EPISODE · May 12, 2026 · 6 MIN
Town destroyed by its founder’s favorite garden shrub
from Offbeat Oregon History podcast · host Finn J.D. John
Gorse reminded Irishman Lord George Bennett of home, so he planted it when he founded the Oregon seaside town of Bandon; years later, the gorse destroyed the city in a fiery cataclysm. (Bandon, Coos County; 1930s) (For text and pictures, see https://offbeatoregon.com/1011d-bandon-founder-favorite-plant-destroyed-his-town.html)
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