Standing in the Gap for Oregon

Near Yachats, Lincoln County, OR He grants peace to your borders and satisfies you with the finest of wheat . Psalms 147:14NIV At one time Lincoln County was mostly the Siletz Indian Reservation. The area also was difficult to access for many years until roads were built in the twentieth century, as a result there is a bit less pioneer history than in some counties.  Lincoln County was created out the western portions of Benton and Polk Counties in 1893 and lies just south of Tillamook County. The county seat is Newport. Lincoln County The treatment of the Native tribes in this area, and the history of the Coast Indian Reservation makes for sad reading. You can learn more here . While numerous tribes were removed to the Coast Indian Reservation during the 1850’s, the original tribes in southern Lincoln County were the Alsea and Yaquina coastal Indians. They all but disappeared during the chaotic years of European settlement and relocation of the tribes, but the town of Yachats,...