The Town That Fell Into the Sea - A Visit to Bayocean, Oregon
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- čas přidán 30. 01. 2024
- On the Oregon Coast, near the city of Tillamook, famous for its cheese, there is a peninsula where a town once stood that had plans to become the Atlantic City of the west. Instead, Bayocean lies under the sand and sea, having disappeared as if it were never there.
The town started in 1906 with a dream to have the premiere resort destination on the west coast, with major money being poured in and major construction projects taking place. The town featured four miles of paved roads, a hotel, a thousand seat theater, a dance hall, a massive indoor swimming pool, its own railroad, and electricity everywhere. Within 20 years, bad decisions brought the fury of the sea upon the town. The town's last building went into the sea in 1971.
In this video we head to the Bayocean Peninsula, talk about the history of the Tillamook Bay, and walk around where the town of Bayocean once stood.
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Great video, Sidetrack! Thought you might be interested to know Bayocean's school and five houses were moved to the little settlement of Cape Meares, nearby on the mainland, shortly before the Bayocean Peninsula became an island in '52. One of the structures that was relocated is the rightmost house seen in the historic photo featured at 6:32. It was known as the "Hicks House" and was cut in half, moved across the water to the mainland on a barge, and then reassembled on its new site (reports make it sound like a second floor was added too). Four of the five moved houses still stand today (to my knowledge) and the school building now serves as the Cape Meares Community Center. Additionally, there's another house at Cape Meares that was built using lumber salvaged from the Bayocean Natatorium building. So, in this small way, the town of Bayocean lives on.
Very cool 😎 info,thankyou.😊
It's kind of sad how so many towns and personal histories can be washed away by such a short period of time, tides, wind and rain. Thanks for honoring the people and place of Bayocean.
Sad? Iam continually surprised humans are so determined to have what they desire with no regard for nature
@@merryfergie no regard? They don't know what they don't know.
I'm from the UK, my uncle scooba dives and has a house on the coast. When he bought it, he already knew from reports that it would be underwater by 2040, but he's already nearing 80, so he's alright with that. Interestingly, on a smooth winter day he found a medieval town about a mile off the coast sheltered a bit by a peninsula. Hard to see in goodconditions but talked to local university about it. There are many thousands of settlements either lost to ecological disasters (coastal degradation example) or economic (competing village became chartered market town and left other village to collapse) or disease (plague wiped out 9/10's of the village). Shit happens. I remember seeing a line of my family lived in the same hamlet for about 6 generations and suddenly picked up and moved to Gloucester, couldn't find any indication that the hamlet existed outside of church registrations in closest village and people don't remember the 17th century very well 😂.
It's just impossible to foresee every issue. London was a mediocre Roman town that was abandoned for a long time. It wasn't some sort of foreshadowing, because it became a capital later.
You know a channel is very good once you watched every single episode and literally wait for uploads!!!
Thank you.
I totally do the same thing
Exactly 👍.
Indeed. I think it's the only channel that I legitimately get excited about when I get a notification. Kudo's sir.
@SidetrackAdventures do you ever take requests/recommendations for excursions?
I'm a native Oregonian and have lived here all of my 60 years. I had never heard mention of Bayocean ever before this. Now I need to pay a visit to the Oregon Historical Society to see what more I can find out about it. Thank you for enlightening me.
Same!
I too am native. Been here over 70 yrs. Never heard about any of this.
Me too! I've lived in or near Eugene for 59 years and have taken kids and now grandchildren on dozens of coast trips over the years. I have never heard about this place! My wife and I are just about ready to retire and travel all over the country in our motorhome seeing "bucket list" locations!
Same!
It's a bunch of made up crap
What a fascinating story - thanks for sharing!
Throughout the video I kept recalling Shelley's famous poem:
"My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:
Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!"
Nothing beside remains.
Several people have mentioned this! I never even thought of it before but now that you mention it...
@@SidetrackAdventuresI better give some of the credit to Mrs. Frye, my 11th Grade English teacher! 😅
@mozart2jazz I heard it on a TV poetry show. I hated poetry before that.
😂 😂
The hubris of man knows no bounds, until it is bounded by natural constraints.
I road down the Oregon Coast, from Washington, into California. I've been around, but I'll admit. I kept looking out at coastline and thought. If, there is a heaven... This is what it would smell, feel and look like. 🏍️
The whole coast is amazing. Even when the weather isn't the best.
Its been taken over by Californians.....
@@SidetrackAdventures There's a whole category of sightseeing along the coast for stormwatching ;-)
Just don't go in the water unless you want to see the other end of that equation.
@@Scroll_Lock cold!
The Oregon coast is simply gorgeous. We used to vacation north of Tillamook. The entire NEPAC (northeast Pacific) coastline is extremely vulnerable to weather and tsunamis. Thanks for the great vid.
The Tillamook Air Museum is worth a visit....if still open?
@@tonyfranks9551it is
@@tonyfranks9551yep.. that place is badass and always changes what's inside
That's where they keep The Spruce Goose!!
@@tonyfranks9551
Hahahah wtf you don't get out much do ya? Weather is normal an I can't even remember the last 'tsunami' we had lmao I think it was a 3 foot wave years ago lmao (I live 10 minutes from where bayocean is at lol)
So that's where my favorite cheese comes from! I never knew this. The ice cream is great too.
After we finished filming, despite it being so cold, we went to the Tillamook factory and sampled the ice cream actually!
@@SidetrackAdventures Exploring Tillamook right now on google maps. I just love rural US, would love to visit eventually.
Sorry that’s a fantasy. Tillamook is made with milk from the country’s largest dairy 3 mile canyon dairy in Boardman Oregon. Eastern Oregon
@@SidetrackAdventuresThe Tillamook Cheese Factory is pretty much a big expensive tourist trap. In the summertime the crowds are pretty much impossible as in the parking. The best time to go is in December and January. Hardly any crowds and decent parking, but it is still expensive.
Everything Tillamook makes is so good! My favorite cheese as well. Buy some 10yr aged stuff and make broccoli soup mmmmmmmm.
Suffering wind, rain, and cold to bring us more interesting history! Thanks Steve! Great job! Bart
I spent a winter working on a motel in Ocean Beach, Oregon. The whole time I kept thinking about how one good wave could wipe the town out of existence.
This is kind of what I imagined.
Nice video, very enjoyable history there.
Although we live east of Atlanta, we love the Oregon coast. Really enjoyed your piece on Bayocean. I read about the history a few years ago. Before the highway washed out, we used to take the road to Cape Mears and stop as the road elevation went up and looked out where Bayocean was 100 years ago. Thanks for doing this. very nice to see things up close.
They recently finished repairing that stretch of road that wash out after like 15 years.
I live in tillamook
@@jacobremington3239 Thanks for that info Jacob. Much appreciated
At night, the waves are so loud there. One of my dear friends took me here about 15 years ago. I could understand wanting to live there. The beach sand is pleasantly soft on your feet.
I only learned about Bayocean recently and my family has a house that looks directly at the peninsula at the entrance to the bay at Barview jetty. I’m not at all surprised the ocean eliminated the entire city. It’s treacherous to this day. The water there seethes and roils as it forces itself between the two jetties. I’ve never seen water behave that way before. It heaves and sinks, pushes and pulls, seems to be moving in every direction at once. I once watched a coast guard rescue in the entrance to the bay. An experienced fishing crew was smashed against the jetty and ended up in the churning, ice cold water. At least one person died. The others were taken to hospital, hypothermic and clinging to life. The whole thing was terrifying. The Oregon coast is staggeringly beautiful. Just stay out of the water and never turn your back on it. Sneaker waves are very real
Neat, small world. My dad has a friend 5hat lives near the barview jetty store before you go into the campground
Welcome to Oregon from a nearly 7 decade native. I thoroughly enjoyed your exploration of the history of Bayocean and the "remains" of the city. Hopefully one day you can explore the WW1, WW2, and Cold War sights of the Oregon coast.
Thanks. I'd love to get back and explore more. I've been to the Astoria area quite a few times, as I had family there, but I need to explore the coast more.
He wasn't far from a ww2 bunker while filming this video! I'm a tillamook native
I love going in these adventures with you. Thank you for posting!! I get to travel so many places with your videos
Glad you like them!
My father's side of the family lived on the north Oregon coast since about 1912 and I knew all about Bayocean. Cool to see the story brought to light again though, what a crazy idea to build a town on a sand spit against the Pacific. They have towns like this all over the east coast but we have MUCH bigger weather and waves here. Not to mention the 'good deeds' of the Army Corps Of Engineers. With friends like that, who needs enemies?
Always so fascinating to stand where towns once did with all those amenities and look around to see nothing left. Nature works fast in the whole scheme of things. Really cool story though! You never cease to introduce us to stories we hadn't heard of. 👍
Thanks. It's wild to think about all the streets and everything under the peninsula that so much money was spent on, and it will likely never be seen again.
My wife and I were in Portland in 2007(?) when she played in ,and won, the Nike Open Senior DivisionTennis tournament.During an off day, we drove over the Costal Ranges to see the ocean and passed right by the turnoff to Tillamook. If we had known the story of Bayocean , we surely would have stopped . Thanks for the story Steve, and maybe someday we will go back and this time look at the area!
You must have went over 26 through seaside?
We were in that area last summer on vacation and had no idea the city of Bayocean ever existed. Unless I missed it, even the local museum didn't mention it. Thanks for another great adventure.
Back before it became illegal we used to pack in and camp there overnight. Probably did so ten times over a period of about fifteen years. The trip was limited to one night because we had to pack in water. Always camped in the same spot and found someone had hidden a nice porcelain grill behind some large driftwood. We probably used that grill at least a half dozen times, placing it back in it's hiding place once done. Last time we went the campsite was a huge mess and the grill was gone. We cleaned up the area and packed out the garbage. A year or so later we read that overnight stays had become prohibited. Lots of great memories and a beautiful area. Sad because it was the only place along our coast for no trace backpacking.
i used to camp out there back in 2007-2009 or so. i remember it being quite the hike to get out there through soft sand but such a great place to camp.
Your music choices are so good and I really appreciate how you lower the volume to speak!
Fascinating, as usual. Thank you.
Thank you.
I've had many trips to the Oregon coast. I did not know about Bayocean. Thank you for this.
With it being wiped out so long ago, I think it's largely forgotten.
Thanks for the video. I've seen videos on the history of this place featuring old photos and talking heads. Your video shows how utterly and completely nature reclaimed the peninsula.
Another great find for a great history lesson. A history lesson that has been repeated too many times. Living proof that mankind is doomed to repeat history over & over again.
Thanks for the history lesson. Born in Oregon, lived in Central Oregon since 1955 and was never aware of Bayocean. I've been through the Tillamook area many times and I can't remember hearing anything about it.
This is a fascinating story. It reminds me of Pixie-Land, an amusement park on the Oregon Coast, which struggled financially and the land it sat on was restored to it's natural habitat. Thanks for all your stories and insights.
You really do dig deep into history before posting videos. Absolutely love seeing the real parts of America from here in New Zealand. Thank you the interesting tour of America.
I’m an Oregonian and I love the state. I grew up in Ashland area and now live in Eugene. The perfect place, about 45 minutes away from Florence and about 1-1/2 hours from the snow. It’s beautiful.
Fascinating subject. Thanks Steve for braving the inclement weather to bring us another great video.
To be honest, the weather there was a lot warmer than it was in Portland where we drove from.
@@SidetrackAdventuresHope the big recent San Diego rain and flooding wasn't a problem for you! Crazy winter so many places! 😎✌️
Hi Steve, I have taken a few walks here during my 18 years in Portland and like another Oregon resident mentioned, I never knew about the rich history of the lost town that I was treading upon! I really enjoyed watching this video and learning about the fascinating story of Bay Ocean!
Thanks for watching!
You know they’re from SoCal when someone is at the Oregon coast and it drizzles under a high overcast sky with a light wind and they think the weather is “getting pretty bad”.
Very interesting video and I didn’t know about this and I’m a “native” Oregonian.
Glad to see you got sidetracked up here in Oregon, Steve! Hope you enjoyed the rest of your stay. That's a really pretty part of the coast, and The Three Capes Scenic Byway that goes between Cape Meares and Pacific City is a beautiful drive.
Steve,you tell a good story,very interesting,thanks for the post🤗😎🤗😎
I spent a lot of time there during my 20s. It’s a remarkable place that holds a lot of fond memories
When my mother in law passed away, we were boxing up her book collection. I came across a copy of a book about Bayocean. I quickly looked through it then put it in the donation box, but I really wish I would have kept it!
8:35 the complete take over of nature when seeing the hotel gives me hope. People really are the most dangerous creatures, especially to themselves
I had a home once,
a manor overlooking the sea.
Upon the world, this was a vestige.
Calling forward unto strangled ears.
But when the skies turned dark,
the house was taken by the sea.
A pillar truncated.
Cast down to the sea floor
with all the other forgotten things.
But I remember.
Fleeting shells sinking ever slowly.
Folding down, into themselves.
Forever tearing along the seams of the sky
until nothing remains except the eternal ghost.
And you ask yourself…
Could there be anything ever greater than this?
You have always been here.
Crazy. I spent every summer in the late 80's through the 90's going to Cape Lookout state park for a week of camping, and I never even knew this existed. Thanks for sharing!
You had me at "one jetty is not better than zero jetties" 😂😂😂
Wow! So amazing that nothing is left. The ocean claims mankind's efforts more quickly than the desert. Great job with all of the old photos. Getting rain here in San Diego tomorrow!
Love knowing nature will take it all back, erase our mistakes.
Damn, Mr. Mitchell was touched. Will dig for his story, thank you.
It's really cool to see how nature reclaimed the land, but it's also so cool to see the pictures and what currently stands (the wooden posts). You would've never guess there was a town there unless you knew.
I moved East from Oregon in 2020 .. I am in process of moving back home! There is no place like home 😊
Thanks for another great video STEVE! Your research and presentation are the best. We enjoy all your efforts.
Thank you.
As an Australian, I found this so interesting and educational. Thank you for all the effort you put in.👏👏👏👍👍
Great video. Was there just last summer, wife and I exploring the coast. We are up by the Cascade Locks which is magnificent, anyone willing to drive along the river. The Oregon coast is almost indescribable. We learned some of the history of Bayocean but not this much. They had a heated, saltwater pool with a wave generator. Wow, amazing. Thanks for the video.
12:02 omg these incredible kids. What a story. Big dreams. Washed away. All from such humble beginnings! Thanks Steve. ✨
Glad you enjoyed it
Wow, you found the greenest town in the country! Another great find! Thanks for all the hard work to bring us another adventure.
So there is a small town north of Garibaldi on the north jetty called Barview, our family has a small house there that overlooks the Tillamook Bay and the Pacific. When I was 7 is when they began building the South Jetty, it took many years with very skilled drivers using very large dump trucks to drop huge granite rocks into the ocean. The Tillamook Bay is one of the most beautiful places I’ve ever seen in all my years.
WOW. Friggin awesome, but sad as well. Love that Oregon Coast, and way to go bringing some of that to your audience. more Oregon Coast! I get down there but it's always fun to learn more about it. Those huge indoor pools were all the rage back in the early 1900's. There was a big one west of San Francisco.
I love your videos ! Thank you for ability too escape the depressing times we live in today even if it’s only for a few minutes .
This was extra fascinating to a native Oregonian who has been to most of the beaches here. Thanks for the upload!
Glad you enjoyed it!
I live 5 minutes from here and it's nice to see the history showcased- thanks for visiting our little piece of paradise!
Having lived in the Portland area my whole life and spend a good chunk of time visiting the mid to northern coast, I had never even heard of bay city!
We vacationed up and down the Oregon coast in winter, not a great time of year to do so. There is something different about the coast of Oregon, creepy sort of. Never knew about Bayocean, great history lesson. Now drive north and go see the Goonies house in Astoria
It's not creepy so much as awe-inspiring nature that is humbling.
-Lived in Lincoln City my whole life.
I was in Astoria last summer actually. My grandparents were from that area.
Thank you, we enjoyed the tour.
So interesting. Thanks!
Your historical trips are quite interesting Steve. You go to all these obscure places that are very relevant in the annuls of the history books.
Thanks for documenting these fascinating little tidbits of history.
I'm an expat Canadian living in the Philippines and I work remotely for a San Diego company that services a lot of the areas you cover.
You make my job much easier with these wonderful little historical jaunts!
Great video, Thanks!! I'll never go there and never knew this about the City Bayocean. I love history and your videos have shown me ALL kinds of history. Your narratives are also excellent. Thanks again!!!
Fascinating, I’ve lived on the Oregon coast my whole life and this is the first I’ve heard of Bayocean. I suppose it’s been buried before I was born,might have to make a trip out there one day.
One of my fav places on the Oregon Coast - Thank you for sharing!
Thanks Steve for another historical location. Keep up the good work.
its always great to hear about the history here along the Oregon coast. Thanks for sharing
Wow! Love these stories of old forgotten bygone towns. Really cool to virtually walk with you through the path and learn history.
This is the first time I’ve seen this channel, and I’m blown away by the comment crowd! Not a bad thing to say about the content or the creator ( who is very good!). I loved the video, and now I’m a fan. Fishing off the jetty is great btw👍
I currently live in almost-always sunny southern Baja but maintain ties to the Pacific Northwest and really appreciate this video. 101 is one of my favorite drives, but I had no idea of this story even though I've driven past it numerous times the past four decades. Thanks for the info, Steve.
WoW! Never built that close!! One good storm and its gone!!!
Amazing story, Steve! My daughter lives in Astoria so next trip to see her I will take a Sidetrack!
Fascinating and sad at the same time. I need to go see that sometime.
It's too bad this video hadn't come out 2 weeks ago, I would have absolutely visited when I was in Tillamook last week. I even commented how whomever named the road to the beach Bayocean Rd was sooo clever as it ran past the bay to the ocean. This video was so fascinating! Thanks for sharing!
Thank you for giving us a tour and making most of us aware where we would have never know otherwise, even those of us who live In Oregon or Washington.I just happened upon this ,so very late lol. But I subscribed.🙂👍💜
You give so much history about places never or seldom seen. And great pictures. Great job Steve! You do an awesome job on your channel! Thank you
Literally just discovered you a few days ago, and I really enjoy your presentations and style. Although not a mega-fan of California I've seen, through you, parts that intrigue me. Now here you are in Oregon, doing a piece on a place I've driven by countless times and never knew about! Thanks.
Excellent video about Bay Ocean, Steve. Thank you for sharing your adventures!
Never get tired of the description of places you take us along with you. The Underdog of describing them and great information on details. Often long forgotten~~just not by you.
Wow! I've never seen a town so thoroughly wiped out. You wouldn't know it existed by looking at it. Kinda like Atlantis.
This is pretty interesting. I’ve never heard of BayOcean, even though I’ve been out on that peninsula before. I’m Oregon, born and bread spent a great deal of my life on the coast recreating.
Thanks for making this video. This is one of my favorite places on earth, and I love how you've told its story
How interesting...I lived in Eugene Oregon from 1969-79 & in Portland Oregon from 1982-2007 and have never heard of Bayocean Oregon. I often visiited Tillamook & Oceanside Oregon ...Thank you for this.
Miss you , Tillamook county..
I used to live in the PNW and drove by that area a few times. I had absolutely no idea there was a significant town there.
Somewhere I saw the post about the Salton Sea dog. Thanks so much for the update and I’m so glad a furever home was found!
Yeah, I'm glad the dog got the home she deserved.
It's the beginning of a couple major storms here in Southern California. A perfect day for this story to drop! Thanks, Steve! Can't wait for the next one!
Its been pouring here all day.
Great stuff...Oregon is such a awesome place to live!
Thanks Again Brother Steve! Looks dam cold! Although we are not much better where we’re at!
Beautiful scenery. ❤
Nice video, looking forward to more😊.Thankyou.
That was fascinating. Even when you're visiting, Nature wins. :)
Another great video. Thanks Steve!
I ve heard about a restaurant or combo of a hotel fell into the ocean in California though i never have heard about this Bayocean town disappearing into the ocean until now. Thank you for showing historical town in this video. 😊
Very much enjoy your storytelling and outstanding audio in your videos!
Today I learned a lot of interesting things about this town and the four dams that being dismantled on the Klamath river in Oregon
A very beautiful video on the history of this disappeared seaside resort and the sinking of the ambitions of its founders all washed away by the strength of the ocean
Fascinating video! They just keep getting better and better
Ohhhh this is a good one! :-)
Mother Nature is always in charge, Ay !
The Oregon coast…What a beautiful place today. Thank you for taking us out there !
That was a fun and sad video. Great job!
Amazing story! Thanks once again, Steve! Safe travels!
That was an awesome adventure! Thank you so much for sharing! 🤗
You're a great story teller. Keep them coming!