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“Atlantic City of the West” was swallowed up by the sea

Published: Sept. 14, 2020, 2 p.m.

A poorly engineered jetty was installed at the mouth of Tillamook Bay changed the ocean’s currents, and over the following three decades the sea relentlessly scoured away the town. Today, no trace remains of once-thriving Bayocean. (Tillamook Bay, Tillamook County; 1920s-1930s) (For text and pictures, see http://offbeatoregon.com/1611b.bayocean-town-swallowed-by-the-sea-417.html)