Mural 1 is a map of the Nestucca River from its source as it flows through small towns to the Pacific Ocean. This 52-mile river was home to the Nestucca natives for over 12 thousand years. It was their source of transportation and food.
Mural 2 – Salmon were so abundant in the Nestucca River that new settlers could provide for their families year-round. A cannery at the Nestucca Bay was a source of income for many farmers.
Mural 3 – Nestucca Bay Creamery depicts Jersey cows owned by local farmers in the Nestucca Valley. This creamery that makes cheese, has a factory across the river. It is owned by a family that settled in South Tillamook County over 100 years ago.
Mural 4 – The 1906 Cloverdale School mural depicts students from grade 1-12. A high school was built on top of the hill in 1929, and a one-room schoolhouse dotted South Tillamook County for younger children.
Mural 5 – Highway 101 was once named the Roosevelt Highway by President Roosevelt, who began the Pacific Coast Highway in 1941.
Mural 6 – Cloverdale had a Cash Market and then the Hall’s Grocery Store, where the current Turkish Rug Store is today. Lloyd McKillip delivered meat and supplies throughout Tillamook County as a young man.
Mural 7 – This 1920 Cloverdale bus picked up mail and passengers in front of the Cloverdale Post Office in the Kraner Building.
Mural 8 – One block up from Bridge Street is St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, built in 1924 to serve a Swiss immigrant community. They raised the money to build the beautiful stained glass windows.
Mural 9 – The valley was filled with many small dairy farms that sold their milk to the Cloverdale Cheese Factory. Each day, the milk was hauled to the factory by horse and buggy in milk cans.
Mural 10 – Charles Ray house with his horse and buggy out for a Sunday ride with Millie Iler. There was a barn next door where he kept his horses and mules.
Mural 11 – This mural on the present garage depicts the transition from horse and carriage to the presence of cars in the area.
Mural 12 – Tillamook County Feed Store has been in this location since the early 1950s, supplying farmers with needed supplies. The Tillamook Creamery owns the store and sells Tillamook Cheese and other dairy products.
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