earneson added a note to 17 in 1900-01 Keeper Logs in 1871-1900 Yaquina Head Lighthouse Letter books, saying “August 14, 1900: "Keeper went to big creek on business" August 16, 1900: "2nd ass't went to big creek for recreation" *Big Creek is the name of the creek that feeds the Reservoirs in Newport behind Fred Meyer and flows to the ocean at Agate Beach.”