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Native Americans in the United StatesNative Americans originally lived in the area. Captain William Tichenor was the first to settle in the area of the town, which was an important early center for shipping Port Orford Cedar. It was the county seat for Curry between 1855 and 1859; while it was not formally incorporated until 1935, it was the first town to do so in the county. In October of 1941, then mayor Gilbert Gable, frustrated with the condition of the state roads around Port Orford, whose poor condition hampered economic development, suggested that a number of counties along the Oregon and California state border should secede and create the State of Jefferson. This movement came to an end with US involvement in World War II. The Port boasts the only dry dock port on the west coast where the fishing boats are lifted in and out of the water by crane (machine)operated cranes. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Orford%2C_Oregon
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