Tri-City Drive-In
293 S. Old Pacific Highway,
Tri-City,
OR
97457
293 S. Old Pacific Highway,
Tri-City,
OR
97457
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Located in Tri-City to the south of Myrtle Creek on Highway 99 S (Pacific Highway). The Tri-City Drive-In was opened on August 28, 1952 when it was operated by W.E. Love & J.H. Markham. By 1955 it was operated by Tri-City Drive-In Theatres (W.E. Love & Oregon Co-Op). It was still open in 1970.
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Found It!
The Tri-City Drive-In was located at 293 S. Old Pacific Highway, Myrtle Creek, OR.
Today, it is the Tri-City Mobile Estates, a mobile home park. You can still see the outline.
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Awesome! Thanks Ken!
The Tri-City Drive-In Opened On August 28th, 1952.
On December 6th, 1953, A Tiller Girl At The Tri-City Drive-In Was Injured By A Vehicle At The Entrance Of The Theater.
Boxoffice, Oct. 4, 1952: “MYRTLE CREEK, ORE. - The 500-car Tri-City Drive-In located on Highway 99 south of here has been opened by owners W. E. Love, who also is manager, J. H. Markham jr., and W. R. Markham, all of Riddle, Ore.”
In 1979, Lawrence Hennigh wrote a long paper about an Experimental Schools project in the region. The only part that I care about is a reference to the Tri-City Drive-In in the present tense, suggesting that it was still in operation. Since a 1982 aerial photo shows trailer homes parked on the edges, we might be getting close to a closing date.
Hennigh also emphasized that the drive-in was in Tri-City, “an expansive suburb-like unincorporated area between Canyonville and Myrtle Creek.” Google Maps shows that the site is still within Tri-City, which is still its own “census-designated place” with a population of over 4000.