I am not sure what the meaning is. It is my understanding that it was named by the local indians at that time and was originally an indian village. That is about all I know. The only person that is guarenteed to fail is the one that never gets started. Remember: Even the woodpecker owes his success to the fact that he uses his head and keeps pecking away until he finishes thr job he starts. ----- Original Message ----- From: Beth Perry Johnston<mailto:[email protected]> To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Friday, February 11, 2005 7:30 AM Subject: Re: [OREGON] Town or County Name - Help At 08:07 AM 2/11/2005, [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> wrote: >I am looking at a 1917 draft card registration. The person was born 1888 >in Oregon. Place of birth reads: Yauquina or Youquina or maybe Yanquina. >After searching around the Oregon Web site and place location sites, I >just don't find anything similar. I am sure the first letter is Y and I am >sure of the "quina" part. Does this place name mean anything to anyone >familiar with Oregon? Yaquina Bay, fed by the Yaquina River, is on the central Oregon Coast and the small city of Newport is located on the bay. Yaquina City no longer exists except as an historic area but was about 3 miles east of Newport. Here are some links to see more about Yaquina City and its importance to early coastal development: http://www.newportnet.com/newport/cc/heritage.htm<http://www.newportnet.com/newport/cc/heritage.htm> http://osulibrary.orst.edu/guin/geoterms/detail/yaquina_city.htm<http://osulibrary.orst.edu/guin/geoterms/detail/yaquina_city.htm> http://www.brian894x4.com/YaquinaRailroad.html<http://www.brian894x4.com/YaquinaRailroad.html> Best wishes, Beth ==== OREGON Mailing List ==== To see the website for Oregon http://www.rootsweb.com/~orgenweb/<http://www.rootsweb.com/~orgenweb/> -=* To see what this list is doing *=- http://www.wvi.com/~wb/Oregon.html<http://www.wvi.com/~wb/Oregon.html> For ALL list business Admin, leave, or the archives. http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/OR/misc.html<http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/OR/misc.html> ============================== New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your ancestors at the same time. Share your tree with family and friends. Learn more: http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&targetid=5429<http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&targetid=5429>