| Article: | Lands with history now flooded with grounds for debate Alongside bustling Cape Arago Highway, a 550-foot dormant smokestack looms over the bay, a remnant of industrial prosperity from earlier days. The Coos Head pulp mill, which began production in 1929 and by 1937 was considered one of the most successful of its kind in the Pacific Northwest, closed in 1970 on the Sitka Dock property in Barview. The land has been on the market since 1971. |