Jerry Sutherland

Jerry Sutherland began researching Oregon history in 2012, after his father (Art) asked him to look up something about Calvin Tibbets at the Oregon Historical Society. That inevitably led to more visits, trips to archives across the United States and Canada, and the publishing of Calvin Tibbets: Oregon's First Pioneer in August 2016. Sutherland is also an avid hiker. One of his favorite jaunts is Bayocean, a sandspit that protects Tillamook Bay from the Pacific Ocean. In the fall of 2014, he...See more

Jerry Sutherland began researching Oregon history in 2012, after his father (Art) asked him to look up something about Calvin Tibbets at the Oregon Historical Society. That inevitably led to more visits, trips to archives across the United States and Canada, and the publishing of Calvin Tibbets: Oregon's First Pioneer in August 2016. Sutherland is also an avid hiker. One of his favorite jaunts is Bayocean, a sandspit that protects Tillamook Bay from the Pacific Ocean. In the fall of 2014, he learned that this pristine ecosystem once hosted a thriving resort. His surprise at having seen no evidence of it while wandering the spit led Sutherland to look deeper and wider than others had in the past. He created www.bayocean.net and started posting articles about Bayocean and its demise. Facebook history groups took notice. So did Grant McOmie, who in the summer of 2015 asked for help with a Grant's Getaway program. Four years later, Jule Gilfillan consulted Sutherland on an Oregon Field Guide special. That and the increasing interest of publishers prompted him to write Bayocean: Atlantis of Oregon. After more than three years of work, it was published in February 2023. See less