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Rackleff Story Tells Coast to Coquille Settlement Rise
The piece recalls Captain Rackleff and son William E. Rackleff who built trading posts at Scottsburg The Forks and Myrtle Point on the Coquille River Their voyages included the Ortolan and Twin Sisters ships and a 1862 land purchase of 293 acres expanding to nearly 600 acres The Forks became a ghost town but their ventures helped establish river transport and dairying in western Oregon.
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West Coast
Umpqua
Oregon
California
Pacific
Umpqua River
Bayote
William E. Rackleff
San Francisco
Scottsburg
Coos Bay
Coquille River
North Fork
Coquille
Baltimore
Henry Hermann
Forks
Rackleff
Ben Figg
Myrtle Point
William E
Willian E
Coquille Valley
Mary
Cordela
Annie
William FE
Cordelia Ransom
Edward