In September of 1946 the "Foothills Addition", a new development of 60 lots, was added to Roads End. (7)

On December 13, 1947 there was a massive earth slide that took with it a seven-apartment building called the Sea Gull Court. The two-level group of apartments had been built on a bluff near the north end where water seeped from springs and underground creeks down to the sea. Unusually heavy rains had plagued the Oregon coast that year and when signs of danger to the court buildings could no longer be ignored, occupants were moved out and most of the furnishings salvaged. In a matter of days the lower group of buildings started to slowly move down on a deep mass of watery clay carrying them nearly upright to the beach below (Picture). The higher level group followed down the mudslide over a period of several days. Once the mud had dried and solidified, they were hauled down the beach and up through one of the access lanes to Logan Road (Picture). New foundations were laid on lots fronting the narrow road just east of Dory Cove, the buildings placed on them and turned into livable dwellings. (NG - 5/6/1976)

December of 1947 shows support is growing to Incorporate eight towns from Roads End to Cutler City into one town. (7)

There was a minor earthquake in North Lincoln County in April, 1949. There were no injuries or damage reported. (7)

The voters in Delake, Nelscott, Taft and Cutler City defeat incorporation into one town in April of 1949. (7)

Roads End is the strip of land lying between Logan Creek and the Hendricks residence. Although the town as yet has no post office, most of the residents are served by RFD Route 1 out of the Otis Post Office inaugurated in the 1950's. (3)

In the 1950 telephone directory there were 20 residents listed for Roads End. At that time everyone was listed in the directory whether they had a phone or not. At the head of each locale's listing was a little article about the area that sometimes carried a little history with it. The Roads End article was as follows:

There is an enchantment about Roads End that the visitor never quite forgets."

(Telephone Register Company Directory - 1950)(10)

Site of a mysterious explosion in the Roads End area had been discovered and authorities were unable to explain its cause. The blast shook the area about 9:10pm June 12, 1950 and a cloud of smoke was witnessed by nearby residents. The explosion scene appeared similar to those caused by meteors. Concussion from the explosion was said to have shaken buildings and knocked down some loose bricks in the neighborhood. (Oregonian - 6/25/1950)

The annexation of Braemer was turned down by the voters in August, 1952. (7)

Channel 6 of Portland began test patterns for TV reception in North Lincoln County in October of 1956. (7)

Roads End Pioneer Dee N. Hendricks passed away on November 24th, 1956. (7)

Roads End had an earthquake in 1959 that measured 5 on the Richter scale. There was some damage, mostly to chimneys, but no injuries or loss of life. (NG - 6/10/1976)

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In late 1967 a proposal had been made by the State to add a beach access park in Roads End. The Federal Government issued a grant and matching funds were to come from the State. Oregon had a State Law at the time that required beach access every three miles on the Oregon coast. Although petitions from Roads End overwhelmingly objected to the park it was to no avail as the park was approved in 1968 (Picture). (NG - 1967, 1968 & Oregonian - 1968)

A new R1A zoning map was approved by the voters of Roads End at an election held on November 21, 1968. The zoning was requested in order to control home building and commercial development in the area. (NG - 11/27/1968) Sometime after the new R1A Zoning was approved, a new County map had erroneously changed it to R1. It was restored to R1A after much effort on February 16, 1981. (Lincoln County Planning Commission minutes - 2/16/1981)