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The Cannon Beach History Center & Museum is looking forward to its upcoming annual fundraiser, the 9th Annual Cottage Tour.  The tour, to be held Saturday and Sunday the 8th & 9th of September, will be returning to the Presidential streets of Cannon Beach. Tour goers will delight in getaway beach homes, historic cottages, and […]

Nearly everyday a visitor to the museum will comment about how much our small town has changed over the years. Hotels are razed, restaurants replaced, family homes moved or torn down. It is rare to find a home in Cannon Beach that remains unchanged for 100 years. In the early 1900’s the streets of Cannon […]

While conducting research recently I came across on article about how much the average American knows about the history of their country. The article shared the results of a survey that Newsweek conducted last year. This survey showed that less than 30% of Americans knew what the constitution was, and even less, a shocking 6% […]

As Sandcastle Day nears its 50th Anniversary one can’t help, but reflect on the original spirit of this amazing event.  The first Sandcastle was held just a few months after  one of the most powerful earthquakes ever recorded in U.S. history.  This Megathrust quake sometimes referred to as the Good Friday Earthquake shook Anchorage, Alaska […]

Come celebrate the Anniversary of Cannon Beach’s name with Portland favorite Beth Willis Rock Duo. Soul-blues diva Beth Willis will serenade listeners accompanied by guitarist Todd Chatalas at the Cannon Beach History Center on Friday May 25th at 7:30 p.m. We will open the doors at 7 p.m.   We are excited to celebrate the […]

Coast Community Radio’s own Joanne Rideout to make a rare appearance at the Cannon Beach History Center & Museum on Wednesday May 9th at 7 p.m. Rideout will be sharing photos and stories from time spent at sea aboard a bulk carrier in 2010. Prior to moving to the coast Rideout lived in the desert […]

May 22 is National Maritime Day, and a day on which we should all take a moment to thank those who protected our shores.  Maritime Day, which first became a national holiday in 1933, is a day of celebration and contemplation for many coastal residents and history buffs, for whom it is as important as […]

    The Cannon Beach History Center & Museum is excited to announce that author Tara Rae Miner has agreed to appear at the museum on April 22nd to celebrate Earth Day with us. Miner grew up in a small logging town here in the Pacific Northwest. She received her Masters degree in science from […]

The Cannon Beach History Center & Museum is honored to have Portland State University alum and adjunct professor, Dr. Cameron M. Smith at the give a lecture on his new book The Fact of Evolution. Smith’s interest in evolution began in the late 80’s, while studying with Harvard University’s archaeology field school program at the […]

Tuesday April 3rd at 7:00 p.m. World renown jazz guitarist John Stowell will return to the Cannon Beach History Center & Museum with acclaimed violinist Paul Patterson. Stowell and Patterson have both traveled the world performing for many years, first meeting and playing together in the 80’s. John Stowell was the first American Jazz performer […]

The Cannon Beach History Center & Museum is proud to present Robert Richter on Saturday March 31st.  Richter is a well known singer and songwriter that enjoys story telling.  Richter will be performing with a guitar and a slide guitar in honor of Woody Guthrie.  Guthrie would have been 100 in 2012 and Richter would […]

My favorite story of Cannon Beach is the journey, how did people get here, why did they come here, why do they continue to come here? For some, the journey began with the long road from Portland (luckily now only a two-hour commute). Travelers would journey along the Columbia River in riverboats, then by train, […]

Robert Lewis Knecht owner of the Cannon Beach Treasure Company and contributor to the Cannon Beach Gazette will be giving a lecture on treasure discovery.  His first expedition was in 1988 as a medic and photojournalist for the Ocean Research Center of the Arctic Project.  In the years after this expedition Robert has made over […]

Back by popular demand!  Nationally acclaimed folk artist and blues musician Lauren Sheehan returns to the History Center with special guest Bill Uhlig.  Sheehan will be celebrating her recent addition to the Library of Congress’s American FolkLife Collection. Lauren Sheehan is a well known Pacific Northwest vocal performer, famous for her shape shifting ability to […]

Fisher Poet and Environmentalist Dave Densmore Appearing in Cannon Beach Famed poet and fisherman, David Densmore will be reading poems and stories from his new book on January 28th at the Cannon Beach History Center & Museum in Cannon Beach. Dave Densmore has appeared in the New York Times and Smithsonian Magazine, he was one […]

That first cannon was pulled from the surf by a team of horses on January 29th, 1898. The horses were owned by John and Mary Gerritse who had long awaited the cannon’s discovery and proudly displayed the cannon on front of their Austin House Hotel and post office, it happened 114 years ago. At the […]

Jazz Legend Performs Special New Year’s Concert in Cannon Beach World renown jazz guitarist John Stowell will make his first live appearance in Cannon Beach at the Cannon Beach History Center & Museum on January 7th. John Stowell has traveled the world performing for many years, he was the first American Jazz performer to appear […]

There is no place like a museum for history buffs, and here at the Cannon Beach History Center and Museum, we get our share. We absolutely love talking to people about the history of the area, reliving memories, or helping individuals find old photos. I had a recent encounter that seems particularly relevant with the […]

Cannon Beach and it’s cannons offer an amazing look into the past, not only of this town, but the nation. It is a past at the very heart of Westward expansion, international trade, the birth of Oregon as a state, and the definition of the USA and Canadian border. It is also a testament to […]