiser: https://www.tortamtb.com/fundraiser Norco Bikes: https://www.norco.com/ Promotional Video for the Fundraiser: https://www.pinkbike.com/news/support-oregons-newest-trail-system-and-you-could-win-a-norco-sight.html A peak into the private jumps and trails in the region: https://www.pinkbike.com/news/video-carson-storch-and-pro-skier-lucas-wachs-ride-a-fresh-freeride-trail.html https://www.pinkbike.com/news/video-riding-private-dh-tracks-with-kyle-jameson-and-damon-iwanaga.html Support for Trail EAffect Comes from Smith’s Bike Shop in La Crosse, WI: https://smithsbikes.com/ This show has been edited and produced by Evolution Trail Services, for more information go to: Evolution Trail Services: www.evotrails.com Contact Josh at evolutiontrails@gmail.com  If you have any questions about Mountain Bike Radio in general, please contact Ben at Ben@Mountainbikeradio.com   -------- ABOUT TRAIL EAFFECT Trails build community and Communities build trails. What came first you may ask… Host Josh Blum digs into the stories of how trails effect and affect the people and places we call home and those we might like to call home. -------- ABOUT THE HOST Josh Blum is a father, husband, and doer of stuff - paired with Advocate, Builder of Trails and Community. Originally from La Crosse WI, Josh has been enjoying the outdoors, trails, and mountain bikes since a young age. Always curious and learning about better ways to improve trail users’ experiences. Josh is employed by WisDOT, and is the owner / operator of Evolution Trail Services.

Last month we introduced LaNicia Duke and her call-in program Rural Race Talks on Coast Community Radio. We recommend listening to Community Media Spotlight: Rural Race Talks first. This month’s episode, Behind the Scenes with Rural Race Talks, explores the power of learning in public with LaNicia and discusses how her radio show is an extension of her organizing. One lesson from this episode is that the small-town reality that everyone knows everyone means that the transformations made possible through rural organizing and media-making can be shared in real-time.Histories of racism in rural places are also shared histories, and reckoning with, healing from, and rebuilding requires us to have these conversations and grapple together with how to move forward. LaNicia knows that process can't happen in isolation and Rural Race Talks is one way of creating a space for that work on the air. Download this episode’s transcript at ruralrootsrising.org.More on what you heard in this episode:Rural Race Talks is a live call-in radio show hosted by LaNicia Duke on Coast Community Radio carving out space to grapple with our unique legacy of systemic racism and what that means for our present in honest and sometimes messy ways. The show comes at these conversations from multiple angles–everything from how we can begin to heal from our collective, social, and generational traumas to what 2020 taught us about race. LaNicia is a self-identified “brown-skinned girl” and community organizer in Tillamook County, which is nearly 94% white. She considers the radio show an extension of her organizing and the real-life conversations she has off the air with her friends and neighbors. Check out full episodes of her show at coastradio.org. This episode has also created unexpected opportunities for collaboration and connection. In February, as we produced this episode, LaNicia also interviewed Hannah Harrod, an organizer at ROP and this episode’s host, as part of a Rural Race Talks episode. Listen to that episode in the Coast Community Radio archives.To learn more about LaNicia’s organizing work in Tillamook County and beyond, visit laniciaduke.com. In this episode, LaNicia shared her work as a chef through Coastal Soul and about the power of food to bring people together. We also discussed her motivations to co-create the first Martin Luther King, Jr. Day events in Tillamook County which you can read more about in the Tillamook Headlight Herald. Interested in connecting with other rural Oregonians who are making media or building power in your area? Learn more about Rural Organizing Project at rop.org or reach out at info@ruralrootsrising.org. We featured music from The Road Sodas, The Library Ann’s, PC-One, and the Staple Singers.Rural Roots Rising is a production of the Rural Organizing Project. Thank you for listening!Support the show (https://rop.z2systems.com/np/clients/rop/donation.jsp?campaign=21&)

Rural Roots Rising is both a podcast and a radio show airing on 19 community radio stations, and it’s also an ongoing experiment in building up our media skills across rural Oregon. In Season 2 we are amplifying rural radio shows and digging into how they do what they do in the hopes of building up our collective rural media making abilities and supporting the work of the incredible community radio stations we partner with. In this month’s episode, we tune in to Rural Race Talks from Coast Community Radio for our first ever Community Media Spotlight. We’re excited to feature Rural Race Talks over 2 episodes! This month’s episode includes sections of LaNicia’s show, particularly her episode from November 4th, 2020, where she models what it looks like to make space on the airwaves for meeting people where they’re at. Next month, we’ll go behind the scenes to learn more about LaNicia’s organizing and the history of her show.Find out when your local radio station is playing Community Media Spotlight: Rural Race Talks at ruralrootsrising.org! Download this episode’s transcript at ruralrootsrising.org.More on what you heard in this episode:Rural Race Talks is a live call-in radio show hosted by LaNicia Duke that is carving out space for rural Oregonians to grapple with our unique legacy of systemic racism and what that means for our present in ways that are honest and sometimes messy. The show comes at these conversations from multiple angles--everything from how we can begin to heal from our collective, social, and generational traumas to what 2020 has taught us about race. LaNicia is a self-identified “brown-skinned girl” and community organizer in Tillamook County, a county that is nearly 94% white. She considers the radio show an extension of her organizing and the real-life conversations she is having off the air with her friends and neighbors up and down the coast. You can listen to full episodes of Rural Race Talks at coastradio.org. You can also check out more episodes of Rural Roots Rising at ruralrootsrising.org. To learn more about LaNicia’s organizing work in Tillamook County, go to ruralracetalks.com and love-coalition.orgIf you are interested in connecting with other rural Oregonians who are making media or building power in your area, head to www.rop.org to learn more about Rural Organizing Project and how you can get involved or reach out to us at info@ruralrootsrising.orgDid you like the music in this episode? We featured The Library Anns, Junior 85 and Aretha Franklin.Rural Roots Rising is a production of the Rural Organizing Project. Thank you for listening!Support the show (https://rop.z2systems.com/np/clients/rop/donation.jsp?campaign=21&)

While the captain of the Emily G. Reed was sadly reporting the loss of 11 brave mariners, four of the missing were drifting northward, desperately bailing water out of a damaged and leaky lifeboat. Their journey's end: Puget Sound. (Rockaway Beach, Tillamook County; 1908) (For text and pictures, see http://offbeatoregon.com/1503a.shipwreck-emily-g-reed.328.html)

A Native American story tells of a galleon coming to the bluff, just south of Astoria, and its crew burying a mysterious chest there — guarded by the body of a murdered crew member. Is it true? And has the treasure already been found? (Neahkahnie Mountain, Tillamook County; late 1600s) (For text and pictures, see http://offbeatoregon.com/H1008d_spanish-gold-of-neahkahnie-mountain.html)

Litter enraged outdoor enthusiast Richard Chambers, so he launched a one-man campaign to pass a deposit bill. Then Gov. Tom McCall leaped aboard, and Oregon became the first state to ban nonreturnable bottles and cans. (Pacific City, Tillamook County; 1969) (For text and pictures, see http://offbeatoregon.com/1810c.1812.bottle-bill-tom-mccall.html)

A poorly engineered jetty was installed at the mouth of Tillamook Bay changed the ocean’s currents, and over the following three decades the sea relentlessly scoured away the town. Today, no trace remains of once-thriving Bayocean. (Tillamook Bay, Tillamook County; 1920s-1930s) (For text and pictures, see http://offbeatoregon.com/1611b.bayocean-town-swallowed-by-the-sea-417.html)

If you are currently searching for your next position, what is it that you’re looking for? Are you interested in moving up to the next level or do you want to change fields? Perhaps you want to explore a new location. Before you apply for a new job, Find Your Dream Job guest Felicia Rivers says you have to figure out what’s driving you to make the change. After you identify your driver, choose companies that will meet that desire. But, Felicia says, don’t skip doing your homework. Going into an interview unprepared is a sign to a hiring manager that you aren’t really interested in the position or the organization.  About Our Guest: Felicia Rivers (https://www.linkedin.com/in/feliciarivers/) is the director of talent at the Tillamook Creamery Association, a farmer-owned dairy cooperative headquartered in Tillamook County, Oregon. Felicia has almost 20 years of experience in talent acquisition. Resources in This Episode: From our Sponsor: Find Your Dream Job is brought to you by TopResume.(http://macslist.org/topresume) Top Resume has helped more than 400,000 professionals land more interviews and get hired faster. Get a free review of your resume today from one of Top Resume’s expert writers. (http://macslist.org/topresume)  

Since the beginning of European settlement along the Oregon Coast, people have wondered about the source of the mysterious chunks of beeswax that were continually turning up there. It seemed there was an endless supply of the stuff, slowly being released from somewhere just offshore ... century after century. The natives, when asked, shared their oral histories about the strange wax — a tale of a big ship wrecked on the shore near Nehalem Bay, from which it all came. But what kind of big ship? From where, and whither bound? And what had become of its crew? Over the years, historians and archaeologists have closed in on the answers to these questions. By the mid-20th century they had figured out that it was a Spanish galleon out of Manila, on its way to New Spain (Mexico, basically) sometime in the 1600s or 1700s, and that what remained of it — including cannons and other heavy metal artifacts, as well as, possibly, treasure — lay on the seafloor just off the north Oregon coast. But, nobody really knew which galleon it was. By the end of the 20th century, though, the historical record on the beeswax shipwreck had become badly confused and polluted. Over the years, writers and raconteurs — especially Native American storytellers hired by resort owners to entertain guests — had had some of their professional fabrications and exaggerations taken a little too seriously, and the whole subject had just about crossed over the line from archaeology to folklore studies. But in 2006, the Beeswax Wreck Project, a group of archaeologists and historians and geologists came together and decided they were going to take the topic seriously, and drill down through all the myths and legends to solve the mystery for real. And in 2918, after more than a decade of research and exploration, they joined forces with another team of researchers working on the question and published what amounts to the definitive account in the summer issue of the Oregon Historical Quarterly. (Offshore near Nehalem Bay, Tillamook County; 1693) (For text and pictures, see http://offbeatoregon.com/1807d.beeswax-wreck-mystery-solved-505.html)

Tillamook Rock gets the worst weather in the state — weather that drives waves that sometimes break over the top of the lighthouse. When they do, they sometimes carry with them boulders torn off the basalt bluff below. (Tillamook Rock, Tillamook County; 1957) (For text and pictures, see http://offbeatoregon.com/1511b.storms-on-tillamook-rock-364.html)

Locals familiar with Tillamook Rock would have nothing to do with the project, so the government had to hire suckers from distant cities to fill crews; rumor has it some were even supplied by shanghaiers. (Tillamook Rock, Tillamook County; 1878) (For text and pictures, see http://offbeatoregon.com/1511a.building-tillamook-rock-363.html)

Somewhere in the inky blackness of his little room, a mile away from shore, James Gibbs awoke to hear stealthy footsteps, getting closer and closer. And then something brushed his throat ... (Tillamook Rock, Tillamook County; 1944) (For text and pictures, see http://offbeatoregon.com/1510d.tillamook-rock-ghost-goose-362.html)

Hidden behind the scenes of every disaster response lies an Emergency Operations Center. For COVID, thousands are activated across the country. Ed Colson, an Emergency Manager for Tillamook County, Oregon, lifts the curtain unveiling what emergency management is and explaining the unique effects a pandemic has on rural communities like his. Follow the show on Twitter & Instagram. Need a disaster plan for your business/organization? Hire Ed! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/covid19heroes/support

There were plenty of heartburn pills sold in Oregon drugstores when, a few months into the World War II, the Oregon National Guard got called up to go fight in Europe, leaving the state wide open and defenseless.... But in Tillamook, a man named Stewart P. Arnold had an idea for a way to do something about that. (Tillamook County; 1942) (For text and pictures, see http://offbeatoregon.com/1802b.tillamook-guerillas-ready-to-fight-off-invasion-482.html)

In his spooky nightmare, first mate of the German barque Mimi saw seaweed covering all but three shipmates; the next day, all but three drowned in one of Oregon's worst-ever salvage disasters. (Nehalem Bay, Tillamook County; 1913) (For text and pictures, see http://offbeatoregon.com/o1107c-mariners-dream-eerily-predicted-shipmates-deaths.html)

LOCAL NEWS: Tillamook County emergency director throws his hat in the ring Tillamook County official shifts gears to run for sheriff.  Joanne Rideout reports. Gordon McCraw, Tillamook County emergency management director, also known to Coast Community Radio listeners as the station’s meteorologist, has announced his candidacy in the November election for Tillamook County Sheriff. McCraw...

Windjammer still holds a world speed record for sailing ships, but by the time of her demise, had been losing money for years; the age of steam had made her obsolete. So when she sailed onto the rocks, many people smelled a rat. (Neahkahnie Mountain, Tillamook County; 1913) (For text and pictures, see http://offbeatoregon.com/o1107a-glenesslin-wreck-insurance-fraud-or-drunken-incompetence.html)

The massive dirigibles were housed in the largest clear-span wood buildings in the world, near Tillamook; one burned in 1992, while the other houses the Tillamook Air Museum today. (Tillamook County; 1941-1945) (For text and pictures, see http://offbeatoregon.com/o1105d-blimp-squadron-first-defense-against-submarines-balloon-bombs.html)

Loaded with ordinance and launched by the thousands on the jet-stream currents, the weapons were a much bigger threat to American citizens than most now realize — and one of them probably started the 1945 Tillamook Burn. (Salmonberry River, Tillamook County; 1945) (For text and pictures, see http://offbeatoregon.com/1608cT.balloon-bombs.405.html)

“No one seems to know how the present Kiwanda dory evolved,” wrote Portland Oregonian wildlife editor Don Helm in a 1968 article, “but it revolutionized the sport and made Pacific City the dory capital of the world.” (Pacific City, Tillamook County; 1910s) (For text and pictures, see http://offbeatoregon.com/1909a.cape-kiwanda-dories-563.html)

Our guest today is Derrick Josi, but you might know him best as tdf_honest_farming on Facebook and Instagram. Derrick is a fourth generation dairy farmer in Tillamook County, Oregon. Derrick is super active on social media showcasing the life of a dairy farmer and constantly fighting misinformation surrounding dairy production. Check out our great conversation and be sure to check out Derrick's content at the links below. Subscribe to the Newsletter. Receive a free guide on how YOU can help farmers! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our guest today is Derrick Josi, but you might know him best as tdf_honest_farming on Facebook and Instagram. Derrick is a fourth generation dairy farmer in Tillamook County, Oregon. Derrick is super active on social media showcasing the life of a dairy farmer and constantly fighting misinformation surrounding dairy production. Check out our great conversation and be sure to check out Derrick's content at the links below. Derrick's Facebook Page Derrick on Instagram Derrick's website: Tillamook Dairy Farmer

Have you ever had a misconception about an area or region? Hannah and Erik have birded Tillamook County several times, but just didn't really give it a good shot. Well, they went back to see what they were missing and found a good time not far from home.eBird Checklists:Tillamook Forest CenterBay Ocean SpitCape Meares SP Oswald West SPOther Show Notes:Tillamook Forest CenterCape Meares LighthouseTillamook CreameryHistory of Bay Ocean SpitOswald West State ParkHow Cowbirds Learn To Be CowbirdsUniversal Birding LawsAOU ChangesVisit Tillamook CoastConnect with us at...IG: @Hannahgoesbirding and @Erikgoesbirding Twitter: @WeGoBirding Facebook: @HannahandErikGoBirding Email us at HannahandErikGoBirding@gmail.comWebsite: http://www.gobirdingpodcast.com

For workers in the "bad old days" of working in the woods and in janky, underengineered sawmills, the occasional loss of a finger or two just came with the territory. (Garibaldi, Tillamook County; 1930s)