A History of Preserving History

On April 2, 1948, 26 people met as the first members of the Lincoln County Historical Society. Their first goals included publishing excerpts from Lt. Theodore Talbot¹s diary of his visit in 1849 to the area and preserving Yaquina Bay Lighthouse for use as a museum. Over the next decade, those goals were met, as well as many others.

The Society focuses on the same goals stablished early by its members: to preserve, publish, and educate. The Society maintains two historic structures, the Burrows House and a site on Newport's historic Bayfront slated to become the Pacific Maritime & Heritage Center, as well as the Log Cabin Museum. It also maintains the CV Tradewinds Kingfisher, Stan Allyn's charter boat, which is on the National Register of Historic Places. The Society preserves the state's largest collection of artifacts from Oregon's central coast.

Lincoln County Historical Society's
Oregon Coast History Center

STAFF

Executive Director:

Business Manager:

Archivist:

Museum Educator:

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

OFFICERS:
President: Dawn Pavitt
Vice President: James Bassingthwaite
Treasurer: Jo An McAdams
Secretary: Bob Olson

DIRECTORS:
Lindsay Clark
Bart January
Kip Narber
Milt Preisz
Paul Stangeland
Bill Turner
Lavern Weber