North Bend Oregon

	North Bend

On a peninsula formed by the great bend in the Coos River as it flows to the Pacific Ocean, North Bend (Coos County) thrives on commercial fisheries, lumber, manufacturing and tourism. This community is also the gateway to the Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area. Coos Bay is the sister city to North Bend, which leads to the fishing village of Charleston.

North Bend's history dates back to the 1850s, when there were sawmills and a handful of houses. A lumberman, Louis Simpson settled and named the town. Simpson’s father started the town’s original sawmill and expanded with machines shops and foundry, a woolen mill, a furniture factory, brewery and two shipyards, which turned out a steady stream of wooden schooners that took Simpson lumber to San Francisco and other distant markets. North Bend was incorporated in 1903.

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There is also a North Bend, Nebraska.

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The Most Anticipated Upcoming Oregon Events Are:
First Run Eugene December 31 thru January 1
Holiday Festival Silver Falls December 12 thru December 13
PGE Festival of Lights Holiday Parade Salem December 12
Yuletide in Seaside Seaside November 26 thru November 28
10th Annual Magic at the Mill Salem December 19 thru December 23

Other upcoming events include:
Clayfolk Show and Sale Medford November 20 thru November 22
Champoeg Holiday Gathering St. Paul December 5
Whale of a Christmas Depoe Bay December 5
Annual Rogue Valley Toy Run Medford December 5
10th Annual Magic at the Mill Salem December 19 thru December 23