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Oregon City: Coos
Bay The city of Coos
Bay is located in Coos County,
Oregon, United States, where the Coos River enters Coos Bay on the Pacific Ocean. The city borders on the nearby city of North Bend, and together they are often referred to as one entity called
either Coos Bay-North Bend or the Bay Area. Coos Bay had a total population of
15,374 in the 2000 census, with a 2007 estimate of 16,210
residents. Sir Francis Drake is said to have sought shelter in the bay for his ship, the
Golden Hind and her crew in
1579. In 1906 the only
lynching ever to be documented in Oregon occurred in Coos Bay, of Alonzo Tucker,
a black man.He was accused of raping a woman. There is no record of his escape
from jail. The only account is that he was caught by a mob of 200-300 people,
shot twice and hung from the fourth street bridge. The location of the hanging
is across from the high school. No charges were ever brought to the mob. The
newspaper at that time reported the mob was "quiet and orderly." Alonzo Tucker's
cause of death was asphyxiation. On February 4, 1999,
a Japanese ship named the New Carissa ran aground on a beach
2.7 miles (4.3 km) north of the entrance to Coos Bay, drawing
international attention to the town. The New Carissa was empty at the
time, heading for the Port of Coos Bay to pick up a cargo of wood chips. When
the captain was told that the weather was too poor for the ship to enter port,
he anchored his ship close by. The crew put out only one anchor, and it appears
that this was probably on too short a chain to be effective. The subsequent US
Coast Guard investigation found several other aspects of the ship's company's
handling of the situation to have been poor, leading to the conclusion that
human error caused the grounding. The climate in Coos Bay
and surrounds can be described as temperate west coast, with winter temperatures
from 37-55 degrees Fahrenheit (3-13 °C) and 52-70 degrees Fahrenheit (11-21 °C)
in summer. Cool breezes off the Pacific moderate the city's climate year round.
Rain is abundant in winter, due to moist low pressure troughs from the Pacific Ocean. The city's annual rainfall is about 64.2 inches (around
1625 mm), but totals are less than an inch in July and August. Fog often
blankets the coastal fringe; common in summer due to the temperature gradient
between the cool Pacific Ocean and the warm inland. Snow falls on less than five
days per year in the city, but can be heavy in the adjacent Oregon Coast Range. Nearby Cape Blanco is one of the windiest places on Earth, with gusts of
125 miles per hour (200 km/h) or more achieved during severe winter
storms. The Coos Bay area is known
for a variety of outdoor recreation opportunities, including the Oregon Dunes National Recreation
Area, which brings approximately 1.5 million
visitors each year.
Many of these visitors
enjoy exploring the 6,000-acre (24 km2) sand dunes on their ATVs. The area's popularity has increased tourism--a growing industry in
the formerly depressed economy. Coos Bay operates its own
library, fire department, public works and police department. The fire
department has two fire stations that are staffed 24 hours a day. There is a
third station that is used to house additional
apparatus. Income & Housing Costs Numbers: Estimated median household income in 2008: $38,157 (it
was $31,212 in 2000)
Estimated median household income in 2008: $38,157 (it was $31,212
in 2000)
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