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Florence
 The Florence area was originally inhabited by the Siuslaw tribe of Native Americans and is located on the Oregon Coast at the mouth of the Siuslaw River about the same latitude as Eugene, Oregon. Florence is approximately midway between the other major central Oregon coastal cities of Newport and Coos Bay.
One tradition states the city was named for state senator A. B. Florence, who represented Lane County from 1858 – 1860; another is that Florence was named for a French vessel that was wrecked at the mouth of the Siuslaw River on February 17, 1875. Whichever is tru Florence is surrounded by some of the world’s largest dunes, 15 freshwater lakes, the Siuslaw River, one of America’s most dramatic coastlines and the most photographed bridge in Oregon - The Siuslaw Bridge.
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 Florence's signature fall festival jam packed with live blues music, the Oregon Coast Professional Chowder Cookoff, beer from Oregon's finest breweries, local food, dancing and people's choice chowder tasting.
If you like award winning chowder the finest blues music that Oregon has to offer and microbrews from some of the best breweries in the northwest this is the fall festival for you!
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The U.S. Coast Guard, the owner of the Umpqua River Lighthouse, is evaluating whether the light is still needed for navigation. If not, the two-ton first-order lens and its 616 colored and clear glass panels that were cut by hand in Paris could be removed and placed in a museum.
 By Lori Newman for the Umpqua Post, August 18, 2010
While many are worried that the U.S. Coast Guard will decide to remove the handcrafted Fresnel lens from Winchester Bay's lighthouse, Friends of Umpqua River Light is going ahead with plans to host a 116th birthday bash for the lighthouse and its famous red and white lens next month.
The event is shaping up to be a major celebration of the lighthouse's 153-year history, and a special recognition of the first-order Fresnel lens that was commissioned into service on New Year's Eve, 1894.
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 Named for the flowering rhododendron plants that brighten up the spring landscape on the Oregon Coast, Rods 'n Rhodies Invitational Car Show features some of the hottest cars on the west coast.
Every year Florence's historic Old Town comes alive with the sights and sounds of some of America's best rods and custom cruisers. What better place to celebrate the end of the rodding season in the Northwest!
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 The boardwalk trail is less than a mile long and as it winds its way through this prehistoric bog you expect to see a dinosaur around every corner. Instead of dinosaurs the boardwalk trail leads you into a fen that is home to Darlingtonia californica. Also called pitcher plant or cobra lily, the rare, strangely-shaped plant is the only member of the pitcher plant family (Sarraceniaceae) in Oregon.
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 The Florence Rhododendron Festival is the second-oldest flower festival in Oregon and third - oldest on the West Coast and is just one year younger than the Portland Rose Festival. The Oldest flower festival on the west coast is the Tournament of Roses in Pasadena, California.
The Rhododendron festival celebrates the wild rhododendrons that thrive along the Oregon Coasta nd officially begins on Friday evening with the Rhody Pageant to crown "Queen Rhododendra." The festival includes a wide variety of fun and events throughout the weekend include parades, flower show spotlighting specimen rhododendrons grown by coastal inhabitants. car show, arts and craft fair, 5K run, carnival and much, much more.
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Why I Love the Oregon Coast - by Brianne Limani
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