Tillamook Bay, which encompasses a 597-square-mile watershed, is the largest of the five bays in Tillamook County. The bay is fed by five principal rivers: …

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The Tillamook Burn was a catastrophic series of large forest fires in the northern Oregon Coast Range mountains 50 miles west of Portland. It …

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This undated photograph shows various sizes of Tillamook cheddar cheese on display. It was taken by Portland photographer Wesley Andrews, perhaps in the 1940s. Henry …

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For many Oregonians, “Tillamook” and “cheese” are inextricably linked. For more than a hundred years, generations of dairy farmers and cheesemakers have brought …

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The Tillamook Forest Center, located twenty-two miles east of Tillamook on Oregon Highway 6 (known as the Wilson River Highway), is a visitor information and …

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This photograph was taken by an Oregon Journal photographer in March 1942. It shows members of the Tillamook Guerrillas taking aim from behind a berm. …

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Photographer I.G. Davidson produced this image of the Tillamook Rock Lighthouse in about 1885. The photograph depicts the 62-foot lighthouse tower atop Tillamook Rock, a …

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Tillamook Rock Lighthouse sits on a rock a mile offshore of Tillamook Head in Clatsop County, Oregon. Operating from 1881 to 1957, the lighthouse was …

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At the onset of the Progressive Era, Washington and Oregon led the nation in lumber manufacturing, and timber production was emerging as the centerpiece of …

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Since the 1880s, long before the mythical Paul Bunyan roamed the Northwest, the timber industry has been a driving force in the economies of Oregon …

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