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475^ Rosalind Keeney and Robert Hadlow, “Highway Tunnels in Oregon,” Rev. ed., ODOT, 2002.

476^ J.F. Waller (locating engineer), “Report of Reconnaissance Survey: Tillamook to Hebo”, Highways: Oregon Coast, No. 1 Org 7: 1921-1937 folder, 1936, ODOT Library and History Center, Salem, OR.

477^ J.F. Waller (locating engineer), “Report of Reconnaissance Survey: Marshfield to Bandon”, Highways: Oregon Coast, No. 1 Org 7: 1921-1937 folder, 1935, ODOT Library and History Center, Salem, OR; ODOT, History of State Highways in Oregon, Salem: ODOT, 2011, 9-9.

478^ ODOT, 2011, 9-7.

479^ ODOT, Abandonment and Retention File #13, Otis—Siletz River Section, 1936-1938. All Abandonment and Retention Files were acquired from the ODOT History Library, Salem, Oregon.

480^ ODOT, Abandonment and Retention File #33, City of Florence Section, 1936.

481^ ODOT, Abandonment and Retention File #36, City of Glenada Section, 1936.

482^ ODOT, Abandonment and Retention File #39, Reedsport Section, 1937.

483^ ODOT, Abandonment and Retention File #42, North Fork Nehalem River Section, 1936-1940.

484^ ODOT, Abandonment and Retention File #47, Cunningham Creek Section, 1937.

485^ ODOT, Abandonment and Retention File #65, Westlake Section, 1939.

486^ ODOT, Abandonment and Retention File #94, Brookings Section, 1941.

487^ ODOT, Abandonment and Retention File #95, Nelscott Section, 1941.

488^ ODOT, 2011, 9-8.

489^ Ibid.

490^ OSHC, Fourteenth Biennial Report, 1940, 50.

491^ OSHC, Fifteenth Biennial Report, 1942, 46-49.

492^ ODOT, 2011, 9-10.

493^ OSHC, Sixteenth Biennial Report, 1944, 50-51.

494^ OSHD, Primary Highway Designation File 10-16, Gold Beach Resolution, April 16, 1945, ODOT Library Archives.

495^ OSHC, Seventeenth Biennial Report, 1946, 42-43.

496^ Oregon State Parks and Recreation, “Fort Stevens State Park Trail Guide and Historic Military Site,” http://www.oregonstateparks.org/index.cfm?do=main.loadFile&load=_siteFiles/publications/37300_Fort_Stevens_Trail_Guide_(lowres)113354.pdf [accessed January 14, 2015]; Merriam, 182.

497^ The Oregonian, “Cut-Off Brings Beaches Nearer,” July 1, 1939, 8.

498^ Vinton H. Hall, “Wolf Creek Road Not New As Oregon Scenic Highway,” The Oregonian, June 18, 1939, 42.

499^ ODOT, 2011, 47-2.

500^ The Oregonian, (advertisement), “Come to Seaside,” August 2, 1940, 4.

501^ The Oregonian, “Coast Resorts Preparing for Record Summer Jam,” June 10, 1945, 12.

502^ The Oregon Coast Bulletin, “Newport Planning Unique Celebration for Yaquina Bridge Dedication,” July 10, 1936, 1.

503^ Lincoln City Historical Society, county history files [accessed August 3, 2014].

504^ Information from the Depoe Bay Whale Watching Station, interpretive Signage.

505^ North Lincoln County Historical Society Archives, Roosevelt Highway Vertical File.

506^ Allen, 53.

507^ Steve M. Wyatt, “Taft: The Transformation of a Waterfront Community to a Resort Town: 2001 Historic Context Statement & Cultural Resource Inventory for the Taft Section of Lincoln City, Oregon,” Self-published, Available at the Driftwood Public Library in Lincoln City, Oregon, 2001, 25-29.

508^ Ibid, 29

509^ Ibid, 29-30.

510^ ODOT, 2011, 27-1 and 2.

511^ Allen, 109.

512^ Cain Allen, Bandon Fire, 1936, Oregon History Project, Portland: Oregon Historical Society, 2006 http://ohs.org/education/oregonhistory/historical_records/dspDocument.cfm?doc_ID=9326D333-960F-57C1-C7CB9A48D590224F [accessed January 21, 2015].

513^ OSHC, 1940, 50; OSHC, 1942, 47.

514^ Sanborn Fire Insurance Company, 1945, Insurance Maps of Marshfield, Oregon, Vol. 1, October 1945, Sheet 1.

515^ OSHC, Eleventh Biennial Report, 1934, 50.

516^ The State Emergency Relief Administration (SERA) was another New Deal program that was developed between 1933-1934 to plan and organize engineering development projects across the United States. This is the only project found that has been attributed to them, and thus their overall impact on US 101 is considered minimal. For more information on SERA, see Jerome Tweton, The New Deal at the Grass Roots, [Minnesota Historical Society Press: Fergus Falls (MN), 1988, 55-69.

517^ OSHC, 1934, 50.

518^ OSHC, 1936, 20.

519^ Ibid.

520^ Ibid.

521^ Ibid, 22.

522^ OSHC, 1938, 122.

523^ Attendance for 1940 was tabulated up to November 30, 1940, the biennial reports tend to have a couple months of overlap from year to year due to the time it takes to tabulate and create the reports.

524^ OSHC, 1940, 137.

525^ Ibid.

526^ Ibid, 138-139.

527^ OSHC, 1940, 142.

528^ Ibid, 143.

529^ Ibid.

530^ Ibid, 142-145.

531^ OSHC, 1944, 135; Armstrong, 58.

532^ OSHC, 1934, 50.

533^ Merriam, 175.

534^ Armstrong, 121.

535^ Merriam, 176.

536^ Armstrong, 122

537^ Armstrong, 122.

538^ Merriam, 176.

539^ Armstrong, 122.

540^ Oregon State Highway Commission, 1952, 171.

541^ “Those Who Come and Go,” The Morning Oregonian, May 23, 1930.

542^ Oregon State Highway Commission, 1952, 171.

543^ Ibid.

544^ The Morning Oregonian, “New 4000-Foot Road to Serve State Park,” July 29, 1935.

545^ Armstrong, 167.

546^ Merriam, 209-210.

547^ Merriam, 209.

548^ “Os West’s Park,” The Oregonian, March 3, 1956.

549^ Merriam, 209.

550^ Armstrong, 102; Merriam, 163.

551^ Armstrong, 103.

552^ OPRD, “Cape Meares State Park,” http://www.oregonstateparks.org/index.cfm?do=parkPage.dsp_parkPage&parkId=131 [accessed January 21, 2015].

553^ Merriam, 162.

554^ Merriam, 162.

555^ “Popular Beach at Cape Lookout is Part of Oregon’s Newest State Park,” The Oregonian, September 12, 1954.

556^ Merriam, 163.

557^ Merriam, 163.

558^ Ibid, 217.

559^ Merriam, 174-175.

560^ Armstrong, 120.

561^ Ibid, 210-211.

562^ Merriam, 211; N/A, Oregon Historic Site Record: 4905 Otter Crest Loop, Oregon Historic Sites Database, August 16, 2014.

563^ Armstrong, 95.

564^ Armstrong, 120 and 178.

565^ OPRD, “South Beach State Park,” http://www.oregonstateparks.org/index.cfm?do=parkPage.dsp_parkHistory&parkId=149 [accessed January 20, 2015].

566^ “State Park Assured: Lincoln County Court Deeds Land for Rhododendron Preserve,” The Oregonian, November 5, 1933.

567^ Merriam, 230.

568^ Ibid, 163.

569^ Overnight Camps Show Big Gain in State Parks,” The Oregonian, April 14, 1954.

570^ Armstrong, 224.

571^ Merriam, 248.

572^ Armstrong, 224.

573^ Armstrong, 156; Merriam, 199.

574^ OPRD, “Brian Booth State Park,” http://www.oregonstateparks.org/index.cfm?do=parkPage.dsp_parkHistory&parkId=146 [accessed January 21, 2015]; Armstrong, 166-167.

575^ Armstrong, 186 and Merriam, 222.

576^ ODOT, Road Establishments Files: Clatsop County, ODOT Library and History Center, Salem; ODOT, Road Establishments Files: Lincoln County, ODOT Library and History Center, Salem.

577^ OPRD, “Alsea Bay Historic Interpretive Center History/faq,” http://www.oregonstateparks.org/index.cfm?do=mobilePark.dsp_parkHistory&parkId=143 [accessed January 28, 2015].

578^ Armstrong, 90; Merriam, 153.

579^ U.S.D.A. Forest Service, “Pacific Northwest Region Viewing Area,” http://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/regions/Pacific_Northwest/CapePerpetua/index.shtml [accessed January 22, 2015].

580^ Edward M. Miller, “Scenic Area on Oregon Coast South of Waldport Now Open,” The Oregonian, April 19, 1931.

581^ “Workers Make Coast Highway More Attractive to Summer Tourists,” The Oregonian, May 24, 1936.

582^ “Workers Make Coast Highway More Attractive to Summer Tourists,” The Oregonian, May 24, 1936.

583^ Merriam, 206-207.

584^ OPRD, “Neptune State Scenic Viewpoint,” http://www.oregonstateparks.org/index.cfm?do=parkPage.dsp_parkPage&parkId=88 [accessed January 22, 2015].

585^ Ibid.

586^ Ibid.

587^ Merriam, 205.

588^ Armstrong, 161.

589^ The Oregonian, “Roadside Picnic Areas,” June 28, 1953.

590^ Merriam 194 and Armstrong, 146.

591^ Merriam, 194.

592^ Armstrong, 144.

593^ Merriam, 193; OSHC, 1938, 123.

594^ Armstrong, 145.

595^ Merriam, 156.

596^ Armstrong, 95; Merriam, 156.

597^ Armstrong, 211.

598^ Lawrence Barber, “Umpqua Wanted As Summer Home,” The Oregonian, July 10, 1937.

599^ Armstrong, 211.

600^ OSHC, 1934, 50.

601^ Armstrong, 174-175.

602^ Merriam, 213.

603^ “Scenic Trail Complete: Ten Per Cent Grade Provided Up Humbug Mountain,” The Sunday Oregonian, April 9, 1933.

604^ OSHC, 1934, 50.

605^ Armstrong, 98.

606^ Armstrong, 103.

607^ Armstrong, 103; OSHC, 1934, 50.

608^ Herman Edwards, “1939 Motor Cruise: Sebastian Park,” The Oregonian, May 21, 1939.

609^ Merriam, 164.

610^ W. A. Langille, Harris Beach State Park, Curry County, Oregon, 1944, 1.

611^ W. A. Langille, Harris Beach State Park, Curry County, Oregon, 1944, 5.

612^ Merriam, 150-151.

613^ Brookings, Oregon, “Azalea Park: The ‘Crown Jewel’ of Brookings City Parks,” http://www.brookings.or.us/archives/49/The%20History%20of%20Azalea%20Park.pdf [accessed January 26, 2015].

614^ Brookings, Oregon, “Azalea Park: The ‘Crown Jewel’ of Brookings City Parks,” http://www.brookings.or.us/archives/49/The%20History%20of%20Azalea%20Park.pdf [accessed January 26, 2015].

615^ Herman Edwards, “1939 Motor Cruise: Sebastian Park,” The Oregonian, May 21, 1939.

616^ Armstrong, 86.

617^ Armstrong, 86.

618^ OSHC, 1940, 138-139.

619^ Armstrong, 86.

620^ “Oregon’s Sixty State Parks Beautiful,” The Sunday Oregonian, May 25, 1941.

621^ Brookings, Oregon, “Azalea Park: The ‘Crown Jewel’ of Brookings City Parks,” http://www.brookings.or.us/archives/49/The%20History%20of%20Azalea%20Park.pdf [accessed January 26, 2015].

622^ OHSC, 1946.

623^ ODOT, 2011, A2.

624^ ODOT, 2011, A2.

625^ OHSC, Throughway Designation Charts, 1948, http://www.oregon.gov/ODOT/HWY/GEOMETRONICS/ROW_Eng/STANDARDS/Descriptions/Throughway_Maps/throughway_maps.pdf (accessed January 22, 2015)

626^ ODOT, 2011, 9-15.

627^ Merriam 265.

628^ Merriam, 264.

629^ OHSC, 1950, 139.

630^ Merriam, 39.

631^ Merriam, 39.

632^ Merriam, 265.

633^ Merriam, 265.

634^ ODOT, 2011, 9-18.

635^ OHSC, 1954, 54.

636^ OHSC, 1954, 55.

637^ OHSC, 1946, 127.

638^ OHSC, 1946, 42.

639^ OHSC, 1948, 32.

640^ OHSC, 1950, 34.

641^ OHSC, 1950, 34.

642^ OHSC, 1950, 34.

643^ OHSC, 1950, 35.

644^ OHSC, 1952, 40.

645^ OHSC, 1952, 41.

646^ OHSC, 1954, 53.

647^ OHSC, 1956, 48.

648^ OHSC, 1956, 48.

649^ OHSC, 1952, 42.

650^ OHSC, 1952, 41.

651^ OHSC, 1950, 35.

652^ OHSC, 1952, 40.

653^ OHSC, 1952, 41.

654^ OHSC, 1954, 53.

655^ OHSC, 1956, 48.

656^ ODOT, 2011, 9-13.

657^ OHSC, 1948, 31.

658^ OHSC, 1954, 53.

659^ OHSC, 1952, 40.

660^ ODOT, Road Establishments Files: Clatsop County, ODOT Library and History Center, Salem.

661^ ODOT, 2011, 9-17.

662^ ODOT, Tillamook – Pleasant Valley Section, location map, 6B-15-5A, 1946.

663^ OHSC, 1950, 34.

664^ Larry McKinley, Interviewed by authors, ODOT Region 2, District 1, Personal interview, Astoria, OR., July

31, 2014.

665^ ODOT, Tillamook – Pleasant Valley Section, Resolution, A&R200, 1949-1950.

666^ ODOT, 2011, 9-14.

667^ OHSC, 1954, 53.

668^ OHSC, 1954, 53.

669^ McKinley, 2014.

670^ OHSC, 1956, 48.

671^ ODOT, Otter Crest Section Resolution, 6B-35-17, 1949.

672^ Allen, 57.

673^ OHSC, 1948, 31.

674^ OHSC, 1948, 31.

675^ Doug MacRae, “Moving a Million Yards on the Oregon Coast at Depoe Bay,” Pacific Builder and Engineer November 1953, 64.

676^ OHSC, 1950, 34.

677^ OHSC, 1950, 34.

678^ ODOT, 2011, 9-15.

679^ ODOT, Coos County: Road Establishment Files, ODOT Library and Research Center, Salem.

680^ ODOT, Road Establishments Files: Douglas County, ODOT Library and History Center, Salem.

681^ ODOT, 2011, 9-13.

682^ OHSC, 1954, 54.

683^ Allen, 115.

684^ OHSC, 1954, 53.

685^ OHSC, 1954, 53.

686^ OHSC, 1956, 49.

687^ OHSC, 1952, 41.

688^ ODOT, 2011, 9-13.

689^ OHSC, 1950, 35.

690^ Allen, 126

691^ Ibid.

692^ Ibid.

693^ Ibid.

694^ ODOT, 2011, 9-14.

695^ OHSC, 1950, 35.

696^ OHSC, 1952, 41.

697^ OHSC, 1954, 55.

698^ ODOT, 2011, 244-1.

699^ ODOT, Port Orford – Rocky Point Agreement, A&R206, 1949.

700^ Ibid.

701^ OHSC, 1954, 55.

702^ Allen, 133.

703^ OHSC, 1956, 50.

704^ ODOT, Road Establishments Files: Curry County, ODOT Library and History Center, Salem; Oregon State Highway Department, Plan and Profile of Proposed State Highway. Greggs Creek—Wedderburn Section, Curry County, ODOT Library Archives, October, 1954.

705^ U.S. Census, 1940, Ch. 8, p. 886.

706^ Tillamook, Our History. Tillamook, 2015. http://www.tillamook.com/tillamook-story/history.html (accessed January 27, 2015).

707^ W. A. Langille, Lincoln County a Popular Recreational Area of Long Standing, c. 1945, 1.

708^ W. A. Langille, Lincoln County a Popular Recreational Area of Long Standing, c. 1945, 1.

709^ Lincoln City Chamber of Commerce, History of Lincoln City, Oregon, 2015. http://www.lcchamber.com/view/historylincolncity/ (accessed December 10, 2014)

710^ Lincoln City Chamber of Commerce.

711^ Douthit, 21.

712^OHSC, 1946, 127.

713^ OHSC, 1946, 127.

714^ OHSC, 1946, 127.

715^ OHSC, 1946, 133.

716^ OHSC, 1946, 132.

717^ OHSC, 1950, 139.

718^ OHSC, 1950, 139.

719^ OHSC, 1950, 139.

720^ Merriam, 39.

721^ Stephen R. Mark, “Chester H. Armstrong (1892-1973),” The Oregon Encyclopedia, Oregon Historical Society, 2015. http://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/armstrong_chester_h_1892_1973_/#.VLadOivF_2E (accessed January 14, 2015)

722^ Mark, 2015.

723^ Armstrong, 59.

724^ OHSC, 1952, 169.

725^ Merriam, 39.

726^ Merriam, 40.

727^ OHSC, 1952, 173.

728^ OHSC, 1956, 205.

729^ OHSC, 1956, 205.

730^ Merriam, 40.

731^ OHSC, 1952, 169.

732^ Merriam, 40.

733^ Armstrong, 45.

734^ Armstrong, 46.

735^ Armstrong, 46.

736^ Armstrong, 115.

737^ Anina Estrem, Depoe Bay Ocean Wayside National Register of Historic Places Registration Form, Oregon SHPO, 2011, 8.

738^ Estrem, 8.

739^ OHSC, 1956, 205.

740^ OHSC, 1956, 205.

741^ Armstrong, 62.

742^ Merriam, 181.

743^ Armstrong, 129.

744^ OPRD, “Darlingtonia State Natural Site,” Park Info, 2015. http://www.oregonstateparks.org/index.cfm?do=parkPage.dsp_parkPage&parkId=81 (accessed January 12, 2015).

745^