I sent this earlier but it hasn't appeared on the list so will try again. At 08:07 AM 2/11/2005, [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://osulibrary.orst.edu/guin/geoterms/detail/yaquina_city.htm http://www.brian894x4.com/YaquinaRailroad.html Best wishes, Beth