Sitkum, Oregon
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| Civilian Conservation Corps' Camp Sitkum, 1933
Civilian Conservation Corps' Camp Sitkum, 1933
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 Sitkum
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| Country | United States |
| State | Oregon |
| County | Coos |
| Elevation[1] | 722 ft (220 m) |
| Time zone | Pacific (PST) (UTC-8) |
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Sitkum is an unincorporated community in Coos County, Oregon, United States.[1] It is about 27 miles north of Remote in the Southern Oregon Coast Range near the East Fork Coquille River.[2] Sitkum is served by the Myrtle Point post office.
A tavern or roadhouse was established as a stagecoach stop near a point halfway between Roseburg and Coos City on the Coos Bay Wagon Road about 1872 or 1873.[3][4] A competitor put up another halfway house nearby and the name Sitkum, a Chinook Jargon word for "half", was selected for the place.[3] Sitkum post office took its name from the tavern.[3] It ran from 1873 to 1964, with one intermission.[3] The Halfway House at Sitkum was a combination restaurant, tavern, rooming house, post office and telegraph station where travelers stopped while horses were changed.[4] There is little left of the community today, and the Sitkum School was converted into a residence.[4] The former teacher's house and the gym still exist on the grounds.[4]
References
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External links
- Historic image of Civilian Conservation Corps camp in Sitkum from the Oregon State University Archives
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