Mural 1
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 12,000 years. It was their source of transportation and food.
Mural 2
A photo of Grace Craven, a local teacher, and her friend, fishing the Nestucca River at Howser Rapids near Blaine, Oregon.
Mural 3
Salmon were so abundant i in the Nestucca River that new settlers could provide for their families year-round. A cannery at Nestucca Bay was a source of income for many farmers.
Mural 4
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 County over 100 years ago. Visit the Creamery, see more historical photos & enjoy some homemade ice cream.
Mural 5
The building in front of you was the home to Noble Bittner Plug Mill for many years. 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 6
Highway 101 was once named the Roosevelt Highway by President Roosevelt, who began the Pacific Coast Highway in 1941.
Mural 7
Cloverdale had a Cash Market and then Hall’s Grocery Store, where the current Turkish Rug Store is today. Lloyd McKillip delivered meat & supplies throughout South Tillamook County as a young man.
Mural 8
This 1920 Cloverdale bus picked up mail & passengers in front of the Cloverdale Post Office in the Kraner Building.
Mural 9
One block up Bridge Street is St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, built in 1924 to serve a Swiss immigrant community. They raised the money to build the church, including beautiful stained glass windows.
Mural 10
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 & buggy in milk cans.
Mural 11
The newly renovated Charles Ray House has a sign on the south side, showing Charles Ray with his horse & buggy out for a Sunday ride with Millie. There was a barn next door where he kept his horses & mules.
Mural 12
The mural on the present garage depicts the transition from horse & carriage to the presence of cars in the area.
Mural 13
Tillamook County Feed Store has been in this location since the early 1950s, supplying farmers with needed supplies. The Tillamook Creamery owns the store & sells Tillamook Cheese & other dairy products.
Historic
Cloverdale
Murals
Enjoy!
This half-mile walking loop takes you past thirteen historical photo murals in downtown Cloverdale. The walk goes from the county parking lot on the north end of town (on the river side) to the current post office, then crosses Highway 101 and returns on the opposite side of the street to view the remaining murals.
*Please be careful crossing the highway*
