European settlement of Coos County began with a shipwreck.
By December 1853, Coos County was established by the territorial legislature, and several.
The men eventually traveled overland to Port Orford, where they told other settlers about the Coos Bay and its many natural resources.
This was the first white settlement in the area.
The crewmen built a temporary camp out of the ship s sails and named it Camp Cast-Away.
The Captain Lincoln wrecked on the north spit of the Coos Bay in January 1852.
European settlement of Coos County began with a shipwreck