Yachats Real Estate

In the earliest days of human life along this luscious green and blue landscape, Native Americans of the Alsi and Yahute tribes gathered, hunted, and fished in the Yachats area. Shell Middens, piles of the shells the natives left behind as they processed the mussels, clams, and crab they fished for, marked the Yachats area. They also caught salmon and flounder with sharp sticks. Smelt were caught in dip-nets.The fish and shell fish, together with venison and elk from the near by hills, were smoked or dried for the winter. Local plants were gathered and dried or ground for flour. The local vegetation also provided medicines and materials for clothing and shelters. The natives regularly burned the hillside to ensure good hunting, a practice that was continued when the white man settled the area so they could have more grazing land for their live stock.

Seagoing ships had passed by the Oregon coast as early as 1543. Barteleme Ferrelo, Sir Frances Drake (in 1575) and Martin de Aguilar (in 1605) are known to have sailed these waters. But Captain Cook was the first white man known as having been in the Yachats area, although he was not able to land due to the rocky shore. He named Cape Perpetua on March 7, 1787. Some say he named the 800 foot high cape after a saint whose birthday fell on that date.

On August 11, 1855, an unratified treaty created the Coast Range Reservation, and the Alsea Sub-Agency was established at Yachats. This was home to natives from many different tribes and bands from throughout Oregon and Northern California. Board houses, cattle sheds, a blacksmith shop, storage buildings for farm tools, and fields for crops all occupied the area at Agency Creek, near the present day Adobe Motel.

Vacationers began coming to the Yachats area in the early 1900’s. While some camped near the mouth of the river, others owned summer cabins. They came down the beach from Waldport, or came over the Yachats Mountain Road. In 1905 a chittum bark warehouse was converted to the Yachats Motel, and the tourist industry really began. In 1920 the first cabins were built and others followed and the permanent community of "Oceanview" was established. Today the tourist industry is the main business, and most of the City’s revenue comes from the bed tax.

However, in 1917 residents decided that since there were already too many towns on the coast named "Oceanview" the name should be changed. On February 18 the name Oceanview was replaced, and the Yachats postmark was established. Various spellings and pronunciations for Yachats (yah - HOTZ) have included Youitts (Lewis and Clark Expedition); Youitz (Samuel Drake’s Book of Indians of North America); Yawhick, Yahuck, and Yahauts (from various Indian Affairs reports); and Yahuts, Yahatc, Yahats, Yahach, and Yaqa’ yik (from various history books). The current spelling and pronunciation is presumed to come from German settlers. According to the native language, YA means water. The rest of the word has been interpreted as "Dark water at the foot of the mountain", "Dark water between timbered hills", or "Little river with big mouth".

Today, the City of Yachats' motto reads, "Our village is a place where natural resources are valued and protected, where diversity is celebrated, and where a vibrant economy and sense of community pride create and recreate a living spirit. Yachats cares not just for its citizens’ basic needs but also supports them in their efforts to excel mentally, physically, artistically, and spiritually. It is a community with an enduring sense of itself."

For such a relatively small community, residents and guests of Yachats, Oregon certainly do not lack in engaging and exciting activities or family destinations. Explore the many links below to view just some of them.

For more information on activities in and around Yachats, 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
• City of Yachats, OR
• Lincoln County, OR
• Yachats Chamber of Commerce
• The State of Oregon
• Yachats, OR Real Estate Summary on IDCide (Local Info Data Server)
• Yachats, OR on MuniNetGuide.com
• Yachats, OR on CityTownInfo.com
• Yachats, OR Google Earth Map
• View Yachats, OR Area Jobs on Career Builder
• View Yachats, OR Area Jobs on Yahoo HotJobs
• Yachats, Oregon on Wikipedia.com
• Yachats, Oregon on epodunk

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