West Yaquina Sitka Spruce
Posted on: April 24th, 2023 in Heritage Tree Details |

Height: 158 ftCircumference: 22.4 ftCrown Spread: 90 ftApproximate Age: 200 ft
The West Yaquina Sitka spruce stands at the end of Water Street in the former township of West Yaquina. Colonel T. Egenton Hogg, a San Francisco entrepreneur, had a vision to build tracks from Corvallis to the coast, making a transcontinental railroad. In 1882, Yaquina City was founded as the terminus for Hogg’s railroad. In 1884, West Yaquina was incorporated …