Episode 50: Drugs, Fire, & Cranberries (Stories from Bandon)

We have touched on stories in or around Bandon many times, now it's time we finally dive into some of them, including the famous marijuana drug bust, the terrible Bandon fires, and of course the more recent story on the West Coast Game Park Safari.Sources:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bandon,_County_Corkhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plantations_of_Irelandhttps://www.visitscotland.com/things-to-do/attractions/historic/jacobiteshttps://www.historyextra.com/period/tudor/mary-queen-of-scots-life-death-rule-facts-biography/https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/131455719/victoria_mary_catherine-bennetthttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bandon,_Oregonhttps://www.lordbennetts.com/who-is-lord-bennetthttps://www.bandon-or.gov/general/page/historyhttps://www.findagrave.com/memorial/31239110/george-bennetthttps://www.irishcentral.com/roots/history/in-bandon-oregon-an-irishmans-attempt-to-bring-a-bit-of-home-with-him-proved-deadly#:~:text=Upon%20first%20reaching%20this%20small,came%20to%20displace%20native%20plants.https://www.bandonhistoricalmuseum.org/cemeterytour.html#:~:text=Although%20the%20city%20of%20Bandon,under%20that%20name%20in%201891.https://theworldlink.com/pioneers-of-the-south-coast/article_ba87c138-ddf1-5726-a01c-48a6009386f9.html#:~:text=The%20Averills%20were%20among%20the%20earliest%20pioneers,cemetery%20and%20the%20town%20was%20called%20Averillhttps://offbeatoregon.com/20-07.new-river-drug-bust.htmlhttps://offbeatoregon.com/22-05.gold-on-the-beach-609.htmlhttps://www.westcoastgamepark.com/abouthttps://theworldlink.com/news/local/obituaries/robert-stanley-tenney/article_ef8717b8-57a0-11ec-9670-5b61b18b8b39.htmlhttps://www.opb.org/article/2025/05/28/west-coast-game-park-brian-tenney-bandon-arrest/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Coast_Game_Park_Safari#:~:text=The%20West%20Coast%20Game%20Park,following%20investigation%20into%20criminal%20activities.&text=The%20park%20was%20a%20petting,such%20as%20the%20snow%20leopard.https://theworldlink.com/news/local/obituaries/mary-t-tenney/article_98bfda25-76c9-508d-96d2-90a06bcb038d.htmlhttps://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/cranberry_industry/https://www.oregonhistoryproject.org/articles/historical-records/picking-cranberries-at-sandlake/https://facerockcreamery.com/pages/bandon-cheese-history#:~:text=Bandon%20Oregon%20has%20cheese%20in,artisan%20style%20of%20making%20cheese.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tillamook_County_Creamery_Association#Controversyhttps://facerockcreamery.com/blogs/face-rock-blog/the-reincarnation-of-bandon-cheese?srsltid=AfmBOooiOF1Mvb6e8abWcW4zCji-iyDMpGpSMMJ7Jcd1ewJBrtOdYPyMhttps://www.coastalsothebysrealty.com/2024/02/02/meet-brad-sinko-of-face-rock-creamery/https://theworldlink.com/bandon/news/bandon-remembers-the-devastating-fire-of-1914/article_3581ada8-f1c1-11e3-8ee9-0019bb2963f4.htmlhttps://www.eatweeds.co.uk/gorse-ulex-europaeus#other_useshttps://www.oregonhistoryproject.org/articles/historical-records/bandon-fire-1936/https://www.bandoninn.com/History#:~:text=%E2%80%9CThe%201914%20fire%20began%20at,and%20no%20alarm%20was%20sounded.https://www.bandonhistoricalmuseum.org/newsletters/2020sep_extra.pdfhttps://www.oregonlive.com/history/2017/09/fire_is_the_story_of_oregon_ba.html