City of Coos Bay Coos County, Oregon
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General information on City of Coos Bay
- Feature Type: Incorporated
Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for City of Coos Bay
A brief list of names that this geographic feature has been named
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| City of Coos Bay | Official |
| Coos Bay | Official |
Related Catalog Titles
A Bibliography for City of Coos Bay, Coos County, Oregon
Coos Bay Plundertown, USA by Al Sandine
Published in local editions by Al Sandine, Coos Bay Plundertown, USA is a blistering polemical history examining the corporate exploitation and environmental degradation of Oregon’s largest coastal port. The book chronicles how powerful timber and industrial interests, in collusion with local political figures, systematically gutted the region's natural resources and bypassed community oversight to maximize short-term profits. Through sharp critique and detailed local documentation, the text exposes the severe economic and ecological fallout left in the wake of unchecked industrial ambition. A keen insight drawn from the work is how resource-dependent towns are frequently treated by outside corporate forces as disposable sacrifice zones; the narrative reveals that "plundertown" status is not an accidental policy failure, but the predictable end-result of an extractive economic model that privatizes public wealth while socializing long-term environmental ruin.
175 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 22 cm
CIRC [ 1 ]
The Coos Bay region, 1890-1944 life on a coastal frontier by Nathan Douthit
About two-thirds of the way from San Francisco Bay to the Columbia River lies Coos Bay, the larges natural harbor on the Oregon coast.... the subject of this book. It is a book about the social and economic development of a small corner of the Pacific Northwest from a coastal frontier into a major population and forest industrial center of Oregon.
163 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
CIRC [ 0 ]
Coos Bay the pioneer period, 1851-1890 by Stephen Dow Beckham
Study of the Coos Bay region focusing on the years 1851-1890. During this period a little known estuary on the southwest coast of Oregon became a thriving center for lumbering, shipbuilding, coal mining, and agriculture. This work is not intended to be a complete local history of Coos Bay, however the author examines those events and undertakings that have had special significance in the development of the area.
v, 70 pages illustrations 28 cm
CIRC [ 1 ]
Coos River echoes a story of the Coos River Valley by Charlotte L. Mahaffy
Coos County
- Allegany
- Arago
- Bancroft
- City of Bandon
- Barview
- Bay Park
- Bridge
- Broadbent
- Bullards
- Bunker Hill
- Cedar Point
- Charleston
- Coaledo
- City of Coos Bay
- Coos City (historical)
- Coos River
- Cooston
- City of Coquille
- Cranberry Corners
- Crown Point
- Dellwood
- Delmar
- Dew Valley
- Dora
- Englewood
- Estabrook
- Etelka (historical)
- Fairview
- Fourmile
- Gaylord
- Glasgow
- Gravelford
- Green Acres
- Hauser
- Kings Landing (historical)
- City of Lakeside
- Lampa (historical)
- Laurel Grove
- Lee (historical)
- Leneve
- Libby
- McKinley
- Millington
- City of Myrtle Point
- City of North Bend
- Norway
- Parkersburg
- City of Powers
- Prosper
- Randolph
- Remote
- Riverton
- Saunders Lake
- Shorewood
- Sitkum
- Sumner
- Templeton
- Tenmile
- Winterville
Political Boundaries
Last updated: 2017-01-16