Mount Emily

Location in SW Oregon

CountryUnited StatesStateOregonCountyCurry CountyParent rangeKlamath MountainsTopo mapUSGS Mount Emily

Mount Emily (Tolowa: en-may ^[3]) is a mountain in the Klamath Mountains of southwestern Oregon in the United States. It is located in southern Curry County in the extreme southwest corner of the state, near Brookings, approximately 5 miles (8.0 km) from the Pacific Ocean and 5 miles (8.0 km) from the California state line.

Wheeler Ridge Japanese Bombing Site

United States historic place

Significant dates

Wheeler Ridge Japanese Bombing Site
U.S. National Register of Historic Places


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Nearest city	Brookings, Oregon
Coordinates	42°4′42″N 124°6′40″W / 42.07833°N 124.11111°W / 42.07833; -124.11111
Area	less than one acre
NRHP reference No.	06000589^[4]
Event date	September 9, 1942
Added to NRHP	July 6, 2006

On September 9, 1942, the Japanese submarine I-25 surfaced near Cape Blanco, Oregon, and launched a Yokosuka E14Y "Glen" seaplane piloted by Nubuo Fujita, who dropped incendiary bombs on Mount Emily in an unsuccessful attempt to start a major forest fire.^[5] This made Mount Emily the second place in the continental United States to be bombed by an enemy aircraft, with Dutch Harbor occurring three months earlier in Unalaska, Alaska. The site of the bombing was listed in the National Register of Historic Places as the Wheeler Ridge Japanese Bombing Site in July 2006.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Mount Emily". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved May 17, 2010.
^ "Mount Emily Lookout Tower". NGS Data Sheet. National Geodetic Survey, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States Department of Commerce. Retrieved March 31, 2008.
^ "Siletz Talking Dictionary". Retrieved June 4, 2012.
^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System – Wheeler Ridge Japanese Bombing Site (#06000589)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010. Retrieved September 10, 2021.
^ "Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest: Japanese Bombing Site Trail #1118". United States Forest Service. Retrieved September 10, 2021.