A must-see at Fort Stevens State Park is Battery Russell. Named after General David A. Russell, who was killed in action during the Civil War, the Battery, which took about a year to build, was finished in 1904. Parts of Fort Stevens are reportedly "haunted" and were featured on the Travel Channel TV show, "Ghost Adventures", in 2018.
You can own this piece of Oregon history - McCaffrey Island is up for sale and was once home to relatives of the famous American pioneer and frontiersman, Daniel Boone.
In June of 1942, a Japanese submarine torpedoed a freighter near Cape Flattery, Washington, and haphazardly sent shells toward Fort Stevens near the mouth of the Columbia River in Astoria, Oregon. American civilians were killed by a balloon bomb years later.
These travel trailers and manufactured homes were used as temporary housing for victims of the massive wildfires in Oregon in 2020-2021. You better hurry though, bidding is underway on the travel trailer/campers NOW.