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When I was living on the sofa circuit in the early seventies I hitch-hiked
to and from Sixes River on the Southern Oregon
Coast often, always packing a camera and
plenty of black & white film. About nine miles upriver, in
the most remote part of the Oregon coast, there was a communal
farm on an 80 acre patch surrounded by forested public lands.
Fueled by firewood, kerosene, and food stamps, the 80
Acres at Elephant Rock was a place where friends were invited
to live and work on the land, to share, to make cabins and exist
in peace for a time. The 80 Acres at Elephant Rock continues to produces food, and is an Oregon Tilth Certified Organic farm. The Eddie Mine was an old mining claim right on the river in the midst of old growth trees about five miles upstream from the 80 Acres. The Easy Access Ranch was near the freeway exit for Littlerock, Washington and became northern offshoot of the communal experience that lasted until 1976. It's been fun scanning my black & white negatives and the color snapshots from many personal collections. This website is to take these images and memories out of the box and share them. I'll be adding new portraits, interviews and/or captions as the site evolves. Email me if you have captions to add, photos to share, questions or answers...gtrendler@gmail.com |