History and Hops: Rails in the Surf, Reshaping the Mouth of the Columbia River, the story of the construction of the jetties. A story of pile drivers and railroad cars, of tugs and barges and of locomotives and shipwreck will be recounted by Gary Kobes. The immense structures that define the mouth of the Columbia River took more than 50 years to build with the best turn-of-the-century technology. Their construction has had a profound effect on both the people and the landscape of our region.

History & Hops is a series of local history discussions hosted by the Seaside Museum on the last Thursday of each month, September through May.

Preserving Seaside’s History since 1974, the Seaside Museum and Historical Society is a non-profit educational institution with the mission to collect, preserve and interpret materials illustrative of the history of Seaside and the surrounding area. The museum is located at 570 Necanicum Drive, Seaside and is open Monday through Saturday from 10A to 3PM. More information can be found at www.seasideoregonuseum.com