Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1894-08-30
Alsea Bay.

Lincoln county and about twelve
miles south of Yaquina Bay, al
most surrounded by delectable
mountains of various heights Upon
which are vast forests Of fir, spruce
and cedar timber, Is the Alsea Bay.
Many readers of the LEADER are
doubtless acquainted with this
pleasant district flour good country.
To such we hope that nothing TN
true or unpleasant will appear in
this article. To those who are not
already acquainted with this quiet
sequestered spot, we hope to i'm
part to you at least some informa'
tion by way of an INTRODUCTION.
The remains of an extensive for
est, still to be seen everywhere
throughout this locality, show that
one day a larger forest than the one
of today extended over hill and
dale. But time and tides have
come and gone, and that vast forest,
the home and haunts of many wild
animals, such as the panther, cou'
gar, bear and deer, has given way
to younger, and we hope more
beautiful and picturesque one.
Just what aboriginal race in
habited this locality in prehistoric
times is difficult to say. But that
1t was inhabited by race of people
in times past is evident from the
remains still to be seen at the noble
seats of Waldport, Melville and
Stanford. The many dry bones oi
human beings strewn about the
flats, especially near |Waldport,
, suggests that here might have been
J fought many Of the most desperate
battles during some civil strife OF
Z, convulsion; or here might have
!. aourished, in ancient times, bands
!. of gallant outlaws, whose deeds
l we1e afterwards rendered popular
/, in song and story,
The name, DEVILS Bend, which
is the Distinguishing title given tt
one portion of Our locality, give.
: room and opportunity for stranger'
: to imagine that here the people o
/. yore were haunted by some fabulous
Dragon. But howsoever thes'
!, things may have been, the lanc
i. and the water are still here a
IS beautiful and plentiful as whel
fresh from the creators hand
Besides the pleasant hills there ar
lovely valleys with thick carpets Q
delicious greensward, not onl,
i along the main bay but scattere
& here and there among the hills an
g along the many tributaries of tn
y Bay. These valleys, I am happ
70 to say, have the richest and mos
IT productive soil. Five and six ton
$. of hay to, the acre can be raised
q and three and four tons per acre
III not uncommon crop. Eigf
,e ,e months of the year this meadoN
N may be pastured with profit, bot
"a "a to the hay and to the stock. I al
- also iufo:Had, hy coed authority
ID that with ordinary cultivation an
is attention, from four hundred
Or five hundred bushels of potatot
q may be raised per acre. Carrots
ST ur beets, onions, rutabagas and in ia,
as almost all kinds Of garden stuf
psf with the exceptions of tomatoe
Iiiy corn, watermellons and perhaps
% few other things. grow luxuriantl,
~ Our valleys and hills afford abun'
ant pasture for all the stock tn
are Oh them, and they are capab
Of keeping great many more
Il. good condition the year rour
in Many sheep and goats might
,s raised here with little trouble
II expense, there being no wi
III animals, except a very few bea
N. that would prey upon them.
70 to how hogs would fare here, I c;
70 say little, my own Berkshires see
to have as good an appetite here
they had before they were broug
here.
= There is but one drawback
, Alsea Bay, and that is the lack o
n market. There may be ma
M drawbacks in other localities
worse than this but we are pt
suaded that this is one far wol
than many others; for it seems
n lock the wheels of so many ent,