The Search For Station Camp
May 28, 2008
By Brian F. Harrison
A stark gray wooden church, some weather-wrecked remains of small buildings standing amid scotch broom and canary grass. A wooded hillside to the north, the Columbia River on the south. I was standing on an arc of sandy riverbank, ready to begin the most important archaeological project of my career, and wondered if we would end up finding anything.
I had driven past this area a hundred times, thinking the church photogenic. But I dismissed the few acres around it as a pretty boring piece of landscape, albeit with a spectacular view of the river. Now I was responsible for figuring out the history of the place, the lives and behaviors of those who had lived here, and whether enough remained of their activities to make the site significant to America’s sense of itself. Read more
NWC Launch Party: A Grand Event
May 20, 2008
On May 17, The Friends of Skamokawa (FOS) hosted the official launch party of Northwest Coast magazine at Redmen Hall in Skamokawa. The well-attended event featured readings by the magazine’s contributors, including Jim LeMonds, Irene Martin, Brian Harrison, Laurie Choate, and Tracy Laine. Following the readings, refreshments were served and attendees had the opportunity to chat with the authors.
Coinciding with the magazine’s launch, Northwest Coast Publications unveiled its website, www.nwcmagazine.com. The site was designed by LilJohns.biz with project management provided by WriteTek Northwest.
NWC would like to thank FOS for hosting the launch party and extend our gratitude to all those who took part in the celebration. Special thanks also goes to LilJohns.biz and WriteTek Northwest for creating a handsome and highly functional website.
Wildflowers of Saddle Mountain
May 14, 2008
Story and Photos by Laurie Choate
Stand anywhere in Clatsop and Pacific counties, and Saddle Mountain will be visible in the backdrop to the south. It is not an imposing peak, as mountains go, but provides a prominent landmark to northcoast residents. Read more
Timber & Towboats
May 7, 2008
The Brix Brothers’ Story
From the forested slopes of the lower Columbia River more than a century ago emerged a dynamic breed of boss loggers with ambition and savvy that set them apart from the other Bunyanesque men of their generation. They grew with the region and became Oregon’s lumbering elite, with notables like Johnny Yeon and Simon Benson. Counted among this group were the four Brix brothers Read more
The Northwest Coast
May 7, 2008
by Bryan Penttila
James G. Swan.The Northwest Coast, Or Three Years’ Residence in the Washington Territory. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1857.
On November28, 1852,the brig Oriental bucked across the bar into Shoalwater Bay, an expansive inlet on the southern Washington coastline. Onboard was a Massachusetts-born wayfarer whose curiosity, apathy, and penchant for chronicling would set him apart from most men Read more
The Blue Bottle
May 7, 2008
By Irene Martin
While emptying drawers and cabinets preparatory to a major remodeling, I found an unusual bottle in one of my husband’s miscellaneous piles. The blue bottle was two inches long, with slender white striping along the sides. At one end it curled back upon itself, like a chambered nautilus. The other end had an opening which must have had a stopper or cork Read more
Act of Faith
May 7, 2008
by Jim LeMonds
My college roommates didn’t believe me when I told them about cone picking. The subject came up our sophomore year during a game of pinochle that evolved into a discussion of jobs we’d held in junior high and high school. Read more
On The Cover
May 7, 2008
The Astoria-Megler Bridge by Jody Miller.
Jody Miller has been a photographer most of her life. She was first handed a Brownie box camera by her parent at the age of 9, then got serious about photography in her late teens. In the intervening 35 years, she has gone on to explore the world with her camera searching for unique way to envision the world around her. In 1982 she studied at the Ansel Adams workshop in Carmel, California Read more
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