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_Cork

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plantations_of_Ireland

https://www.visitscotland.com/things-to-do/attractions/historic/jacobites

https://www.historyextra.com/period/tudor/mary-queen-of-scots-life-death-rule-facts-biography/

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/131455719/victoria_mary_catherine-bennett

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bandon,_Oregon

https://www.lordbennetts.com/who-is-lord-bennett

https://www.bandon-or.gov/general/page/history

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/31239110/george-bennett

https://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%20Averill

https://offbeatoregon.com/20-07.new-river-drug-bust.html

https://offbeatoregon.com/22-05.gold-on-the-beach-609.html

https://www.westcoastgamepark.com/about

https://theworldlink.com/news/local/obituaries/robert-stanley-tenney/article_ef8717b8-57a0-11ec-9670-5b61b18b8b39.html

https://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.html

https://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#Controversy

https://facerockcreamery.com/blogs/face-rock-blog/the-reincarnation-of-bandon-cheese?srsltid=AfmBOooiOF1Mvb6e8abWcW4zCji-iyDMpGpSMMJ7Jcd1ewJBrtOdYPyM

https://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.html

https://www.eatweeds.co.uk/gorse-ulex-europaeus#other_uses

https://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.pdf

https://www.oregonlive.com/history/2017/09/fire_is_the_story_of_oregon_ba.html