Pacific City Real Estate

Pacific City and the surrounding Nestucca Valley have become a destination point for vacationers looking for the best in outdoor recreation and a bit of indoor pampering.The city is located less than a two-hour drive from Portland, and even closer to Salem. If you prefer to travel "as the crow flies", there is a small state owned (unattended) airport in the heart of Pacific City.

The history of the region is alternately tragic and redeeming. In 1845, Mr. Johnson, a cook on an English ship sailing along the Columbia River, deserted and traveled down the Willamette Valley. Establishing a land claim in Champoeg, he began removing brush and that summer set off a burn to clear debris. The Champoeg Fire got out of control and spread eastward quickly and eventually consuming 1,500,000 acres of old growth forest - the largest such area destroyed in a single forest fire in the United States. Settlers had not built west of the Coast Range but small tribes of Native Americans in the area, already depleted by 80% due to malaria and other epidemics from 1830-1841, were driven from their lands by the misfortunate.

One such tribe, The Nestuggas, had previously been encamped just north of Pacific City near the town of Woods. While they had noticed the smoke for several weeks, one catastrophic morning the bright flames flickered atop the crests of the surrounding hills and rushed down on them. The Nestuggas fled by canoe down the Big Nestucca River to the ocean, and took refuge on the half-mile wide bare sandspit between Nestucca Bay and the ocean. After several weeks the fires were ended by a heavy rain, but the devastation had been complete: The forests were gone, and the game found to be charred crisp or cooked in the water they had sought refuge in.

Nestucca Bay was a rich fishing area, allowing the Nestuggas to survive despite the destruction of game. However, beginning in 1854 settlers began arriving in the Tillamook Valley, and by 1876 Chief Nestugga Bill and the 200 remnants of the small tribe were relocated to a reservation on the Salmon and Siletz River. Many early European pioneers arrived via sea going steamers, others arrived from across the mountains. The town of Woods established itself as a depot for the new arrivals and a source of supplies and trade for the settlers. In 1886 the Linewebber and Brown cannery was started to take advantage of the plentiful fish in Nestucca Bay, shipping 12,000 cans of salmon a year and providing an economic basis until 1926 for the region, along with logging and dairy farming. The area also became a "vacation" destination for Oregon Trail pioneers from the midwest, who had never seen the ocean.

In 1893, Thomas Malaney platted the town of Ocean Park (now Pacific City) directly across the river from Woods. When a flood in 1894 wiped out the first lots, Malaney moved the town south to higher ground. The Sea View hotel (later renamed Edmundes Hotel) was built around 1895 to service vacationers from the Willamette Valley. Other buildings and campgrounds were established for visitors, and Ferry Street was "paved" with wooden planks for automobiles. The town gained its modern name of Pacific City in 1909 to avoid confusion with the Washington town of Ocean Park. By 1926, overfishing from gillnetting had left the bay depleted of salmon, so commercial harvesting was stopped and fishermen switched to surf-launched dories; over time due to commercial fishing vessels, the Dory Fleet dwindled and today only a few recreational fishermen keep the tradition alive. Tourism in the 1920s became the mainstay of the economy, lasting until the depression of the 1930s. An airport was built to attract barnstormers and aviators, and other roads and bridges were opened.

Today, Pacific City residents enjoy browsing through the unique shops and galleries featuring Oregon artisans. After a day of adventure, Pacific City offers dining that caters to a variety of tastes, and you can extend your family outing with lodging at one of our parks, inns, motels or bed-and-breakfasts.

Located in South Tillamook County, Oregon, the Pacific City/Nestucca Valley/Neskowin region offers some of Oregon's best river and ocean fishing, kayaking, surfing, birding, bicycling and golfing. Here you will find beautiful beaches in the shadow of Cape Kiwanda and capped by Haystack Rock just off shore. You might catch a fishing dory on the beach, a beautiful sunset glimmering between the Rock and Cape, or a wild Pacific storm churning onto the beach.

For more information on activities in and around Pacific City, Oregon, visit:

• Travel Oregon - The Coast
• Newport Tourism
• Wakonda Beach State Airport
• Cleft Of the Rock Lighthouse
• Yachats Community Info
• Camp Perpetua Scenic Area
• Oregon Whale Watching Center
• Oregon Coast Visitor's Information
• Oregon Parks' Whale Watching Center
• Lincoln Visitor's Center
• Tillamook Forest Center
• Waldport Heritage Museum
• Tillamook County, OR
• Pacific City Chamber of Commerce
• The State of Oregon
• Pacific City, OR Real Estate Summary on IDCide (Local Info Data Server)
• Pacific City, OR Google Earth Map
• View Pacific City, OR Area Jobs on Career Builder
• View Pacific City, OR Area Jobs on Yahoo HotJobs
• Pacific City, Oregon on Wikipedia.com
• Pacific City, Oregon on epodunk

It’s not surprising, then, that homes, cabins and properties in and around Pacific City, Oregon are highly prized and sell quick. Some of the area’s finest homes, frontage properties, retirement and other special feature homes – in a variety of attractive sizes and styles - are likely available at the right price right now.

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