Historical Marker
Hard Work at a Lonely Light
Historical marker location:
725 Summer Street, Florence, Oregon
( Marker can be reached from Cape Creek Road west of Oregon Coast Highway (U.S. 101) when traveling west.)
The name "Oregon" comes from a mistake. The name was first used by French Canadian explorers who mispronounced the word "Ouragan" which means "hurricane" in French. They used it to describe the powerful Columbia River, and the name stuck.