http://www.oregonbeacon.com/CoquilleSentinel en-us N/A engageinlife@gmail.com Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:27:33 EST 20 http://www.oregonbeacon.com/CoquilleSentinel/articles/561/1/HIGH-WATER/Page1.html Read More]]> no@spam.com (Boyd Stone) http://www.oregonbeacon.com/CoquilleSentinel/articles/561/1/HIGH-WATER/Page1.html http://www.oregonbeacon.com/CoquilleSentinel/articles/409/1/Fifty-Years-Ago-in-the-Coquille-Valley-Sentinel-April-3-1958/Page1.html -- CHS performs ‘Who Dun It?’ a mystery directed by Kit Kitteredge. The play stars David Farr, Marvin Pemberton, Karen Cross, Curtis Flood, Jereda Prince, Bill Haddix, Linda Malthu, Gordon Turley, Sue Ashenfelter, Vivian Stein and Judy Baker.
-- Safeway hosts Kids Day at the Liberty and Roxy Theatres. 1200 youngsters showed for the free matinees. The new Safeway building opened March 16.
-- At that up-to-the-minute modern Safeway Store -- Hill Brothers Coffee, 92 cents 1-lb can. Bar-S fully cooked holiday ham 89 cents a pound. Scamper dishwashing detergent 87 cents the 32-oz tin. Lucerne milk, two half gallons 83 cents.
-- At Lounsbury Ford -- A new sporty 1958 V8-powered Ranch Wagon station wagon can be yours for $60 a month.

Researching Coquille’s past? Make the Coquille Valley Museum your first stop. Resources include access to the Coquille Valley Sentinel archives and many historical items and records from around the valley. The museum is open Saturday afternoons. For more museum information, contact Bob Taylor at 396-2773.]]> no@spam.com (Coquille Valley Sentinel Staff) http://www.oregonbeacon.com/CoquilleSentinel/articles/409/1/Fifty-Years-Ago-in-the-Coquille-Valley-Sentinel-April-3-1958/Page1.html http://www.oregonbeacon.com/CoquilleSentinel/articles/355/1/Forty-Years-Ago-in-the-Coquille-Valley-Sentinel/Page1.html no@spam.com (Coquille Valley Sentinel Staff) http://www.oregonbeacon.com/CoquilleSentinel/articles/355/1/Forty-Years-Ago-in-the-Coquille-Valley-Sentinel/Page1.html http://www.oregonbeacon.com/CoquilleSentinel/articles/331/1/Two-Mystery-Pictures/Page1.html no@spam.com (Bob Taylor) http://www.oregonbeacon.com/CoquilleSentinel/articles/331/1/Two-Mystery-Pictures/Page1.html http://www.oregonbeacon.com/CoquilleSentinel/articles/275/1/The-Mosquito-Fleet/Page1.html On both the Coquille and coos Bay there was a fleet of small boats called the Mosquito Fleet.
These were gas powered and usually faster than the larger paddle wheel boats. Some called it the Taxi Fleet because they could be hired quickly to do a variety of jobs.
In case of an emergency the Taxi Fleet was your choice to deliver something or someone quickly. If you had a party or a picnic and needed transportation they could do the job.
On the Coquille River they ran generally from Randolph Island just upstream from Rocky Point to Coquille. Their job served a special service for the people who lived along the Coquille River.
This picture was taken on the lower end of Randolph Slough which divided Randolph Island from the main Coquille River. Prosper is cross the Coquille River next to the big tree.
The picture appears to be the start of a picnic, party, holiday or special occasion. Everyone is dressed in their Sunday best. Women in long dresses and men dressed in suits with interesting hats.]]> no@spam.com (Coquile Valley Museum) http://www.oregonbeacon.com/CoquilleSentinel/articles/275/1/The-Mosquito-Fleet/Page1.html http://www.oregonbeacon.com/CoquilleSentinel/articles/305/1/Thirty-Years-Ago-in-the-Sentinel/Page1.html no@spam.com (Coquille Valley Sentinel Staff) http://www.oregonbeacon.com/CoquilleSentinel/articles/305/1/Thirty-Years-Ago-in-the-Sentinel/Page1.html http://www.oregonbeacon.com/CoquilleSentinel/articles/254/1/Saint-Patricks-Day-in-the-United-States/Page1.html no@spam.com (Coquille Valley Sentinel Staff) http://www.oregonbeacon.com/CoquilleSentinel/articles/254/1/Saint-Patricks-Day-in-the-United-States/Page1.html http://www.oregonbeacon.com/CoquilleSentinel/articles/253/1/Word-in-Edgewise/Page1.html This column is written in a personal essay style and the reader is invited to participate with any ideas, comments or information. As a newcomer to the historically rich city of Coquille, I can't seem to learn enough about its colorful past and I look forward to participating in its successful future:
Nella Abbott]]> no@spam.com (Nella Abbott) http://www.oregonbeacon.com/CoquilleSentinel/articles/253/1/Word-in-Edgewise/Page1.html http://www.oregonbeacon.com/CoquilleSentinel/articles/250/1/Sawdust-Theatre-Shenanigans-Fire/Page1.html no@spam.com (Coquille Valley Sentinel Staff) http://www.oregonbeacon.com/CoquilleSentinel/articles/250/1/Sawdust-Theatre-Shenanigans-Fire/Page1.html http://www.oregonbeacon.com/CoquilleSentinel/articles/247/1/History-of-the-Coquille-Valley-Series/Page1.html
In the late 1900’s there were 120 licensed gill net boats with two man crew on the Coquille river between Riverton and Bandon.
These boats were manned by oars and fished from dusk to dawn. The reason they fished at night was the salmon could not see the net well then.
Season was six weeks long. There were tremendous runs of salmon and in 1883 there were 120,000 Salmon caught on the Coquille.
Loggers would take off six weeks in the fall of the year to fish and would make more from fishing than logging.
They would drift ¾ of a mile and usually picked up 7-8 salmon a drift. They would divide the proceeds 1/3 for boat 1/3 for the puller 1/3 for owner. Which was very good money for everyone.]]> no@spam.com (The Coquille Valley Museum) http://www.oregonbeacon.com/CoquilleSentinel/articles/247/1/History-of-the-Coquille-Valley-Series/Page1.html