History & Hops

History & Hops Explores the Mouth of the Columbia
The immense structures that define the mouth of the Columbia River took more than 50 years to build with the best turn-of-the-century technology. For the North Jetty, alone, steamships and locomotives moved and placed over 3 million tons of stone. Their construction has had a profound effect on both the people and the landscape of our region.
“Rails in the Surf: Reshaping the Mouth of the Columbia River”, the story of the construction of the jetties — a story of pile drivers and railroad cars, of tugs and barges and of locomotives and shipwreck – will be recounted at Seaside Museum’s monthly History & Hops on Thursday, September 27th at 6PM at the Seaside Brewing Co by Gary Kobes.
Kobes, a Chinook resident and self-described “history addict,” is manager of the Astoria-Warrenton Regional Airport, and volunteers on the boards of the Columbia Pacific Heritage Museum (CPHM) in Ilwaco as well as the Columbia River Maritime Museum. He is a founding member of the Nahcotta railroad passenger car preservation committee and has a deep affinity for the history of railroads and engineering. According to CPHM Director Betsy Millard, Kobes is known among researchers and historians of the area as “the go-to expert” for information about the jetties on both sides of the Columbia river.
History & Hops is a series of local history discussions hosted by the Seaside Museum on the last Thursday of each month, September through May, at Seaside Brewing Co., 861 Broadway.
Preserving Seaside’s History since 1974, the Seaside Museum and Historical Society is a non-profit educational institution with the mission to collect, preserve and interpret materials illustrative of the history of Seaside and the surrounding area. The museum is located at 570 Necanicum Drive, Seaside and is open Monday through Saturday from 10A to 3PM. More information can be found at www.seasideoregonuseum.com