Thank you I love hearing the old timer's talking about the old days & how it was done
@michaelguillemette2230
5 ай бұрын
Thank YOU! I'm glad you liked it! I can watch it again and again and... well, you get it! ;) Thanks again!
@countrycraftsman5110
11 ай бұрын
Thank you. Now that i am older, history is more interesting than ever to me.
@michaelguillemette2230
11 ай бұрын
Oh, of course! That's exactly what inspired me to create it🙂!
@miapdx503
2 ай бұрын
Yes! I'm in my 60s and history has become so fascinating. Especially when we get past the lies and ignorance we were taught in school. Ugh. Real history is much more interesting. 🌹
@phyllishowlett7230
2 жыл бұрын
My Grandparents are the ones that had The Golden Leaf Dairy Farm up Haynes Inlet until 1965
@nancykennon310
Жыл бұрын
Old Codgers. Some of the best men. These guys could tell some great stories. I grew up in the East Texas Oil Fields and these guys remind me of my uncle's and great uncle's who were Ruff Necks.
@brendabach2440
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this amazing video! My family moved to empire in 1968 and I was born at the hospital in North Bend. Oh how I miss the smell of the Chip piles and going to Sunset Bay.
@michaelguillemette2230
3 жыл бұрын
You're welcome! I'm glad you liked it!
@steamfish9
2 жыл бұрын
You failed to mention the wonderful people of Coos Bay. Theres nothing like a common battle against the elements and constantly being soaked to the bone to bring people together i.e. "Whew! it's raining like a cow pissing on a flat rock out there!"
@professorjackalope
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much! Incredible footage, great narration. Love the Bay! I miss my days in North Bend.
@Dave_9547
2 жыл бұрын
Wonderful video, thanks for putting it together and narrating the film footage. My grandfathers, both immigrants from Sweden worked in sawmills. My dad was a logger in Oregon, worked in one of the Tillamook burns and later logged in N. Calif. The sawmill that was the major employer in our little town (Cherry Grove) had a cook shack and bunk house up till around 1951. The Oregon coast is beautiful and thanks to the state, there is very good public access.
@matthewgauthier7251
Жыл бұрын
Must have been a trend. My Swedish ancestor came from Kalmar to Mendocino, Cal. to work the same way in the Redwood forests.
@gailcirac4485
2 жыл бұрын
Went to grade school, Hillcrest, Roosevelt. NBHS. Graduated. 1967. Worked at GP plywood. Nice place to live.
@jeffreyhunt1727
3 жыл бұрын
Fantastic video. Thanks for posting this!!
@michaelguillemette2230
3 жыл бұрын
You're welcome! I'm glad you liked it!
@janetlanders8220
2 жыл бұрын
Wow I was born in Coos bay and so was my my siblings. I was born in 1951 and my oldest sister in the 30’s. I remember the wigwag burners.we grew up in Allegany my father was a logger. We had a small farm and some of our milk was ship down the Coos River. Oh how I miss the country. Thank you so much. I remember the Egyptian . There was a old outdoor theaters in Eastside and Empire. One of my sisters worked at the Hub. I remember going there as a little girl.
@mitchellreid4205
Жыл бұрын
My grandfather ( Fao Patterson) an engineer with the Southern Pacific RR transfered from Tucson to Coos Bay in 1937 in order to build the jetty.
@kevinkinsey6985
2 жыл бұрын
I would like to see the yarder for this set up awesome
@dariendude17
5 жыл бұрын
Dude I live in Coos bay and I used to live in the Myrtle Arms! It's still standing and looks exactly the same after all these years!
@michaelguillemette2230
5 жыл бұрын
I'm glad you enjoyed it!
@janetsenour1995
Жыл бұрын
Mom's birth place! I don't know how old she was when they moved. I just know she was born there.
@JohnFoley1701
Жыл бұрын
Nice bit of history.
@user9284fgygjh
Жыл бұрын
When people were actually normal 😱😱😱😱😱😱😱
@Sandra-lh9tg
Жыл бұрын
I was a student at Bangor...lived exactly across the street. Mrs.Morrow was my teacher back in 1970.
@jenniferbailey8344
Жыл бұрын
There's definitely oil under there
@donaldstewart9873
Жыл бұрын
👍👍
@davewallace8219
Жыл бұрын
as anericans spread west they logged out whole forrests!....Maine...new hampshire...all logged out 1860s....further west ...with the development of chicacgo....I'll. Wisconsin was logged out by early 1900s. so the loggers went the the forrests of the n.w. for timber.... my freind told me that that by the 1950s...all the forests...in the n.e. had grown back.... so it is! a renewable resource!!!
@docinparadise
2 жыл бұрын
Are you a historian for the Brookings, coos Bay and north areas? Do you know who is? I came upon some very interesting information in a ledger from 1903 and some love letters from the 30’s. This information should be public knowledge. Who would you suggest would be the right person to tell the as yet untold story of the great Oregon land fraud and subsequent Puter family endeavors?
@Milkmans_Son
Жыл бұрын
And the lumber supply will last forever and ever.
@davelambardo6464
5 ай бұрын
Awesome history laid out in a well done style. My granddad was one of the mechanics at delwood for years . I am just old enough to remember the big off road log trucks they used. He lived off eastside, we would scavange old darlict boats out of the bay or logging equipment people would give him up in the mountains on the weekends . The best times of my life were had in those days. He had agreements with the local stores to get outdated foods and baked goods to feed all his hogs. We would always take the best stuff for the house first. In the 70s he got 3 or free trailer houses we flipped and set them so the sliding glass doors lined up . His house had 3 1/2 kitchens , living rooms and like 9 bedrooms . Lol it was trashy but it was a well used home
@michaelguillemette2230
5 ай бұрын
I'm glad you enjoyed it and it brought back fond memories for you! That issort of my goal! So, thanks for that! ;) Very industrious bunch! Thanks again!
@miapdx503
2 ай бұрын
Awesome 🌹
@Starfire777
2 жыл бұрын
WOW! I lived in COOS BAY in the 60's, and worked at MOHAWK Handle Co. making Broom Handles, then moved up to FLORENCE and worked at La DUKE Lumber and Erkskin lumber, I loved the Area and SANDUNES!! also worked at FOX Chevrolet,Thanks for the Memories! 😁
@redsoxclover11
4 жыл бұрын
I wish those neighborhoods still looked this good. Still one of my favorite areas on the Oregon coast. Thanks for the video!!
@josephshulman4330
Жыл бұрын
Haven't been there but I did go to Portland once . Had a great time . Very nice city
@miapdx503
2 ай бұрын
@@josephshulman4330I live in Portland, and after having traveled all over our nation, I choose Portland! 🌹
@JohnFoley1701
Жыл бұрын
Fat Elk never found much oil. They went out of business a few times and kept suckering in more investors. The area is mostly dairy farms now. There’s a bamboo farm there now too.
@chuckjames1943
2 жыл бұрын
That was wonderful. My Great Granduncle was C.A.Smith , the founder of Coos Bay Lumber Company. My mothers family were invited to come from Minnesota to work in the mill. Mom's family first moved up the Millicoma river and commuted via the mail boat. They eventually moved to town. We have no relatives there today. Great grandparents are buried in Sunset cemetery. Thanks for posting this.
@bobzelley5100
Жыл бұрын
My first boss was don Smith who's family owned a lumber yard , I thought in the town of Steve prefontaine.
@prsearls
Жыл бұрын
That was a fascinating era, now long gone. The work was hard and dangerous. It was interesting to see what it was like and hear the personal recollections of the men who lived it.
@1946luke
Жыл бұрын
Unfortunately, it's no longer your Grandfather's Oregon. I wonder what they would think of it now ? I bet they'd be a little disappointed.
@markbroad119
Жыл бұрын
I think we need to go back to these ways. Everyone working, no times for depression or gangs. Also there was no obesity
@joanconway7242
Жыл бұрын
Loved this video. I'm old enough to remember many of the buildings and industries. Thanks for sharing.
@ramona7877
3 жыл бұрын
My grandparents (both sides) moved to Coos Bay/ North Bend/ Coos County in the 1920s. We just sold the last of our property off old highway 101 (because I don't like the name North Bay Drive) My father was killed on Central dock in 1977 (work related) Greenacres, Remote, Bridge, Glassgo, Powers, Fairview, Millington Charleston, Lone Rock, Horsefall, Dune Scooters Peterson's Landing.... Soooo many memories
@choke666
2 жыл бұрын
Very interesting. i've lived here since my birth in '79.'
@zacharyquaglia8248
4 жыл бұрын
Real History! Thank you! This is the best!
@michaelguillemette2230
3 жыл бұрын
Glad you liked it! I love my local (PNW) history!!
@matthewgauthier7251
Жыл бұрын
Thanks. Grew up in San Diego and during high school worked on the the bay there stickering the units of lumber for fork lift drivers unloading million + board feet of lumber off of barges floated down the Pacific coast from Coos Bay and same lumber co. Had not heard that name In 40 years. Cool stuff. My family ,on both sides, worked in mills, lumber yards, and logging, for generations.
@lewislinzy3437
Жыл бұрын
A very good video. It brings back a lot of old memories. It also shows the history of how the salmon runs were destroyed in Oregon. Now they are being finished off by the overpopulation of predators and commercial fishermen.
@danidavis7912
Жыл бұрын
Total nonsense.
@Steveanders0n
Жыл бұрын
My dad worked for Hillstrom's in the early seventies and us kids went to Marshfield High. Sister still lives in the area, but the rest moved on. Now I'm in Salt Lake City working for a lumber company that buys South Port lumber products from Coos Bay.
@danidavis7912
Жыл бұрын
I lied about my age and worked for Gold Coast Security when I was 16. I was a night time security guard at Hillstrom's for a summer.
@ropiequet5239
5 жыл бұрын
Where has this video been the last 8 years of my research!?! I would have killed to see just that clip of the old East Branch. I spent YEARS reconstructing the old girl with 3D computer programs! She's right there!
@michaelguillemette2230
5 жыл бұрын
at your service! ;-)
@danidavis7912
Жыл бұрын
I have dozens of pics of the East Branch, inside and out. That I took.
@ropiequet5239
Жыл бұрын
@@danidavis7912 I would love to see them! Were they taken before, or after the 1952 remodel?
@ghabwy9733
5 жыл бұрын
I was born in Coos Bay. Thank you for this, Michael!
@michaelguillemette2230
5 жыл бұрын
Of course! Glad you liked it!
@jermhanson13
5 ай бұрын
Take me back please. Still working on that jetty in 2024.
@53Peterbilt
5 жыл бұрын
Long time Eastside resident. WOW, how some things have changed, and some...not at all Great job with this video
@michaelguillemette2230
5 жыл бұрын
Thanks! Im glad you enjoyed it!
@jenniferbailey8344
Жыл бұрын
Heard that old hospital got demolished
@warrenosborne6044
Жыл бұрын
Thank you, in the latter 70's, Coos Bay was a preferable transfer from Adak Alaska to the submarine surveillance system, (SOSUS). I got Pacific Beach Wa. Both places are the true Pacific North Wet.
@miapdx503
2 ай бұрын
Before "technology," the fishing and lumber industries were paramount in the Pacific Northwest. Still vital, but not what they used to be. 🌹 Thank you, for an excellent video. Your footage is amazing, and really adds to your telling of a beautiful place. 🌹
@tacfoley4443
5 ай бұрын
Many thanks, Dick, for posting this marvellous old video. I'd love to be able to replicate it in model form, but where would I find 48 tons of 1/20.3 wood chips?
@WootTootZoot
Жыл бұрын
Coos Bay has one of the highest per-capita substance abuse problems in the State of Oregon.
@andrewnagel6322
Жыл бұрын
No wonder its Coos Bay. Was raised up coos river from 67 to 83, moved back 88 to 90, and glad I'm out of there.
@TheBandit7613
Жыл бұрын
I drove thru there a year ago and it didn't look that bad to me except there were some bums and beggers.
@TheBandit7613
Жыл бұрын
@@SlapNuts4Life Got to be stopped. One of the most beautiful places anywhere. We have to figure out what to do with these idiots.
@jasongarcia2140
2 ай бұрын
Oh yeah I stayed there a year and a half ago. We did all the drugs.
@louisandsteph
2 ай бұрын
I live in Bandon, actually, Parkersburg, can you showcase this area please?
@jenniferbailey8344
Жыл бұрын
Sounds like my dream I had as a kid when a boy fell from a train bridge. That dream is still with me today. 😢😢😢
@jimbaker2449
5 жыл бұрын
Wow! I'm working on a restoration project of Coos Bay #11 in San Diego, and there she is in service at about the 45 minute mark!! Thanks!
@dariendude17
5 жыл бұрын
I live in coos bay Oregon. What is this project? Sounds interesting!
@jimbaker2449
5 жыл бұрын
@@dariendude17 See www.psrm.org/trains/steam/coos/restoration-updates/ Things are moving pretty slowly; I should be adding a new update in a month or so.
@michaelguillemette2230
5 жыл бұрын
You're very welcome! I'm glad you enjoyed it!
@robertrowan5661
3 жыл бұрын
Incredible thank you
@michaelguillemette2230
3 жыл бұрын
Of course! I'm glad you enjoyed viewing it! 🙂
@olivei2484
3 жыл бұрын
Fantastic two films. Great find. I hayed with a gal who worked 8 hours a day at a Seneca lumber mill pulling green chain. Then she would buck hay out of the fields for 3 hours. Did this for a week. Man she was tough.
@jenniferbailey8344
Жыл бұрын
I didn't go there but I knew it. I went to north bend high school
@jenniferbailey8344
Жыл бұрын
My step father worked in the lumber mill
@StoneGoat
Жыл бұрын
Coal mines......wow .....had no idea that industry was in the area! Grew up just north of there to travel there for movies (the port/Egyptian /the pony) and shopping . My favorite was part was drive thru Wendy's and the drive down park and watch logs loaded onto the ships before heading home
@waynehenderson5306
2 жыл бұрын
I moved si
@dennisbaker514
Жыл бұрын
Great Videos! Thank You!
@jenniferbailey8344
Жыл бұрын
Coos Bay has history with Japan
@jenniferbailey8344
Жыл бұрын
Coast Guard is in north bend
@timsteinkamp2245
Жыл бұрын
I'm no expert on uploading old motion picture film from home cameras to YT but the quality of this is sad. I put it on 720P but doesn't help.
@stacymagers686
Жыл бұрын
My Grand Mother Alice was the automotive shop manager at J.C. Penny in Coos Bay for many years and retired from there. My Grand Father Dale drove a log truck for Coos Trucking for many years until he retired. He purchased his first brand new Mack truck in 1940 and immediately purchased another which he then hired his close friend to drive for him.
@robertsnyder5149
Жыл бұрын
I was a pitman when I started work with Crown Zellerbach out of Cathlamet, Wash.
@joycesmith1742
Жыл бұрын
I love Coos Bay. We go there a lot. Bought 2 RVs there at Porter's RV in coos Bay.
@lethaleefox6017
Жыл бұрын
Lived in North Bend for a couple years.
@davidbaldwin1591
Жыл бұрын
Where are the 1930's vehicles?
@charlesdada6434
Жыл бұрын
Notice there are no cars parked in front of all the homes shown. Is that because there were few privately owned cars, as everyone had access to busses that went by every 15 minutes?
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