Editing Drain, Oregon (section)

==History==
In 1876, a coach road was established between Drain and [[Scottsburg, Oregon|Scottsburg]]. Drain was the starting point for the [[Drain-Coos Bay stage line]], which ran to Scottsburg and then by river steamer to Gardiner and the beach on the south side of the mouth of the [[Umpqua River]].<ref name = DCC>Guyer, R. J., ''Douglas County Chronicles &ndash; History from the Land of One Hundred Valleys'', History Press (2013) {{ISBN|978-1609497651}} at pages 44–45.</ref>

The Drain Normal School was founded in the community in 1883 by the [[Methodist Church]]. The state took over the school in 1885 and named it as the Central Oregon State Normal School, before it closed in June 1908.<ref name=Oregon/>