Cannon Beach History Center and Museum

The Cannon
SPRING 2013
Newsletter of the Cannon Beach History Center & Museum
Serving Cannon Beach & Arch Cape
Open 11 a.m.-5 p.m.
Wednesday-Monday
10th Annual
Cottage &
Garden Tour
Planning of the History Center’s 10th
Annual Cottage Tour began in January
of this year. We are ecstatic to welcome
12 reinvented cottages, dream homes,
historic lodging facilities, vintage homes
and well manicured gardens.
This year, Tour attendees will have the
opportunity to revisit nostalgic homes
and gardens from past years.
Popular Cottage Tour lecturer Dick
Frank called the event a “tour through
time,” that reminds us of when times
were simpler. “I hope people have a
greater appreciation that life is difficult
any time, but the human spirit and pleasure in life and family and nature allowed
people to get here.”
A pre-tour luncheon and lecture, beginning at noon, will be hosted at the
will enjoy a lecture by Cannon Beach Cottages author Jill Grady. Grady’s lecture
will focus primarily on the Remittance
men that built Cannon Beach in the late
1800’s and early 1900’s.
The events on Saturday the 14th will
continue with a tour of home and gardens from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m.
Following the tour, attendees are invited to mingle with homeowners and
other tour-goers at the Cannon Beach
History Center for a wine reception at
6:00 p.m., in which there will be live
music, door prizes, and a hanging quilt
made by the talented Marilyn Dwyer.
Attendees will be touring vintage cottages, dream beach homes, and welltended gardens
Tolovana Inn, which is the site of the
old Warren Hotel. The Warren brothers
constructed The Warren Hotel in 1911.
One of their first guests was Oregon’s
14th governor, Oswald West. Attendees
Raffle tickets
are $3 for one,
$5 for two, or
four for $10.
The Warren Hotel photo by Frank Woodfield
On Sunday at 11 a.m., a brunch catered by Culinary Capers of Seaside will be hosted at the Tolovana Inn and will
feature a garden presentation by local landscape architect and
gardener Beth Holland.
Seating for the luncheon and brunch is limited and tickets must be purchased no later than September 9th. Tickets
for the each event are available to purchase separately and
will be available on June 1st, 2013.
Tickets for the Luncheon & Lecture are $20, the Home &
Garden Tour tickets are $30, while tickets to the brunch are
$10. As a thank you for your continual support of this event,
Museum members will enjoy discounted prices.
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President’s Message
Robert Mushen, President concerts have been well attended and
remain popular. We have had John
This has been a banStowell, a world-class jazz guitarist, and
ner year for the HisRebecca Lerner, whose book “Dandetory Center. We have
lion Hunter” has attracted national
prepared to ship the cannon off to Texas attention. The historical lecturers and
for restoration; the funds for the project visiting professors are always big draws
are in the bank and it is only a matter for us.
of logistics now. Elaine Murdy has done Our attention now is on the 10th Ana wonderful job as Executive Director, nual Cottage Tour, the planning of
honing her design skills and raising funds which is well on the way with Elaine,
for us by her stellar grant writing. We Liz and the Committee leading the
have hired Liz Johnson to archive photos way. We have an especially fascinatand help run the front office and she has ing group of houses and gardens this
done well.
year, as befits the anniversary celebraWhile we are well out of trouble finan- tion. Tickets go on sale June 1, so be
cially, funds are always hard to come by sure to secure your place early; we have
and we are looking for new members facilitated the on-line process and hope
and sponsors, both for general purposes soon to have a dedicated website to the
and for events. Our lecture series and Tour, which draws visitors from around
the country and the world.
On June 8, we hosted the annual membership meeting and I was glad to see
such a great turn out. The short meeting was followed by a lecture on Governor Oswald West, who preserved our
beaches in the public sector. The entertaining lecture given by noted expert on
Oregon History Joseph Blakely was well
received. A special thank you to Mo’s
for donating their delicious chowder.
If you have not yet acted on your membership renewal, please do so. We rely
on our member’s support and our
membership numbers are often a factor
in grant writing. Also, be sure to visit
the Museum, as we will be unveiling a
Terrible Tilly exhibit, featuring the Tillamook Head Lighthouse and its long
(and spotted) history.
Robert Mushen, President
Commission awards History Center $13,200 for
Don’t miss the
10th Cottage Tour
10th Annual
“Aside from marketing, tour costs
Cottage & Garden Tour
include the pre-tour dinner and posttour wine reception, printing costs,
tent rental and a variety of other expenditures,” Murdy said.
The 10th Annual Cottage Tour
committee hopes to cover the additional costs with sponsorships, which it has
done for the past nine years of the tour.
This year’s tour is celebrating a successful 10-year run! We will feature a
mix of homes and gardens in North Tolovana Park, the Presidential Streets, with
a short foray into the North End.
After a long grant writing and review
process, the Tourism and Arts Commission awarded the History Center a
$13,200 grant in support of the 2013
Cottage Tour.
The grant will go towards advertising and some costs to serve additional
attendees. Per the ordinance the grant
was based on, funds can only be spent
to attract overnight visitors.
“The TAC has been gracious enough
to award funds to the HC for the last
three years or so,” said Executive Director Elaine Murdy, “giving the Cottage
This 2011 home was featured in Oregon Home MagTour the opportunity to expand and
azine. Over the years, up to four Cottage Tour homes
become an event that caters to over 500
and businesses have been featured in this publciation.
people.”
Photo couresy of Erin J. Bernard
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We hope to expand the
weekend-long event over the
years while keeping the spirit
of the tour, by including gardens, historic cottages, and
beach homes that appeal to
every tour attendee.
“There is a something for
everyone,” says Murdy. If
you are interested in featuring your home on the tour,
becoming a sponsor or volunteering to help out the
weekend of the tour, please
call 503-436-9301.
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New Exhibit
The Infamous Terrible Tilly
The newest temporary exhibit The
Infamous Terrible Tilly will open on
August 1st. The exhibit will features
photos, interviews, and stories never
heard before.
The Tillamook Rock Lighthouse was
one of the great engineering feats of the
late 19th century - took less than 600
days to build with only one life lost.
The exhibit, sponsored by the City
of Cannon Beach, tells the tale of one
of Oregon’s most infamous lighthouses.
From construction to life as a columbarium, visitors will come to understand
Tilly’s nickname and why she was such a
feat to construct, supply, man, and even
remodel.
The Tillamook Rock Lighthouse is
one of Oregon’s few Nationally Registered historic sites. It began as a basaltic rock just over a mile from shore, was
molded by quarrymen into the iconic
structure we see today, and even spent a
short time as a columbarium.
This much anticipated exhibit will feature a never-before seen interview with
James Gibbs who was not only stationed
at Tillamook Rock Lighthouse, but lit-
Terrible Tilly pictured from the North West, notice the two
steam-powered fog horns on the left side of the building
The spiral staircase leading to the Tillamook
Rock Lighthouse light enclosure. Photo by Lonnie
Haynes, circa 1955
erally wrote several books about it.
Lonnie Haynes also shares stories and
photos from his duty on Tillamook Rock
from 1955 to 1957.
The light of Tillamook Rock Lighthouse was extinguished for the last time
in 1957.
After her decommissioning, Tilly became a Columbarium. A Columbarium
is a respectful and public storage of cinerary urns. Columbarium architect and
designer, Richard Gessford also provides
his accounts and photos of his time spent
on Tillamook Rock with his son.
The Museum would like to thank
HC hires archivist
After the departure of Marketing Director,
Amy Stocky, in
January of 2012
the Museum became a party of
one.
With some grants and funds procurred the Museum decided that an archivist would be needed to man the archives. The Museum’s archives contain
over 12,000 photos, several thousand
documents and publications, were in
needed the attention of archivist.
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In stepped Liz Johnson. Johnson
has previous volunteer experience and
knowledge of archival organization.
Johnson made short work of the archives
and continues reviewing accessions.
She was the perfect fit to take on an
aggressive catastrophe digitization plan
that Executive Director, Elaine Murdy
has been working on.
Johnson will begin the project this fall
and will continue throughout the winter
focusing primarily on the preservation
on the HC’s extensive photo collection.
The project will continue over the next
four years and will focus on various collections housed at the HC.
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the City of Cannon Beach, The Clatsop County Historical Society, The Tillamook Pioneer Museum, Mr. Robert
Schwemmer, Mr. Lonnie Haynes, Richard Gessford, and the families of James
Gibbs and Bob Gerloff for providing
video, photos, and documentation for
this exhibit.
Former lighthouse keeper Lonnie Haynes
hangs from the top of the Tillamook Rock
Lighthouse. The small notation reads “things
to do when your bored.”
The ultimate goal of the project is to
preserve Cannon Beach’s unique history
in the event of a tsunami by digitizing
photos, documents, and eventually photographing artifacts. These digital copies
will be house in an online archive that
will be safe from any future catastrophe.
When Johnson isn’t at the Museum
she is an active volunteer. She splits her
time between Lunch Buddy programs,
S.M.A.R.T., and even Meals on Wheels.
Though she admits she hasn’t had as
much time for Meals on Wheels lately.
Johnson is also a Beachbody coach
and will be attending a summer summit
in Las Vegas in June. Meet Liz on your next visit to the History Center!
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A word from the Executive Director
Elaine Murdy, Executive Director
The past few that the CBHCM Board of Direcmonths have flown tors has hired an archivist. Some of
by. The cannon you may recognize Liz Johnson. She
and capstan were was awarded the Volunteer of the
packaged up by Coaster Construc- Year in 2012, has volunteered for
tion, the highlight of my career! I was many events, and shown herself to
able to interview one of the last Tilla- be an invaluable asset to the History
mook Rock Lighthouse keepers Lon Center.
Having a second person has
Haynes. I have also focused a great
deal on improving in anyway I can - freed me up to focus on the Terwhether learning new graphic design rible Tilly Exhibit, as well as several
techniques or attending a grant-writ- grant opportunities. The CBHCM
fiscal year came to a close on June
ing class.
I am happy, though, to report 30, 2013. In that year the Museum
was awarded $30,000 in
grants from the Kinsman Foundation, the
Clatsop County Coalition, The Oregon Community Foundation, and
several grants from the
City of Cannon Beach.
The Cottage Tour
committee and I have
been working behind
the scenes to organize
the annual Cottage
and Garden Tour. The
weekend-long eventswill
begin on Friday the
13th and continue
through Sunday the
15th.
I am excited to
announce that Jill
Grady has agreed to
give a lecture on Saturday the 14th at the
Tolovana Inn on the
Remittance men that
built Cannon Beach.
Come by and see us
on your next visit to
Cannon Beach!
New
Quilt
Art
The
Cannon Beach History Center & Museum is
proud to present the work of FiberExplorations,
a Salem, Oregon based art quilt group. The
summer quilt exhibit, Exploring Fiber Art, will
showcase the work of these multi-talented textile
Meyers Lemon by Erika L. Close
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Ten pieces ranging in sizes,
colors, and themes
showcase the individuality of each member. FiberExplorations
members participate in
seasonal challenges that
inspire and encourage artists to
work outside of their comfort
zones. Challenges range from
family, color themes, architecture, letters, and flowers. Using
photographs, posters, and made
up words the group create fantastic whimsical pieces that are Confetti Aspens by artist Kathleen
Nevik
bound to brighten any day.
The talent within this group is evident in the work that they produce.
The first piece created by artist Kathleen Nevik is called Confetti Aspens
and was inspired by a photo taken by Ray Atkeson of the Klamath Falls
Basin. Nevik’s piece is an explosion of fall colored hand-dyed fabrics wildly
stitched together in a zigzag fashion. Other featured artists are Erika L.
Close, Chris Deibel, Lisa Encabo, Maureen Erhardt, Torrie Gordon, Joanna Price, and Deb Sorem.
The group has been creating artistic mixed media and traditional quilts
for several years and have displayed their work all over Oregon. From tree
swept landscapes to abstract patterns, FiberExplorations will astound you
with their technique and passion.
The exhibit will be on display through September 15, 2013. The Museum’s summer hours are 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Wednesday through
Monday, closed on Tuesday.
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Cannon Donors
Thank you to the following for contributing to the preservation of two of Cannon Beach’s
most iconic artifacts. You raised a large portion of the conservation cost.
Martin Hospitality
The Ocean Lodge
Mariner Market
Tracy Abel
Chris & Ginny
Achterman
Deborah Anderson
Craig T. Anneberg
Doris A. Beck
Geary & Isabel
Becker
Jack & Kelly Berka
Richard & Leslie
Bertellotti
Henry & Gerel
Blauer
John Bowes
Kerry Burg
John C. Caldwell
Dr. David G. Carlo
Larry & Paula Derr
Joyce & Howard
Dunn
John & Jane Emrick
Mr. & Mrs. John P.
Garling
Arlene Garrison
Stanley & Adrienne
Geffen
Bill & Lyn Gordon
Judy Graves
Eleanor & Robert
The Clark Foundation
The Clatsop County Coalition
The Kinsman Foundation
Green
Dan & Cynthia
Haftorson
Georgiana Hay
Mr. & Mrs.
Hieronimus
Mr. & Mrs. Walter
Hoke
Candace Holzgrafe
Karen Joan Hoyt
Dolly Hutchinson
Ann Lensurd Iwano
& Susan Jo Sanders
Jeri Janowsky &
John Crabbe
Bill & Frances Keller
Gary & Marlene
Laws
Kathe Leduc
Marjorie MacQueen
Jack Martz
Peter McGill
Winifred Miller
Bob Mushen & Jenee
Pearce-Mushen
Jeff & Lucie
Nicholson
Mike & Carol Pierce
Nancy Rowlinson
Kathryn Renard
Maureen & Gerald
Ritter
C.D. & M.H. Rooper
Don & Terri Royse
Susan Simon
William B. Sprague
Sharon Stewart
Linda Stone & Paul
Lurquin
Jack R. Towne
Warren Ulrich
Janet Vonada
Barbara Wilson
Bill & Karen Wright
What’s going on with the cannon and capstan?
By the time you read this article the cannon and capstan will be well on
their way to Texas A&M University. After months of fundraising, research,
and patiently waiting the cannon and capstan will finally begin a new chapter
in their story.
The conservation process of these two iconic artifacts will begin immediWho together donated over $20,000 to the
ately. The cannon’s restoration will take approximately 10 - 12 months, while
Cannon Restoration Project.
the capstan will take nearly a year longer.
Coaster Construction removed the cannon and capstan from the Museum
enclosure on Tuesday July 9th. With the assistance of Cannon Beach Fire
Station, one of Gary Moon’s crew, and Robert Lewis Knecht of CB Treasure
both the cannon and capstan were loaded and transported to the bay of Coaster Construction where they were crated up. The conservation and shipment
will cost nearly $30,000.
Visit SaveOurCannon.org for more information.
The removal and tranportation could not
have been done without the assistance of the
following:
Cannon Beach Fire Station
Cannon Beach Treasure Company
Coaster Construction
The crew of Coaster Construction deserve an
extra special thank you for starting their days
at 6:00 am. in order to safely remove and transport the cannon and capstan.
The Coaster crew gives the cannon the old
heave-ho! Before transporting it via forklift and
Without all of you this project would not have
truck back to work room at Coaster Construcbeen possible!
John Nelson uses his forklift magic
tion where it was crated up.
to transport the delicate capstan.
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New in the gift shop
In April the Museum welcomed urban forager and author Rebecca Lerner for an Earth
Day lecture. Lerner presented her first book, which chronicles her intriguing journey learning
how to forage from forests, parks, yards, and even alleyways and sidewalks of Portland, Oregon
Lerner joked that her inspiration for her book was ignited by the desire for catastrophe
prepardeness. As she began to research foraging she discovered that the path to living off of
the land was more intuitive than she expected. Throughout the book you meet the characters
of Portland that contributed to the fun and insipiring tale. One of the characters I found so
intruguing was introduced in the sixth chapter, entitled Outlaws, Lerner introduces Emily,
another unique and dynamic character with a penchant for sticky fingers.
This wildly entertaining and educational book will inspire the most hestitant to venture into
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their gardens to discover what is edible. Lerner
unabashedly tells of her trials and tribulations
experimenting with recipes and even provides
some excellent ones in the back of the book.
Check out the Wild Girl’s Stinging Nettle Pesto, delicious!
Becky has an MFA in creative nonfiction writing from Goucher College
and a bachelor’s degree in philosophy from Rutgers University. As a journalist,
she has written for more than a dozen outlets across the country, including
The Oregonian, Orion magazine, and Discovery Channel.
She teaches classes on plant identification and other herbal subjects for the
public, and enjoys doing private guided hikes and speaking gigs, too. Contact
her at [email protected]
Her book is available in the Museum gift shop for $16.95.
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History Corner with
Liz Johnson, Archivist
DUKW’s
Recently, member Peter McGill donated two photos never-seen before by either myself, or Executive Director, Elaine Murdy.
The photo showed a militaristic amphibious vehicle
called a DUKW.
For those of you who are unfamiliar of
what a DUKW is and what it does, a DUKW,
otherwise known as a duck is a six wheel amphibious vehicle that was designed by a partnership of The function of the DUKW was to reduce the time it took to move
Sparkman and Stephens & GMC during WWII to supplies from large cargo ships stations off a beach in deep water and
ferry supplies and troops from ship to shore, and shuttle it right onto the beach where it could be easily unloaded.
also for approaching and crossing the beach in amphibious attacks. The
DUKW was also used for other tasks such as transporting wounded
combatants to hospital ships or operations in flooded landscape.
The name comes from the model naming terminology used
by GMC. “D” indicated the design of a vehicle in 1942. “U” meant
Utility Vehicle. “K” signified the vehicle had front wheel drive. “W”
indicated that both of the rear axles were linked to the drive train.
The DUKW was the first vehicle to allow the driver to vary
the tire pressure from inside. The tires could be fully inflated for hard
surfaces such as roads and less inflated for softer surfaces like beaches.
This feature is now standard on most military vehicles.
Although DUKWs were used predominately for the military,
many DUKWs were used by police departments, fire stations and res-
Pete McGill inspects a DUKW that offerred rides around Haystack Rock for a
few summers during his childhood.
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cue units. Whenever a natural disaster or
an emergency situation occurs, DUKWs
are well equipped for land and water rescue efforts. DUKWs were utilized during
the Great Flood of 1993 and were also
used to help in the aftermath of Hurricane
Katrina in 2005.
DUKWs are still in use, but are
mostly used as amphibious tour buses
for commercial tours and adventure type
rides on land and water. In many popular
tourist cities, the military DUKW vehicle
shuttles tourists around the local sights
and has become known as the “Duck”.
For more information on DUKWs, please visit the History Center.
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P.O. Box 1005
Cannon Beach, OR 97110
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Special thanks to;
Arch Cape Inn
Cannon Beach Hotel Lodgings
Cannon Beach Vacation Rentals
Lands End at Cannon Beach
Ocean Lodge
Seabreeze Court
Seasprite
Surfsand Resort
The Waves
For donating lodging to this year’s guest speakers,
performers, and musicians.
Executive Director
Elaine Murdy
Archivist
Liz Johnson
Board of Directors
Bob Mushen, President
Kimberley Speer-Miller, V.President
Skip Twietmeyer, Treasurer
Stephanie Ansley
Erin Bernard
Lisa Habecker
Jenee Pearce-Mushen
Thanks to our generous
Sponsors
Accents 1925
Bruce’s Candy Kitchen
Coaster Construction
Driftwood Inn
Fellner & Kuhn
Inn at Cannon Beach
The Lodges
Norma’s Seafood & Steak
Maritime Museum
Martin Hospitality
Janice K. Martin
Ocean Lodge
Kathryn Renard
Suzanne Elise
Tolovana Architects
Tolovana Inn
Tom Olsen Jr.
History Center
Summer Hours
11:00 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Wednesday through Monday
What happened to the D.A.R.
Marker?
According to city records a
Daughters of the American Revolution used to be near Osborn’s
Grocery. Do you recall seeing it?
If so, please contact Susan Glen at
[email protected] or by phone
at 503.861.0574
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