Siltcoos, Oregon
Siltcoos (also Siltcoos Station) is an unincorporated community in Lane County, Oregon, United States.[1] It is located about 13 miles (21 km) south of Florence on the east shore of Siltcoos Lake.[2]
The word Siltcoos is Native American and could refer to the name of a local chief or to a family name.[3] The spelling of the community was formerly "Tsiltcoos" but "Siltcoos" was made the official name by a 1917 Board on Geographic Names decision.[1][3] In 1916, a railroad station at this locale on the Coos Bay Line of the Southern Pacific Railroad was named "Lane" and a post office named Siltcoos was established.[3] Lane was the last station on the line in Lane County.[3] The name of the station was changed to match the post office in 1921.[3] Siltcoos post office was closed in 1963, with mail going to Gardiner.[3]
Siltcoos became a fishing resort that once had a store, a dance hall (later converted to a boathouse), rental cabins, and a schoolhouse.[4] The store was torn down in 1977.[4] In 2007, Lane Community College renovated the remaining buildings of the former fishing resort, which had been donated to the school in 1972, and opened the Siltcoos Station Retreat and Learning Center.[4]
References
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External links
- May 21, 1977 Register-Guard story about the Siltcoos Station store
- March 21, 1983 Register-Guard story about Siltcoos Station
- January 21, 2008 Register-Guard story about LCC renovation
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