unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...
Oregon
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, United States. It is about southwest of Wheeler on
U.S. Route 101
U.S. Route 101, or U.S. Highway 101 (US 101), is a major north–south highway that traverses the states of California, Oregon, and Washington on the West Coast of the United States. It is part of the United States Numbered Highway Syst ...
next to
Nehalem Bay
Nehalem Bay is a bay formed by the confluence of the Nehalem River with the Pacific Ocean in northern Oregon, United States. It is Oregon's fifth-largest estuary. The main tributary of Nehalem Bay is the Nehalem River. Nehalem Bay drains an area ...
, across the bay from
Nehalem Bay State Park
Nehalem Bay State Park is a state park in the United States located on the Oregon Coast, near the communities of Nehalem and Manzanita on the Nehalem Spit, a sand spit west of Nehalem Bay.
Tillamook County transferred the land to the State o ...
.
A town was
plat
In the United States, a plat ( or ) (plan) is a cadastral map, drawn to scale, showing the divisions of a piece of land. United States General Land Office surveyors drafted township plats of Public Lands Survey System, Public Lands Surveys to ...
ted at this locale in 1910 and named Brighton Beach, although it is not directly on the
Pacific Ocean
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. It was named for the seaside resort of
Brighton
Brighton ( ) is a seaside resort in the city status in the United Kingdom, city of Brighton and Hove, East Sussex, England, south of London.
Archaeological evidence of settlement in the area dates back to the Bronze Age Britain, Bronze Age, R ...
,
England
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, and it was hoped the place would become a popular vacation spot. Brighton post office was established in 1912 and closed in 1957. Brighton Beach was also the name of the
Southern Pacific Railroad
The Southern Pacific (or Espee from the railroad initials) was an American Railroad classes#Class I, Class I Rail transport, railroad network that existed from 1865 to 1996 and operated largely in the Western United States. The system was oper ...
station on the Tillamook Branch. Today the line is owned by the
Port of Tillamook Bay Railroad
The Port of Tillamook Bay Railroad is a shortline railroad in northwestern Oregon in the United States. It was established in 1952 to handle Shunting (rail), switching in Tillamook, Oregon, and came to greater prominence in 1986 when it leased o ...
(POTB). The
Oregon Coast Scenic Railroad
The Oregon Coast Scenic Railroad is a heritage railway, heritage railroad, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, operating in Oregon (U.S. state), Oregon, US, primarily between Garibaldi, Oregon, Garibaldi and Rockaway, Oregon, Rockaway Beach, w ...
, a non-profit museum group, operates a
heritage railroad
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in conjunction with the POTB that runs
dinner train
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s from
Garibaldi
Giuseppe Maria Garibaldi ( , ;In his native Ligurian language, he is known as (). In his particular Niçard dialect of Ligurian, he was known as () or (). 4 July 1807 – 2 June 1882) was an Italian general, revolutionary and republican. H ...
to Wheeler that pass through Brighton.
In the early 20th century, Brighton was the home of the Brighton Mills Company, which ran a
sawmill
A sawmill (saw mill, saw-mill) or lumber mill is a facility where logging, 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 ...
and
planing mill
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. The company was founded in 1911 by the Watt brothers of Bay City. The mill closed in 1926, however, during
World War I
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, it was credited with producing more
spruce
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lumber for aircraft than any other mill in the country.
See also
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Spruce Production Division
The Spruce Production Division was a unit of the United States Army established in 1917 to produce high-quality Sitka spruce timber and other wood products needed to make aircraft for the United States' efforts in World War I. The division was p ...