Historical Marker
Tugboat Ancestors
Historical marker location:
Coos Bay, Oregon
( Marker is on Oregon Coast Highway (U.S. 101) north of Central Avenue, on the right when traveling north.)
The Tillamook Burn was a series of devastating wildfires that occurred in the Oregon Coast Range between 1933 and 1951. The fires burned over 355,000 acres of forest and led to the formation of the Tillamook State Forest.