The Oregon Resort Town The Ocean Swallowed Whole #shorts
Aug 24, 2026
In the early 1900s, a father-and-son team from Portland built a luxury resort on a narrow Oregon sand spit β a hotel, a bowling alley, a heated saltwater pool with a wave machine. They called it the Atlantic City of the West.
Then a jetty changed the currents. Erosion did the rest. Today, Bay Ocean is at the bottom of the Pacific.
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