Nea-Kah-Nie, Oregon - One Hundred Years Later

Looking south from Nea-Kah-Nie mountain towards Manzanita

With the temperatures in the upper 60's at the Oregon coast and no new snow on Mt. Hood, I decided to take a friend up on his offer to go to Manzanita last weekend.  My great-grandfather, Dr. William Skene, use to pack up the family in the summer and head to Nea-Kah-Nie Tavern, in what is now Manzanita, to beat the Portland heat.  I think these photos were taken around 1910-12.  The tavern is long gone but we played golf at the local 9-holer, threw the Frisbee and ate crab.  I like the the old school spelling from the postcards/snapshots, as opposed to the modern Neahkahnie.

                                         

Looking north on Neahkahnie Beach towards Neahkahnie mountain

                                                                     

                                       

Since the road around Nea-Kah-Nie mountain hadn't been built in 1910, my grandmother Jean and great uncle Don, took mules on the old trail around the mountain, 10 miles or so, to Cannon Beach for lunch.  Not a trail for a squirrelly mule.  As you can see from the photo below, it was (and still is) a long way down to the cold Pacific water.