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Alsea was named for the Alsea River, whose name was a corruption of "Alsi" (also spelled "Ulseah" and "Alsiias") the name of a [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] tribe, now known as the [[Alsea (tribe)|Alsea]], that lived at the mouth of the river. The Alsea area was settled by [[European-American|Europeans]] early as 1855, when the name "Alseya Settlement" appeared on the [[Surveyor General of the United States|Surveyor General's]] map. Alsea post office was established in 1871.<ref name="OGN">{{cite book | last = McArthur | first = Lewis A. | authorlink = Lewis A. McArthur |author2=[[Lewis L. McArthur]] | title = [[Oregon Geographic Names]] | origyear = 1928 | edition = 7th| year = 2003 | publisher = [[Oregon Historical Society]] Press | location = Portland, Oregon| isbn = 0-87595-277-1 | pages = 19–20 }}</ref>
In the early 1850s settlers moved from the [[Willamette Valley]] into the Alsea area to take up [[Donation Land Claim Act|donation land claim]]s.<ref>{{cite web|title = Alsea Falls Recreation Site | publisher = Bureau of Land Management, Salem District | url =http://www.blm.gov/or/resources/recreation/files/brochures/Alsea_Falls_Rec_Site.pdf|format = PDF |accessdate = December 24, 2009}}</ref> While [[logging]] was once the primary industry in Alsea, it is now known as a place for fishing on the Alsea River, particularly for [[Rainbow trout|steelhead]],<ref>{{cite news|title = Our Town 2004–2005: Who We Are Today| url = http://www.mvourtown.com/today/index.html | archive-url = https://archive.is/20030602192406/http://www.mvourtown.com/today/index.html |
==Climate==
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