| Author: | William G. Robbins | ISBN: | 9780295803319 |
| Publisher: | University of Washington Press | Publication: | July 1, 2011 |
| Imprint: | University of Washington Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | William G. Robbins |
| ISBN: | 9780295803319 |
| Publisher: | University of Washington Press |
| Publication: | July 1, 2011 |
| Imprint: | University of Washington Press |
| Language: | English |
Blessed with vast expanses of virgin timber, a good harbor, and a San Francisco market for its lumber, the Coos Bay area once dubbed itself "a poor man's paradise." A new Prologue and Epilogue by the author bring this story of gyppo loggers, longshoremen, millwrights, and whistle punks into the twenty-first century, describing Coos Bay�s transition from timber town to a retirement and tourist community, where the site of a former Weyerhaeuser complex is now home to the Coquille Indian Tribe�s The Mill Casino.
Blessed with vast expanses of virgin timber, a good harbor, and a San Francisco market for its lumber, the Coos Bay area once dubbed itself "a poor man's paradise." A new Prologue and Epilogue by the author bring this story of gyppo loggers, longshoremen, millwrights, and whistle punks into the twenty-first century, describing Coos Bay�s transition from timber town to a retirement and tourist community, where the site of a former Weyerhaeuser complex is now home to the Coquille Indian Tribe�s The Mill Casino.
