Jump Off Joe (Newport, Oregon)
- Jump Off Joe (Newport, Oregon)
Jump Off Joe was a 100-foot-tall sea stack geological formation composed of middle Miocene concretionary sandstone [ [http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/pubinfo/jump.html USGS Erosion of a Sea Stack Over 100 Years] ] at Nye Beach in Newport, Oregon, United States. It was a well-known tourist attraction before World War I.[ [http://historicphotoarchive.com/caps/00073.html Historic Photo Archive - Jump Off Joe, Nye Beach, Newport, Oregon, ca. 1903] ] It formed sometime before the 1880s when it was connected to the mainland, and was a major impediment walking the beach.][ Early travelers would have to jump off the side to get over it, hence the name. Early writers claimed the site was connected with Native American mythology.][ Natural forces separated it from the mainland in the 1890s, and its large arch collapsed in 1916.][ Nothing remains of the structure today.][ ]References
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* [http://photos.salemhistory.org/cdm4/results.php?CISOOP1=all&CISOBOX1=&CISOFIELD1=title&CISOOP2=exact&CISOBOX2=jump%20off%20joe&CISOFIELD2=descri&CISOOP3=any&CISOBOX3=&CISOFIELD3=descri&CISOOP4=none&CISOBOX4=&CISOFIELD4=audiena&CISOROOT=all Historic images of Jump Off Joe] from Salem Public Library
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