If you take US Hway 101 (South Nehalem Boulevard) into Rockaway Beach, you will be riding along the Western border of the city.

In the early 1900's, the sandy beach in the Rockaway Beach area was nearly isolated to all but a few. the Pacific Railway and Navigation Company opened a rail line to nearby towns before 1910. A few short years later the first passenger train came to Rockaway Beach; where the Friday afternoon train brought fathers out to join their families for the week-end at the beach resorts. Rockaway Rocktoberfest, started in 2009, is held in October featuring two days of music on the beach. This event is a fund raiser for the Tillamook County Food Bank, Neah-Kah-Nie School Music programs and Rockaway Parks and Recreation Department. The event should continue to showcase at least the 20 musical acts which appeared at the first fest.

Hon. Joanne Aagard