The end of TWO eras. There have been millions of board feet of lumber on this river, log booms from the inlands of Southern Oregon have come down through here on the way to the big Mills. Loggers with caulk boots and pike poles herded them down. Later a man invented a small tug with a very deep draft, that had the screw right in the center of the hull, and had a cage around it. His name was Nelson, so the Nelson Log Broncs were used for years. They still have some in the Bay. Just last year, the railroad went out of business. It hauled logs and chips in and out of Coos Bay. The owner of the line didn't want to maintain it any more, so it's gone the way of the log booms. Too bad.