Oregon Secretary of State

Protecting Oregon Beaches Web Exhibit

3 men stand next to a stake in the sand. 2 of the men are making notes on paper.
Governor Tom McCall (center) with Dr. Herbert F. Frolander, Professor of Oceanography and Marine Biology at Oregon State University (at left) stand​ next to a survey stake on the beach at Rockaway during a 1967 trip to tout his method of determining the legal boundary between public and private ownership. (Oregon Historical Society)