The Mary D Hume
Beginning in January 1881, the Mary D. Hume hauled goods between the Rogue River (Gold Beach, Oregon) and San Francisco for ten years. She then started her service as an arctic whaling ship. She was run aground countless times and even sank in Alaskan waters in the ice of Nushagak River and was raised and repaired in Seattle in 1904. She also recorded the longest whaling voyage of six and a half years! The Mary D Hume was named after the wife of the original owner after he purchased the boat in 1881.
The Mary D Hume is also credited with the largest catch of baleen whale in history, valued at $400,000, after a 29 month voyage!
In 1978, after the longest Pacific coastal service of any boat, The Mary D Hume motored back between the jetties in Gold Beach and was given to the Curry County Historical Society. Crowds lined the banks of the river and cheered as she came in, and she was entered on the National Register of Historical places.
This historic vessel is not being preserved in its final resting place along the banks of the Rogue River in Gold Beach. Everything seemed to go wrong after the Mary D Hume was turned over to the Historic Society. It took seven years to rig a sling. When they tried to lift her out for repairs the sling broke. Then the slings structure failed and the boat fell and sank in four feet of water. And there she still remains, being rapidly destroyed by the harsh coastal weather, the swift ocean tides, and the destructive currents of the large river.
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Evita
Excellent capture !!! :D
GerryMac
fantastic capture! great subject!
Scott d'Almeida
excellent
Angie McKenzie
very cool POV!!!
Bradley Nichol
Randall Scholten replied
Thank you Bradley and the wonderful JPG Cast-Off Hosts!
Bradley Nichol
) (but we’ll have to take it to Canada though :)lizalady
What a story of the historical ship. At least she looks very colorful in her disrepair.
Scott Westlake
Love it…. very rugged
Vicki Ferrari
Thank you for an interesting story and a wonderful image to go with it Randall!
CraigsMom
Wow, I love this Randall!!!!
Vanessa Anderberg
Great capture….and story:)
Antanas
perfect
dinghysailor1
how poignant to see this weathered old workhorse in such a sad state… thanks for the enthralling description – you should enter it in the image-writing adn descriptions groups too…
:)))
Randall Scholten replied
Thanks for the comment and suggestion!
Diane Schuster
Hi Randall, I have a picture of this vessel and read the story about it that is posted, dockside. This was a very interesting read and I like the angle that you shot this at. It does seem as if this boat is cursed, from reading the info, but what an interesting life it has had. Dee
Randall Scholten replied
Thanks! It had a long life, serving for almost 100 years! But yes, it DOES seem to have been cursed since it was retired. And It DOES have an interesting history, even if whaling is not palatable today.
Farras Abdelnour
this is so beautiful!
TextureoftheSin
Love the green and orange tones
herneoakshield
Great capture, but what a sad end for her after such a life on the seas…
E.R. Bazor
Love it!
Great write up…I bet the History group would get a kick out of this one too.
Isa Rodriguez
what an amazing history! thank you so much for this wonderful image and words..
LorusMaver
Stunning shot,excellent discriptive history,and what a wonderful subject it would be to paint ! first class !
WINTERROSE
WOW,,, Stunning shot,,,love it
Dave Law
Another great capture Randall. :-)
Cora Wandel
jchanders
Congrats on the feature! Great shot and also story.
Randall Scholten
Thank you, Juergen!
CarrieAnn
Nice Shot, She’s a rugged old gal, thanks for telling her history, it presents an entirely different perspective than, just a ship wreck. Congrats on the 3 features !
BarbL
Wonderful boat and very interesting history. I am wondering if the person it is named after is a distant relative to Thomas Hume, business partner to Charles Hackley, the largest lumber baron in Michigan in the late 1800’s. We have their Victorian homes restored here and they are beautiful. Would be interesting to find out if they were related somehow!
seawhisper
going to my favs, it’s a wonderful photo of a great subject :)
Paul McGuire
Great shot and history – A well deserved winner.
CraigsMom
Julia Washburn
Wow! That is a very nice photo!!! Instant fav!
Barbara Applegate
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SKNickel
beautiful shot Randall, but what a shame it was left in ruins. Congrats on your feature.
Hans Goepel 12 days ago
Great shot and story. Congrats on the feature!
My Fave!