Frankport, also called Frankfort,
is a
ghost town
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in Curry County, Oregon. The town was centered on Frankport Beach, located in what is now Sisters Rocks State Park.
Also part of Frankport was an island off the coast that was home to a shipping dock.
The island, one of the three Sisters Rocks,
was connected to the mainland by a bridge with a wooden railway.
Etymology
Frankport was named after the S.H. Frank Tannery in
Redwood City, California
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, where it would ship ''
Notholithocarpus densiflorus
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'' bark to.
History
Frankport was founded in the 1850s by
gold prospectors
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from
California
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.
The town's shipping dock closed in 1905.
All that remains of Frankport today is metal debris scattered throughout Frankport Beach.
See also
*
List of ghost towns in Oregon
According to several historians, the United States, U.S. state of Oregon contains over 200 ghost towns. Professor and historian Stephen Arndt has counted a total of 256 ghost towns in the state, some well known, others "really obscure." The hig ...
References
{{Curry County, Oregon
Curry County, Oregon
Ghost towns in Oregon
Oregon Coast