On Holland Loop Rd, on the right when traveling east.
A refuge for white settlers during the Indian wars of 1855-1856 stood on this site. George E. Briggs took up a donation land claim in February 1854 and built a cabin of squared logs. he farmed and ran a freight packing operation in 1856. Briggs, . . . — — Map (db m112483) HM
Upper plaque:
National Monument
Set aside by
President Taft
July 12, 1909
Lower plaque: Department of the Interior
National Park Service
Regulations require that all persons entering . . . — — Map (db m63167) HM
Pinus jeffreyi
In Oregon, Jeffrey pines are found only in the state's southwest corner. They are especially adapted to local dry, infertile, serpentine soils as seen in the surrounding flat lands and distant mountains. These trees resist . . . — — Map (db m112563) HM
Triple Nickles
Formed in 1943, the all-Black 555th Parachute Infantry Battalion was the first opportunity for African officers and enlisted men to become paratroopers in the segregated US Army during World War II.
Racial Segregation . . . — — Map (db m112484) HM
Near Interstate 5 at milepost 62 near Merlin Road, on the right when traveling south.
The Rogue Valley has been the traditional homelands of three distinct language- based tribal groups since ancient times: Takelma, Dakubetede/Taltushtuntude, and Shasta. Tribes shared similar cultural and societal practices, subsistence patterns, . . . — — Map (db m112806) HM
Honoring the men & women of Josephine County who served their country in the wars of this century. REMEMBERING the wounded, the disabled, the MIA and POW. Dedicated to those who lost their lives in the Quest For Peace.
World War . . . — — Map (db m118806) WM
On Parkdale Drive at Rogue River Hwy (U.S. 66) on Parkdale Drive.
On this site in 1916, the Oregon Utah Sugar Company erected a large beet factory. C.W. Nibley, director of the company and presiding bishop of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons/L.D.S.), oversaw the project. Nibley's sons, . . . — — Map (db m112529) HM
Near Interstate 5 at milepost 62 near Merlin Road, on the right when traveling north.
The utmost good faith shall always be observed towards the Indians; their lands and property shall never be taken from them without their consent; and, in their property, rights, and liberty, they shall never be invaded or disturbed, unless in . . . — — Map (db m112807) HM
To The American Veterans
of The Korean, Vietnam,
and Persian Gulf Wars.
All Who Shall Hereafter Live In Freedom Will Be Reminded
That To These Men, Women And Their Comrades We Owe
A Debt To Be Paid With Grateful Remembrance Of Their . . . — — Map (db m113311) WM
Near Interstate 5 at milepost 62 near Merlin Road, on the right when traveling north.
The perilous last leg of the Oregon Trail down the Columbia River rapids took lives, including the sons of Jesse and Lindsay Applegate in 1843. The Applegate brothers and others vowed to look for an all-land route into Oregon from Fort Hall (in . . . — — Map (db m167270) HM
On Southeast G Street at Southeast 6th Street, on the right when traveling east on Southeast G Street.
Erected by Charles A. Wing in 1949, upon the site of the first brick building in Grants Pass, which was constructed by John W. Howard in 1886. — — Map (db m91926) HM
On NW Vine Street at NW Morgan Lane, on the right when traveling north on NW Vine Street.
The OREGON CAVEMEN, claiming to be direct descendants of the Neanderthal Man of ancient times, incorporated as a unit Oct, 1922 in a ceremony held secretly in the depths of the Oregon Caves...their claimed homeland and a national monument. The . . . — — Map (db m195601) HM
On Southeast 6th Street, on the right when traveling north.
Joel Perkins was an ambitious young man looking for
riches. Perkins arrived in Oregon in 1844 at the age
of 23 with his mother, father, and four siblings. In
1851 Joel followed wagon tracks from the Willamette
Valley to one of the best spots to . . . — — Map (db m100215) HM
On Redwood Highway (U.S. 199), on the right when traveling north.
In 1854, Mr. James Kerby obtained first donation land claim in what became Kerbyville. Nearby gold fields attracted many miners and the town became a center of commerce. Mr. Kerby became the first postmaster in September 1855 when the Kerbyville . . . — — Map (db m105285) HM
Near Interstate 5 at milepost 62 near Merlin Road, on the right when traveling north.
In memory of
Burrell M. Baucom
an officer and soldier, brave of heart, sincere of purpose and faithful to trust who fell here July 1, 1933 in performance of his duty.
This tablet is inscribed by his fellow members of the
Oregon . . . — — Map (db m112853) HM
On Merlin-Galice Road near Hog Creek Road, on the left when traveling west.
Canyon Formation
Constant flow of water over the volcanic basalt rock carved the 2,100-foot long canyon. With no way for the water to expand to the sides, the river bed was forced to depths of about 100 feet.
Evolution of . . . — — Map (db m112805) HM
On Merlin-Galice Road, on the right when traveling west.
The smallest Indian Reservation ever created. Granted to "Indian Mary" by the U.S. Government in 1894. In recognition of gratitude to her father, Umpqua Joe, who gave the alarm which saved white settlers of this area from a planned massacre. . . . — — Map (db m112780) HM
On Haines Lane near Pleasant Valley Road, on the right when traveling south.
(There are two sides to this marker,)
White settlers and miners out numbers the Oregon Indians. The United States proposed treaties with the Oregon Indians moving off their lands onto reservations. Miners started a group of volunteers . . . — — Map (db m141196) HM
On U.S. 199, 0.1 miles south of Draper Valley Road, on the right when traveling north.
This fortified ranch was a donation land claim filed by Wm. B. Hay in 1854. It was attacked by 200 Takelma Indians on March 23, 1856. A battle including hand-to-hand combat raged into the night. The hostiles withdrew in the morning and . . . — — Map (db m91942) HM
This covered bridge is the one remaining covered bridge in Josephine County. It was constructed by Elmer J. Nelson in 1920 as part of the new Pacific Highway project at a cost of $21,128.65. It was built on Josephine County’s first donation land . . . — — Map (db m63153) HM
On Old Redwood Highway at Fish Hatchery Rd on Old Redwood Highway.
One of the oldest Post Offices still standing in operation in what would have been the State of Jefferson if Japan had not attacked Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7th 1941.
This Post Office was established in what was called Slate Creek. It was established . . . — — Map (db m112513) HM
Near Sunny Valley Loop near Placer Road (Route 34-5-10), on the right when traveling north.
In 1846 the Crowley Family arrived in the valley with the first wagon train over the Applegate Trail.
Martha Leland Crowley, a daughter, succumbed to typhoid fever at the age of 16. She was buried here in a casket made of timber boards from some . . . — — Map (db m114481) HM
On Sunny Valley Loop, on the left when traveling north.
"Move one mile to camp (on Grave Creek), having none last night, and spent the day burying Mr. Cowley's daughter (Martha), who died yesterday evening, age about 14 years." - Virgil K. Pringle, Oct. 19, 1846 — — Map (db m112854) HM
On I-5 Frontage Road at Ritchie Road, on the right when traveling north on I-5 Frontage Road.
The narrow gorge of Canyon Creek has long served as a travel corridor. Native Americans likely trekked this canyon for thousands of years. Alexander McLeod of the Hudson's Bay Company provided the first written account of the route in 1829, while . . . — — Map (db m112856) HM
On Old State Highway 99 South near Front Street, on the left when traveling north.
Between 1846 and 1856 the Applegate Trail through Josephine County became a major travel corridor for settles, miners, freighters and those trekking between Oregon and California. Where the well-traveled route crossed the valley of Wolf Creek, a . . . — — Map (db m114479) HM
On Old State Highway 99 South at Front Street, on the left when traveling north on Old State Highway 99 South.
Generations of Oregon school children learned the lyrics of a song: "Hurry up oh pioneers, your faithful little band must never fail." Applegate Trail emigrants struggled to follow this advice, but the mountainous terrain of northern . . . — — Map (db m153823) HM
On Coyote Creek Road near Bear Gulch Road, on the left when traveling east.
(Three panels are located at this information kiosk:)
Imagine carrying just a backpack and a pick and hearing the shouts of "Gold!" as they rang through this valley.
It's 1851. You've traveled hundreds of miles to make your . . . — — Map (db m115245) HM
On Coyote Creek Road near Bear Gulch Road, on the left when traveling east.
Established in 1890, this mining town was unique in Western annals in that it had two churches and no saloons. The miners went to Placer off Grave Creek for "refreshments".
Rev. William Ruble, leader of a group commonly known as "Campbellites" . . . — — Map (db m114516) HM
On Lower Grave Creek Road, on the left when traveling south.
Henry & Rebecca McMichael were the
first to settle this "little meadow” in
about 1873. Called "Lonesome Cove
Ranch” and later "McMichael Station"
by newsmen who stayed while writing
about mining. In 1875 Nathaniel McNair
established his pack . . . — — Map (db m174492) HM
On Sunny Valley Loop north of Interstate 5, on the left when traveling north.
In 1846, Jesse Applegate and fourteen others from near Dallas, Oregon, established a trail south from the Williamette Valley and east to Fort Hall. This route offered emigrants an alternative to the perilous “last leg” of the Oregon . . . — — Map (db m63155) HM
Near Sunny Valley Loop near Placer Road (Route 34-5-10), on the right when traveling north.
Jesse and Lindsay Applegate, members of the first wave of Oregon Trail emigrants, watched their ten-year old sons drown in the Columbia River when a boat overturned in the rapids near The Dalles in 1843. Once their families were settled, the . . . — — Map (db m114483) HM
On Old State Highway 99 South at Front Street, on the left when traveling north on Old State Highway 99 South.
In 1846, Jesse Applegate and fourteen others from near Dallas, Oregon, established a trail south from the Willamette Valley and east to Fort Hall. This route offered emigrants an alternative to the perilous "last leg" of the Oregon Trail down the . . . — — Map (db m114488) HM
On Front Street at Lower Wolf Creek Road, on the right when traveling south on Front Street.
Wolf Creek Tavern was built c. 1883 by Henry Smith, a highly successful and influential local entrepreneur. The establishment of the hotel, mercantile and post office occurred at the time the Oregon and California Railroad was being completed in . . . — — Map (db m47204) HM