A Deeper Look: Tillamook County
Captain Grey, Tillamook fight Timothy, my son, I am giving you this command in keeping with the prophecies once made about you, so that by recalling them you may fight the battle well, holding on to faith and a good conscience, which some have rejected and so have suffered shipwreck with regard to the faith. I Timothy 1:18-19 NIV Tales of Spanish galleons and ancient shipwrecks are high on my list of distractions when it comes to historical research. The point of researching the history of an area, in this case Tillamook County, is to locate events that happened in the past that we can pray over or even repent – like the killings at Murderer’s Harbor - when that seems appropriate. The Oregon coastline is such a place of mystery, intrigue, romance, and adventure that distractions are inevitable. But, then, maybe there are things in those old stories to pray over after all? Tillamook County, Oregon Tillamook County’s long coastline is part of th...