Neahkahnie Mountain Oregon Coast - The Treasure Rocks

Name/Title

Neahkahnie Mountain Oregon Coast - The Treasure Rocks

Entry/Object ID

P-6558

Description

"It is believed from "Francis Drake’s circumnavigation in 1579 while becoming the first European to Captain to pilot a ship around the globe, he performed a survey on Neahkahnie Mountain as Symbolic Sovereign Act of a land claim by building cairns crowned with incised rock markers which have become known as the Treasure Rocks of Neahkahnie Mountain." From http://www.fortnehalem.net/the-treasure-rocks-of-neah-kah-nie-mt.html (dlking 10/12/2023) M-0725-001166