Near Central Point in Jackson County, Oregon — The American West (Northwest)

Hanley Farm Willow

Salix babylonica

— Oregon Heritage Tree —

Hanley Farm Willow Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Douglass Halvorsen, March 29, 2024

1. Hanley Farm Willow Marker

Inscription. In 1860, Martha Hanley planted this weeping willow to commemorate the birth of her son. The willow cutting was obtained from the pioneer Luelling Nursery in the Willamette Valley and delivered by Martha's friend Kit Kearney, an express rider, who stuck it in a potato to keep it from drying out. The tree flourished and the Hanley farmstead eventually became known as "The Willows."

Circumference: 7 feet, 10 inches
Height: 30 feet
Crown Spread: 44 feet
Age: 148 years

Erected 2008 by Heritage Tree Committee Oregon Travel Experience.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Horticulture & Forestry • Settlements & Settlers • Women. In addition, it is included in the Historic Trees series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1860.

Location. 42° 20.13′ N, 122° 55.991′ W. Marker is near Central Point, Oregon, in Jackson County. It can be reached from Hanley Road (Oregon Route 238) half a mile Rossanley Drive ( Route 238), on the right when traveling west.
*SPECIAL NOTE* Hanley Farm is only open to the public during special events which mainly occur during the months

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of April though October.
. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1053 Hanley Rd, Medford OR 97501, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Southern Oregon.

It is also on the American Pacific Coast,

in the Pacific Northwest,

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.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: The Old Stage Road (approx. 1.4 miles away); Applegate Trail - Jacksonville (approx. 1.4 miles away); Methodist Episcopal Church (approx. 2.2 miles away); Warren Lodge No. 10 (approx. 2.2 miles away); Beall Black Walnut (approx. 2.2 miles away); Catholic Rectory (approx. 2.2 miles away); History Right Here - Horse Powers (approx. 2.3 miles away); Rogue River Valley Railroad Depot (approx. 2.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Central Point.

Also see . . . Hanley Farm.

Photographed by Douglass Halvorsen, March 29, 2024

2. Hanley Farm Willow Marker

Historic Hanley Farm, established in 1857, is a working 37-acre Century Farm just outside of downtown Jacksonville Oregon. Owned and operated by the Southern Oregon Historical Society, Hanley Farm strives to preserve the history of the people who settled the land and their contributions to the agricultural development of the Rogue Valley. Because this is a working farm and a museum, visitors are welcome only during Hanley public events. Mary Hanley, one of SOHS's founders of SOHS, gifted the farm to the historical society in 1982. Hanley Farm is listed in the National Register of Historic Places and was recently added to the Oregon Heritage Women's History Project Significant Site Listing. (Submitted on April 2, 2024, by Douglass Halvorsen of Klamath Falls, Oregon.)

Hanley House image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Douglass Halvorsen, March 29, 2024

3. Hanley House

Credits. This page was last revised on April 4, 2024. It was originally submitted on April 2, 2024, by Douglass Halvorsen of Klamath Falls, Oregon. This page has been viewed 325 times since then and 31 times this year. Last updated on April 3, 2024, by Douglass Halvorsen of Klamath Falls, Oregon. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on April 2, 2024, by Douglass Halvorsen of Klamath Falls, Oregon. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.