Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Oct. 26—Signing off from the station at Tillamook Rock Lighthouse on Sept. 1, 1957, keeper Oswald Allik made one last entry into ...

The sea is a dangerous mistress, changing and untamable. Her storms have claimed ships and sailors by the score, making those stout enough to brave her temper a rare bunch. From the shores, jutting ...

Tillamook Rock Lighthouse stood on a brutal basalt rock just over a mile from shore, with its light positioned 136 feet above the sea. The transcript describes waves powerful enough to carry away a ...

Tillamook Rock Lighthouse was built on a bare stone pillar hammered constantly by the Pacific Ocean. Construction crews had to leap from boats onto the rock and be winched up through crashing waves.

On Tuesday Oct. 23, 1934, a horrific gale hit the Tillamook Rock Lighthouse. Waves reached 133 feet above the high tide line, knocking the light out for the first time in over 53 years. The tower was ...

On June 7, 1973, Governor Tom McCall and the producers of the film, 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest' met and decided to shoot the film at Oregon State Hospital.

You'll also find forest hikes and stunning views near Tillamook.