Prosper is an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...
in
Coos County,
Oregon
Oregon () is a U.S. state, state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. The Columbia River delineates much of Oregon's northern boundary with Washington (state), Washington, while the Snake River delineates much of it ...
, United States.
It is about northwest of
Bandon next to the
Coquille River.
There is no longer a town at the site.
The first cannery on the Coquille River was started in about 1882 by D. H. Getchell in what came to be known as Prosper.
[ Prosper was founded in the summer of 1892 by Adam Pershbaker, who built a ]sawmill
A sawmill (saw mill, saw-mill) or lumber mill is a facility where logs are cut into lumber. Modern sawmills use a motorized saw to cut logs lengthwise to make long pieces, and crosswise to length depending on standard or custom sizes (dimensi ...
and a shipyard there.[ In 1915, Prosper's population was 500, and it had two salmon canneries, and two shingle and saw mills.][ Passenger boats traveled three times a day to Bandon and Coquille.][
]
See also
*Steamboats of the Coquille River
The Coquille River starts in the Siskiyou National Forest and flows hundreds of miles through the Coquille Valley on its way to the Pacific Ocean. Bandon, Oregon, sits at the mouth of the Coquille River on the Pacific Ocean. Before the era of ra ...
References
Unincorporated communities in Coos County, Oregon
Ghost towns in Oregon
1892 establishments in Oregon
Populated places established in 1892
Unincorporated communities in Oregon
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