Toledo /toLIdou/ is a city located on the Yaquina River and along U.S. Route 20 in Lincoln County, in the U.S. state of Oregon.

[5] European-American settlement in Toledo began in 1866, when John Graham,[6] his son Joseph, and William Mackey, claimed land made available by the Homestead Act of 1862.

[6] Joseph D. Graham, John's son, named the post office for Toledo, Ohio, because he was homesick.

In 1918, the Port of Toledo leased land to the Spruce Production Division for a sawmill to cut airplane frames for World War I.

[9] In 1925, the Pacific Spruce Corporation decided to hire Japanese contract labor to sort lumber in its Toledo sawmill.

Managers informed local employees that only the Japanese would work the graveyard shift.

The sawmill employees did not object, but local businessmen opposed bringing Japanese workers into the community.

A year later, Tamakichi Ogura filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court alleging that nine individuals had violated his civil rights by assaulting him, stealing his property, and forcibly removing him from the Toledo community.

After a nine-day trial, the jury unanimously agreed with Ogura and awarded him $2,500 in damages plus court costs.

[13] Between 1927 and 1944, the Creamery Package Manufacturing Company, based in Chicago, operated a substantial sawmill and stock cooperage in Toledo.

These tubs were shipped as knockdown kits via rail to three Midwestern factories for regional assembly and distribution, with most designed to hold a generous 63 pounds of butter.

This route was once part of the Oregon Pacific Railroad,[22] which was completed from Yaquina City through Toledo to Corvallis in 1885.

The Museum also has a restored Southern Pacific 1923 Railway Post Office / Baggage car.

[27][28] On 3 August 1893, Toledo became the first city to have a railroad depot made out of brick in Oregon.

However, the citizens of Toledo made a demand on the railroad commissioners asking that the Oregon Pacific be forced to provide reasonable accommodations there.