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YAQUINA BAY
May 21, 1868: "A correspondent of the Corvallis Gazette, writing from Yaquina Bay, complains that Oregon has but one lighthouse on her coast, notwithstanding she has eight or ten harbors of sufficient capacity to admit ordinary coasters. The single exception is at Cape Arago, which has been in operation only a few months--while there are ten lighthouses on the coast of California, and two more are about to be built. There was formerly one at the Umpqua, but washed down several years ago, and has near been rebuilt. He wants Congress to make provision for a light-house at Yaquina Bay, and for as many more as the wants of our commerce will justify--all of which we hope to see accomplished." (Morning Oregonian)
May 21, 1868: "A correspondent of the Corvallis Gazette, writing from Yaquina Bay, complains that Oregon has but one lighthouse on her coast, notwithstanding she has eight or ten harbors of sufficient capacity to admit ordinary coasters. The single exception is at Cape Arago, which has been in operation only a few months--while there are ten lighthouses on the coast of California, and two more are about to be built. There was formerly one at the Umpqua, but washed down several years ago, and has near been rebuilt. He wants Congress to make provision for a light-house at Yaquina Bay, and for as many more as the wants of our commerce will justify--all of which we hope to see accomplished." (Morning Oregonian)
April 8, 1869: "Last Wednesday Judge Williams called up a joint resolution in regard to lighthouses on the coast of Oregon, which he introduced on the 11th inst., and it passed the Senate. It provides that the erection of the lighthouse at Yaquina Bay, and other lighthouses on the coast of Oregon, for which appropriations have been or may be made, shall not be delayed for want of the consent of the legislature of the State to the purchase of the site for such lighthouses." (Morning Oregonian)
April 16, 1869: "On Tuesday Senator Williams' resolution; which passed the Senate last week, passed the House. It provides that the erection of the lighthouse at Yaquina Bay." (Morning Oregonian)
April 19, 1869: "It is reported that the steamer Shubrick will soon visit Yaquina Bay for the purpose of selecting a site for a lighthouse." (Morning Oregonian)
February 7, 1870: "There seems to be some misapprehension in Oregon relative to the proposed lighthouse at Yaquina Bay. No appropriation has yet been made for its erection, but the Lighthouse Board have agreed to recommend it, and an appropriation will be asked for that purpose, and no doubt will be obtained. But it must wait so as to come in the regular course of appropriations, which will hardly be reached before May or June. This statement of the case may serve as an explanation for persons in Oregon who, under the impression that an appropriation has already been secured, have been urging that the work be at once proceeded with." (Morning Oregonian)
October 11, 1870: "Col. Williamson was here and located the lighthouse. It will be built on the north beach. Work commences early in the spring. Simpson has the contract to furnish lumber." (Weekly Oregon Statesman)
April 24, 1871: "The Statesman learns that Col. Williamson has gone over to Yaquina Bay to commence the construction of the new lighthouse, which is to cost $20,000. When this is completed, the more important one at Cape Foulweather, four miles north, costing $90,000, will be commenced." (Morning Oregonian)
August 14, 1871: "It is calculated that the lighthouse at Yaquina Bay head will be ready for service by the 1st of October." (Morning Oregonian)
December 15, 1873: "The Washington correspondent of the Eugene Journal says: 'It has been ascertained that authorities here contemplate the abandonment of Yaquina Bay lighthouse, on the ground that the commerce of the place will not justify its continuance. It was erected at a cost of $30,000, and as the cost of keeping it up is only some $1,500 a year, true economy would dictate its continuance, as it must be needed at no distant day, even if the conclusion that it is not now needed were true, which is not the case.' " (Morning Oregonian)
January 23, 1875: "The material and fixtures of the Yaquina lighthouse are to be taken down and sent to San Francisco, in accordance with orders from head-quarters." (Weekly Oregon Statesman)
June 15, 1876: "Office of Light-House Engineer, Thirteenth District, Portland, Oregon, June 6th, 1876.
The U.S. Light Station at Yaquina Point, Oregon, will be sold at public auction to the highest bidder in front of the Occidental Hotel at Albany, Oregon, at 10 o'clock a.m., Thursday, July 13, 1876. The Station includes a dwelling, outhouses, and about thirty-six acres of land. The right is reserved to withdraw the property if it is deemed advisable. For specifications and further information apply at this office.
By order of the Light-house Board. John M. Wilson." (The Morning Astorian)
April 5, 1878: "In anticipation of the possibility of the light at Yaquina Bay being relit upon the completion of the railroad now in process of construction from Corvallis to that bay. It is proposed to make some minor repairs to the lighthouse." (Morning Oregonian)
August 24, 1906: "The Yaquina Bay Life Saving Station has been moved from South Beach to the old lighthouse on the north side of the bay, in Newport." (Lincoln County Leader)
May 12, 1933: “An electric beacon will be installed in the Yaquina lighthouse, to be in operation June 1. Remaining as the only station along the Oregon coast with a fixed light, the new light will be made the revolving kind.” (Siuslaw Oar)
May 12, 1933: “An electric beacon will be installed in the Yaquina lighthouse, to be in operation June 1. Remaining as the only station along the Oregon coast with a fixed light, the new light will be made the revolving kind.” (Siuslaw Oar)