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Rourk Store

 
 
Rourk Store Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Douglass Halvorsen, June 20, 2015
1. Rourk Store Marker
Inscription.
Site of the first mercantile store in northern
Klamath County - 1909.

 
Erected by Klamath County Historical Historical Landmark Commission & Klamath County Historical Society.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Industry & Commerce. A significant historical year for this entry is 1909.
 
Location. 43° 27.755′ N, 121° 41.729′ W. Marker is in Crescent, Oregon, in Klamath County. It is on The Dalles-California Hwy (Oregon Route 97), on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Crescent OR 97733, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the High Desert and in Southern Oregon. It is also in the American Mountain West and in the Lewis & Clark Corridor. Globally, it is in North America, in the Cascade Range, on the Ring of Fire, in the Pacific Rim, in the Western Hemisphere, in the Western World, and in the Anglosphere.

Other nearby markers. At least one other marker is within walking distance of this marker: "Little Meadows" (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line).
 
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Rourk Store Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Douglass Halvorsen, June 20, 2015
2. Rourk Store Marker
Rourk Store image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Douglass Halvorsen, June 20, 2015
3. Rourk Store
Rourk Store image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Douglass Halvorsen, June 20, 2015
4. Rourk Store
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on January 8, 2020. It was originally submitted on January 17, 2018, by Douglass Halvorsen of Klamath Falls, Oregon. This page has been viewed 327 times since then and 52 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on January 17, 2018, by Douglass Halvorsen of Klamath Falls, Oregon. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
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