Contributed by Jim ProehlRepublished from the Bandon Historical Society newsletter The Chamber of Commerce fish fry was the highlight of the July Fourth celebration in
Excerpts and photos from “Bandon,” by Robert Miller and Reg Pullen with the Bandon Historical Society, Arcadia Publishing 2013, used by permission. Generations of Oregon
A parade was not part of the first Cranberry Festival. The parade was added in 1948, the second year of Bandon’s Cranberry Festival. The first
“Bandon Beachmen will meet Friday evening at the city hall. Bring parasols,” reads a notice in the August 28, 1924 edition of the “Western World.”