Newspaper articles involving Coos County from the Morning Oregonian in Portland
April 27, 1874
COOS BAY ITEMS
Says our Empire City correspondent under date of April 22d.
Sampson Bros new tug building at San Francisco is expected here in six weeks.
On the 15th inst the weekend schooner Jennie(?) Thelin(?) was placed on Luse's ways for repairs.
The Arago Lodge I.O.O.F. will celebrate on the 27th (to-day) by a procession and ball.
Twenty Passengers arrived per ----- on the 17th inst. Eight passengers were landed at Port Orford.
The steamer L--p-- took away on her last trip to San Francisco 5200 pieces of last wood, 470 tons of coal and 200 boxes of apples.
The amount of money apportioned to support the several school districts in this county for the year ending March 1st, 1874, was $2 ----/
Bay City is the name given to the new town opposite Marshfield. Improvements are in order and we may soon see wharves, hotels, stores, etc. spring up.
December 18, 1886
Bandon Recorder-One day last week, while quarrying foundation stone at Two-Mile, T.W. Crook and Jimmy Averill brought to light a most interesting fossil in the shape of a fish, which was imbedded in the solid sandstone.
The Oregon Southern Packing company filed articles of incorporat on last week. The incorporators are G.W. Loggie, S.H. Hazard and Fred Schetter, and the capital stock is $50,000. The company intends packing fish, clams, and fruit of various kinds.
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