| Notes | In 1905, Mrs. Eva E. Dye travelled to Boone's Island on Yaquina Bay and interviewed George Luther Boone, great-grandson of Daniel Boone, in his home on the bay. Mr. Boone's description of the bay at the turn of the century is vivid and immediate. "In August the bay is alive with sardines; in March and April alive with herring; in August, September, October, November, the air is full of salmon leaping, jumping right out of the water. Scow-loads of salmon are taken right in front of the house. Thousands of cases are canned close by. We can our own salmon. Norwegian herring (pilchards) are caught by the bushel, so fat they break in two like a stick." Mentions Native American hunting of sea lions and European hunting of sea otters in Yaquina Bay. |
