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4 unusual facts about Tillamook


Aero Spacelines Mini Guppy

Erickson Air Crane used the Mini Guppy to haul heavy equipment until 1995, when it was retired to the Tillamook Air Museum in Tillamook, Oregon, where it resides today.

Elizabeth Jacobs

She is known particularly for her work on the Nehalem Tillamook, the northernmost subgroup of the Tillamook, whom she studied in the 1930s.

Jackie Brookner

Working with three towns, Tillamook, Oregon, Puyallup, Washington, and Caldwell, Idaho, to build communities of support for local creek daylighting and trail projects, they created concept plans and guided public ecological art projects.

McCloud Railway 25

In late March, 2011, 25 was moved from McCloud, California to Tillamook, Oregon after it was purchased by the Oregon Coast Scenic Railroad.


Barview, Tillamook County, Oregon

Barview is located near two other unincorporated communities in Tillamook County, Twin Rocks and Watseco.

Ed Sardella

After finishing his service in the US Marine Corps, Sardella went to work for a couple of radio stations: one in Ashland, Tillamook and another in Eugene, Oregon.

Kilchis River

Thereafter, Myrtle Creek and Murphy Creek enter from the right, and the river passes under U.S. Route 101 before entering Tillamook Bay near Idaville.

Tillamook Bay

During the July 4th weekend of 1980 Richard Dixon the United States Coast Guard coxswain of a 44 motor lifeboat lead two daring rescues off the Tillamook Bay breakwater, for which he was awarded two Coast Guard Medals.

Tillamook Burn

Reforestation can never compensate for that tragedy we call the Tillamook Burn, as somber a sight as to be viewed this side of the Styx.

Tillamook County, Oregon

Development along U.S. Route 101 to the north of Tillamook during the last part of the 20th century has blocked part of the flood plain of the Wilson River, contributing to repeated winter flooding in the city.

Twin Rocks, Oregon

Twin Rocks is located near two other unincorporated communities in Tillamook County, Barview and Watseco.

Willamette Stone

Baseline Road in Tillamook, Washington, Hood River, Gilliam, and Morrow counties all run along or start at the Willamette baseline.


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