Brighton, Oregon

Brighton is an unincorporated community in Tillamook County, Oregon, United States.[1] It is located about three miles southwest of Wheeler on U.S. Route 101 next to Nehalem Bay, across the bay from Nehalem Bay State Park.[2]

A town was platted at this locale in 1910 and named Brighton Beach, although it is not directly on the Pacific Ocean.[3] It was named for the seaside resort of Brighton, England and it was hoped the place would become a popular vacation spot.[3][4] Brighton post office was established in 1912 and closed in 1957.[3] Brighton Beach was also the name of the Southern Pacific Railroad station on the Tillamook Branch.[1][3] Today the line is owned by the Port of Tillamook Bay Railroad (POTB). The Oregon Coast Scenic Railroad, a non-profit museum group, operates a heritage railroad in conjunction with the POTB that runs dinner trains from Garibaldi to Wheeler that pass through Brighton.[5][6]

In the early 20th century, Brighton was the home of the Brighton Mills Company, which ran a sawmill and planing mill.[7][8] The company was founded in 1911 by the Watt brothers of Bay City.[4] The mill closed in 1926, however, during World War I, it was credited with producing more spruce lumber for aircraft than any other mill in the country.[4]

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References

  1. ^ a b "Brighton". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. November 28, 1980. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:1166621. Retrieved 2011-01-12. 
  2. ^ Oregon Atlas & Gazetteer (7th ed.). Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. 2008. ISBN 0-89933-347-8. 
  3. ^ a b c d McArthur, Lewis A.; McArthur, Lewis L. (2003) [First published 1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (7th ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. p. 112. ISBN 9780875952772. OCLC 53075956. 
  4. ^ a b c "Oregon Coast Crawler Route Guide". RailsNW.com. http://www.railsnw.com/Tours/charter/garibaldi_steam/routeguide.htm. Retrieved 2011-01-13. 
  5. ^ "About OCSR". Oregon Coast Scenic Railroad. http://www.ocsr.net/about.html. Retrieved 2011-01-13. 
  6. ^ "OCSR Special Excursions and Dinner Trains". Oregon Coast Scenic Railroad. http://www.ocsr.net/specials.html. Retrieved 2011-01-13. 
  7. ^ "Construction:Pacific and Mountain States". Electrical World 72: 919. October 5, 1918. http://books.google.com/books?id=L60vAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA919&lpg=PA919&dq=%22Brighton+Mills%22+Tillamook&source=bl&ots=L4s1B2WZFX&sig=2zwCb87nH2nSlQb8maxjlwBWOAQ&hl=en&ei=A3AuTYedE466sAO_nuCzBQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CBMQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22Brighton%20Mills%22%20Tillamook&f=false. 
  8. ^ Ninth Biennial Report. Oregon Bureau of Labor. 1919–1920. pp. 65, 70, 105, 106, 108, 112, 113, 115. http://books.google.com/books?id=sCUoAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA106&dq=%22Brighton+Mills%22+Tillamook&hl=en&ei=RHEuTda4Jom6sQPQsuXBBQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CCwQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=%22Brighton%20Mills%22%20&f=false. 

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