Nehalem Valley Historical Society

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Nehalem Valley Historical Society

NVHS is a local museum and archive for items of historical significance in the Lower Nehalem Valley. We offer programs to educate about our unique history

07/04/2025

Manzanita Fourth. Americana at its best. Happy Fourth of July everyone!

07/03/2025

Its Wayback When's Day. This wasn't that long ago but almost ten years since there was a 4th of July fireworks show in Manzanita. There are a lot of reasons that it doesn't happen any longer. There was a group of devoted citizens that raised the money and arranged for the pyrotechnics. Nobody stepped forward to help and to help replace those who no longer had the energy to do all of the work. The beach is better off for it. The clean up took a lot of work too. The wildlife and local dogs are grateful that it's gone. But, many thanks to those who worked so hard on it for so many years.

06/25/2025

It's Wayback When's Day! Usually, we see the Neahkahnie Tavern in its glory when it was the place for Portlanders to come to the coast, relax in the meadow and enjoy the splendor of mountain and cliffs. In this picture from the 1950's it has fallen into disrepair. Notice the ladders all around. It burned to the ground in 1956.

06/19/2025

Its Wayback Whens Day and this one is from way back. Travelling Laneda wasn't always so busy. Looking for parking wasn't quite so difficult. These two young women drove the burros through the mud and found a place to hitch them up just about anywhere. Its noted to be in Nehalem but they are heading to the Manzanita Hotel.

06/16/2025

On Tuesday at 3:30 NVHS will be at the library sitting around the table and swapping stories about the houses that we occupy and love. Come tell us about the unique features of your house and what drew you to it. Bring photos if you like. This should be a fun one.

06/16/2025

Tomorrow at 3:30 we'll be at the Library to tell stories about our houses in and around Manzanita. What prompted you to have that house? What is unique that drew you here? This should be a fun learning session.

06/12/2025

Its Wayback Whens Day. Here's the tug Vosburg. I trolled the bay for years servicing Wheeler & Nehalem. It was named for its owner who was also a partner of Wheeler's. For a period of time the village was referred to as Vosburg but the city was incorporated as Wheeler.

06/04/2025

It s WayBack Whens Day! Tunnel repairs to the Arch Cape Tunnel took place in the 1990's. Repair crews removed the timbers and tossed them to the side of the road. Many locals came to the site and recovered them. The wood is wonderful and on display at our museum. The completed repairs are depicted in the photo at the bottom.

05/28/2025

Its Wayback Whens Day. The past couple of weeks, we have looked at the construction of the Arch Cape Tunnel. Despite all of the care that went into its 1930's construction ,by the 1990's the tunnel had rotting timbers and leaks. This photo shows cold weather creating icicles hanging inside the tunnel. I've mused that I hate driving through tunnels anyway. This would have been torture for me.

05/26/2025

Today’s Memorial Day Ceremony was a wonderful event. It was attended by well over 200 people. Former Manzanita Mayor Mike Scott introduced Brian McMahon, both veterans from the conflict in VietNam. Brian is active in Veterans for Peace. We had veterans recognized from WWII and the Korean Conflict. Unfortunately, we failed to call out our veterans from VietNam or any of the other theaters of armed conflict where our men and women in uniform nobly served. For that we apologize. Thank you everyone that participated and made this year’s ceremony great.

05/23/2025

Please join us this Monday at Nehalem American Legion Cemetery to honor our veterans at a special event.

05/21/2025

Its Wayback Whens Day and a follow up on last week's submission on the construction of the Arch Cape Tunnel. First was the boring of the tunnel. Next came the construction and fortification of it. I get nervous just driving through a tunnel. This isn't a job that I would have wanted.

Address

225 Laneda Avenue
Manzanita, OR
97130

Opening Hours

1pm - 4pm

Website

http://www.nehalemvalleyhistory.org/

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