Hauser, Oregon

Hauser is an unincorporated community in Coos County, Oregon, United States.[1] It is along U.S. Route 101, 7 miles (11 km) south of Lakeside and 6 miles (10 km) north of North Bend.[2] Hauser is on the edge of the Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area near North Slough, a tributary of Coos Bay once known as the North Inlet of Coos Bay.[2][3] It is a station on the Central Oregon and Pacific Railroad (formerly the Southern Pacific).[4]

Hauser, Oregon
Unincorporated community
Hauser Store along Wildwood Road
Hauser
Location within the state of Oregon
Hauser
Hauser (the United States)
Coordinates: 43°29′34″N 124°13′07″W
CountryUnited States
StateOregon
CountyCoos
Elevation23 ft (7 m)
Time zoneUTC-8 (Pacific (PST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-7 (PDT)

Hauser was originally named "North Slough" but it was decided the name was unsuitable.[4][5][6] It was renamed after Eric V. Hauser of Portland, who, with his sons, had a construction contract on the railroad in about 1914.[4][6] Hauser is also the namesake of the library at Reed College in Portland and he once owned the Multnomah Hotel.[7][8] Hauser post office ran from 1915 to 1957.[4]

Charles D. McFarlin of Massachusetts built the first known cranberry bog on the West Coast in what is now Hauser in 1884.[9][10]

References
  1. "Hauser". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. November 28, 1980. Retrieved 2010-12-21.
  2. Oregon Atlas & Gazetteer (7th ed.). Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. 2008. p. 44. ISBN 0-89933-347-8.
  3. "North Slough". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. November 28, 1980. Retrieved 2010-12-21.
  4. McArthur, Lewis A.; McArthur, Lewis L. (2003) [1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (7th ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. p. 451. ISBN 978-0875952772.
  5. Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of Oregon (1940). Oregon: End of the Trail. American Guide Series. Portland, Oregon: Binfords & Mort. p. 380. OCLC 4874569.
  6. Friedman, Ralph (1990). In Search of Western Oregon (2nd ed.). Caldwell, Idaho: The Caxton Printers, Ltd. p. 84. ISBN 0-87004-332-3.
  7. "The Reed Library: A Short History". Reed Magazine. November 2000. Retrieved 2010-12-21.
  8. The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company. "Hauser, Sr., Eric V. December 10, 1864 -". Multnomah County Oregon Archives Biographies. Archived from the original on March 31, 2012. Retrieved 2010-12-21.
  9. "Curry County Natural Hazard Mitigation Plan" (PDF). Curry County Emergency Management. p. 2.1.26. Retrieved 2010-12-21.
  10. Allen, Cain (2006). "Picking Cranberries at Sandlake". Oregon Historical Society. Retrieved 2010-12-21.


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