Welcome to Marj's Diary.  Marjorie Hays kept this daily diary in 1952 at her home in Yachats, Oregon.  She also wrote a book about the area, "The Land That Kept Its Promise."

You can click on a month below, which will take you to a page where you can choose to read them grouped by week. Take a look back in time and see what rural life was like on the Oregon coast more than 50 years ago.

Read Marj's forward here

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