l l l i t l t i i ‘, i l , A Patchwork History of Nehalem Bay MOHLER Mahler is the town that almost was. Located on the old road between Nehalem and Wheeler, it faied away to a large extent after the direct route was built between the two towns (the Dike Road). Originally, Tideland Road (known as Pigpen Alley to same) was a part of the old road from Nehalem to Wheeler. Near the Mahler Cheese Factory, now the Nehalem Bay Winery. the road curved across part of what’s new the Daryl Johnston dairy, up and around the hill and on to Wheeler. That section is now the Old Wheeler-Mahler road. Mahler developed when therailroad was built. Started in Hillsboro in 1907 and completed in 1911, the railroad connected the valley with communities from Mahler to Tillamook. At one time a railroad car/engine combination known as “The Skunk” made the run from Mahler to Tillamook on a daily basis. Mahler had once been planned as a good-sized community; maps show streets and lots platted from the railroad crossing on west to what is now the Lafe Crist property, and from the railroad on the north to the forested Crown-Zellerbach land on the south. Most of these streets—toobe have long since been vacated. Mabel Lundberg. who now lives in the Bayside Gardens area. lived in Mahler for a number of years, and her husband Elmer was assistant cheesemaker at the Mahler Cheese Factory. She recalls a thriving little village; store, post ofiice, the cheese factory. and a number of houses. Mabel has old photos which show many more houses than are presently in Mahler; a fairly large one stood between the Old Wheeler-Mahler Rd. and the tracks. The house where the head cheesemaker for Mahler Cheese Factory lived is 85 , OCR Text: l l l i t l t i i ‘, i l , A Patchwork History of Nehalem Bay MOHLER Mahler is the town that almost was. Located on the old road between Nehalem and Wheeler, it faied away to a large extent after the direct route was built between the two towns (the Dike Road). Originally, Tideland Road (known as Pigpen Alley to same) was a part of the old road from Nehalem to Wheeler. Near the Mahler Cheese Factory, now the Nehalem Bay Winery. the road curved across part of what’s new the Daryl Johnston dairy, up and around the hill and on to Wheeler. That section is now the Old Wheeler-Mahler road. Mahler developed when therailroad was built. Started in Hillsboro in 1907 and completed in 1911, the railroad connected the valley with communities from Mahler to Tillamook. At one time a railroad car/engine combination known as “The Skunk” made the run from Mahler to Tillamook on a daily basis. Mahler had once been planned as a good-sized community; maps show streets and lots platted from the railroad crossing on west to what is now the Lafe Crist property, and from the railroad on the north to the forested Crown-Zellerbach land on the south. Most of these streets—toobe have long since been vacated. Mabel Lundberg. who now lives in the Bayside Gardens area. lived in Mahler for a number of years, and her husband Elmer was assistant cheesemaker at the Mahler Cheese Factory. She recalls a thriving little village; store, post ofiice, the cheese factory. and a number of houses. Mabel has old photos which show many more houses than are presently in Mahler; a fairly large one stood between the Old Wheeler-Mahler Rd. and the tracks. The house where the head cheesemaker for Mahler Cheese Factory lived is 85 , Nehalem Valley Historical Society,Under Construction,August 2023 Shipment Scans,Misc. Folder 3,Article on Mohler by Pat Edley with multiple photocopies with titles,P01 (5).tif, P01 (5).tif