Parks department aggressiveness cost Yachats its beach access

Published: Dec. 30, 2019, 2 p.m.

Eager to get started on Smelt Sands Park, the state forcibly vacated Lincoln County's right-of-way on its 804 Road along the beach, and beachfront property owners quickly fenced it off. It took a 10-year legal battle to fix the problem. (Yachats, Lane County; 1977) (For text and pictures, see http://offbeatoregon.com/1710e.yachats-804-road-offbeat-oregon-origin-story-467.html)