https://www.nwp.usace.army.mil Portland District News RSS Feed en-us Fri, 15 May 2026 15:39:00 GMT Sun, 14 Jun 2026 17:04:14 GMT https://www.nwp.usace.army.mil/Media/Feature-Stories/Article/4490287/people-peril-and-perseverance-the-enduring-legacy-of-the-coos-bay-north-jetty/ The early 1800s heralded a period of immense change for the Coos Bay area with the arrival of its first non-Indigenous people: fur traders seeking fortune and military expeditions charting the new frontier. The discovery of gold and coal along Oregon’s southern coast in the 1850s intensified the rush of land speculation that followed.<br/> <img src='https://media.defense.gov/2026/May/18/2003933129/115/75/0/260402-A-A1408-1002.JPG' alt='Image of a jetty protruding out from the coast line into the ocean.' /> <br /> Fri, 15 May 2026 15:39:00 GMT Pentagon News https://www.nwp.usace.army.mil/Media/Feature-Stories/Article/4490287/people-peril-and-perseverance-the-enduring-legacy-of-the-coos-bay-north-jetty/ Coos Bay jetty U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Northwestern Division