When we got here in ‘69, Coos Bay was the world’s largest timber/lumber shipping port The streets were full of Japanese crewmen from all of the ships in port. Now, the streets are full of stoned homeless people.
Was the largest lumber port then became the largest timber port before becoming the largest importer of U-Hauls.
I did two economics papers at Cornell on the world timber trade—my uncle was head of the foresters association in Oregon at the time.
In softwood, Coos Bay got s*****d by a combination of the Japanese, the Canadians, and D.C.
Dad’s family moved to Reedsport about ‘57, and you only beat me to the area by a span of months—we moved back to the area as soon as Dad was done with active Navy duties. One of my early memories is of mom volunteering at the Seamen Centre back about ‘73,
Dad worked for 25 years at the Unocal terminal next to Weyhauser.
He won’t go back now. I can see his point.
Down town makes the Greenacres bus during the late 80’s look cultured and high class.