The History of Cocoos

[Sven Nilsen]

For those that find this kind of thing interesting, here's a pretty concise article discussing the history of Coos County Bent Grass, aka Cocoos.

Sept. 3, 1927 Coos Bay Times -





A second article noting a visit to Coos County by Mackenzie and Egan.  There's a local legend that Mackenzie designed the 9 hole Sunset Bay course in town, a tough feat as the course only dates back to the 1960's.

July 28, 1930 Coos Bay Times -

[Eric Smith]

Really neat. Can't help but smile thinking of Dr. MacKenzie looking at grasses in the area that would one day become Bandon Dunes. Thanks for posting, Sven.

[John Kirk]

My immediate thoughts were the hardship of traveling to Coquille in 1930.  I went to the trouble of looking at old railroad maps which identified a spur line from Eugene to Coquille.  Still, it's a haul to get there.

http://maps-portland.com/portland-and-western-railroad-map#&gid=1&pid=1(not a historical map)

[Sven Nilsen]

My immediate thoughts were the hardship of traveling to Coquille in 1930.  I went to the trouble of looking at old railroad maps which identified a spur line from Eugene to Coquille.  Still, it's a haul to get there.

http://maps-portland.com/portland-and-western-railroad-map#&gid=1&pid=1(not a historical map)

John:


For a long time, Bandon was the biggest port between Portland and San Francisco.  Before they built the road out to Coquille, all of the traffic was over the river.


I'm more curious as to where else the two went on this trip.


Sven

[John Kirk]

Here's a snippet of history about the Coos Bay Line.  I have to believe the easiest way to get there in 1930 is the Southern Pacific Railroad:


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Oregon_and_Pacific_Railroad#Coos_Bay_Line