Begin Your Tour

Composit of 3 photos featuring people sitting near Boiler bay, a car at Otter Crest, 8 people walking to ocean at Cannon Beach — Top to bottom: Boiler Bay (2457); Otter Crest (1235); Cannon Beach (G537).

Welcome to this Oregon State Archives web exhibit that blends the text from a 1940 Federal Writers Project tour guide with Oregon Highway Department tourism photographs from the same era.

Introduction

Stepping Back to 1940

Tour Overview and 1940 Map

The Journey Begins

Coquille to Elk River

Port Orford to California Line

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