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Praying for Oregon Counties: Curry

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Image by  tdfugere  from  Pixabay For they shall partake of the abundance of the seas And of treasures hidden in the sand.  Deuteronomy 33:19 Some of my family members have driven down Highway 101, the Oregon coast highway, to Curry County in the extreme southwest corner of Oregon and then on to California just across the county line. Usually those trips are to visit the redwoods in Northern California. I am more familiar with I-5, which passes to the east of Curry County, so haven’t seen much of this gem of the Oregon coast. Established in 1855, it was split off from Coos County to the north. Curry County is bordered by the Pacific Ocean to the west, California to the south, Josephine County to the east and just a touch of Douglas County on the northeastern corner. It is one of Oregon’s smaller counties in size, but there are about 13 people per square mile, so a bit more populated than the counties east of the mountains. ...