Mary Schamehorn

Sometime in the 1960s, Western World ran an old picture and story of what Bandon looked like before the Fire.

The three photos that I am sharing this week represent stories that I found on the front page of a 72-year-old Western World from Sept. 20, 1951. The paper was

The first story I am sharing this week came out of the July 13, 1922, Western World and tells of plans for the old high school building (first picture), which was situated atop Coast Guard Hill, and built in the late 1800s.

One of the longest standing buildings which survived the 1936 Bandon Fire was the old gymnasium in East Bandon, which doubled as the grade school for nearly three years before

An article in a January 1924 Western World told the story of Bandon's milk condensery, which was located on the dock in the building which later became the Moore Mill

The first photo I am sharing was taken in 1966 when long-time Bandon resident Robert "Bob" Fisher received a Coast Guard citation for bravery. On Oct. 1, 1962, Fisher assisted

The first story I am sharing is about the Riverton Ferry, and it comes out of the July 10, 1924, Western World. Headlined “Ferries Many Cars,” the article goes onto

The first picture I am sharing was taken 50 years ago when a seaplane was rescued by the Coast Guard after an emergency landing in the Coquille River.

The first photo I am sharing this week highlights a headline in the Nov. 17, 1938, Western World: “Believed Record Cranberry Crop.”

I happened to come across a copy of the Pacific Coast Edition of People Pleaser, printed June 8, 1982, in Coos Bay, which had a picture of Baron the Budweiser