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Brookings, city, Curry county, Oregon, U.S., on the Pacific Ocean coast at the mouth of the Chetco River, 6 miles (10 km) north of the California state line. Across the river to the south lies the city of Harbor. The region’s earliest known inhabitants were Athabascan-speaking Chetco (Cheti) Indians, the most numerous of some 12 West Coast bands. When the Chetco River valley was settled by whites in the mid-1800s, it was extensively farmed and logged. The city of Brookings officially came into being in 1913, when logging magnate Robert S. Brookings established a sawmill and lumberyard at the harbour. ...(100 of 216 words)

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