Hard Times in Paradise
Coos Bay, Oregon
University of Washington Press · Print & ebook · May 1, 2006
Blessed with vast expanses of virgin timber, a good harbor, and a San Francisco market for its lumber, the Coos Bay area once dubbed itself "a poor man's paradise." A new Prologue and Epilogue by the author bring this story of gyppo loggers, longshoremen, millwrights, and whistle punks into the twenty-first century, describing Coos Bay?s transition from timber town to a retirement and tourist community, where the site of a former Weyerhaeuser complex is now home to the Coquille Indian Tribe?s The Mill Casino.
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- Who it’s for
- William G. Robbins traces Coos Bay’s timber past and its transition into the present.
- Themes
- Coos Bay regional history, Timber industry, Community economic transition
- Genres
- Pacific Northwest History
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Blessed with vast expanses of virgin timber, a good harbor, and a San Francisco market for its lumber, the Coos Bay area once dubbed itself "a poor man's paradise." A new Prologue and Epilogue by the author bring this story of gyppo loggers, longshoremen, millwrights, and whistle punks into the twenty-first century, describing Coos Bay?
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s transition from timber town to a retirement and tourist community, where the site of a former Weyerhaeuser complex is now home to the Coquille Indian Tribe?s The Mill Casino.
Coos Bay Timber
William G. Robbins traces Coos Bay’s timber past and its transition into the present.
Come here for
- The history of Coos Bay’s timber town
- The work of gyppo loggers
Expect
- A new prologue and epilogue carry the account into the twenty-first century
- Coos Bay’s shift toward retirement and tourism
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| Pacific Northwest History | 100% |
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Publisher categories
- Western U.S. History
- Authors
- William G. Robbins
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press
- Published
- May 1, 2006
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Coos Bay regional history · Timber industry · Community economic transition
- Reading lane
- Western U.S. History