Otis Junction, Oregon

Otis Junction is an unincorporated locale in Lincoln County, Oregon, United States, at the junction of the former route of U.S. Route 101 and Oregon Route 18, a half mile south of Otis.^[1][2][3] It is a mile and a half east of where OR 18 intersects with the modern route of U.S. 101.

Otis Junction is the site of the James Beard Award-winning Otis Café.^[4][5] There has been a café at this location since the 1920s.^[4] Pixieland, a former amusement park, was located a mile west of Otis Junction, near U.S. 101.

Sale of Otis

Main article: Otis, Oregon

References

1. ^ "Otis Junction". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. 1980-11-28. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:1147285. Retrieved 2009-12-20. 
2. ^ "A 1940 Oregon Coast Tour: Tillamook to Taft". Oregon State Archives. http://arcweb.sos.state.or.us/exhibits/coast/tillamook.html. Retrieved 2009-12-20. 
3. ^ Associated Press (January 29, 1960). "Forest Funds Allocated for Road Jobs". The Register-Guard. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=y6wQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=5uIDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6895,4293225&dq=otis-junction&hl=en. Retrieved 2009-12-20. 
4. ^ ^{a b} Shriver, Jerry (September 1, 2005). "Big taste resides in a little corner of Oregon". USA Today. http://www.usatoday.com/travel/destinations/2005-09-01-downhome-oregon_x.htm. Retrieved 2009-12-20. 
5. ^ Miller, Bryan (May 19, 1989). "At the Nation's Table". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/1989/05/17/garden/at-the-nation-s-table-898189.html. Retrieved 2009-12-20. 

Coordinates: 45°01′09″N 123°56′54″W / 45.0192749°N 123.9484464°W / 45.0192749; -123.9484464