This camp was first established as a fort during the Rogue River Indian War. Reactivated at the opening of the Civil War and garrisoned by the Baker guards of the 1st Oregon Infantry
Named in honor of Colonel E.D. Baker killed in the Battle of . . . — — Map (db m148952) HM
Applegate Trail emigrants required up to four days to travel from the Klamath River over the Cascades and Siskiyous to the Rouge River valley. The journey may have challenged those with healthy oxen, but it was a devastating trail for those whose . . . — — Map (db m88403) HM
In July 1846 Jesse Applegate, Levi Scott and thirteen others known as "The South Road Party" located this pioneer trail. It was used by the emigrants traveling from Fort Hall on the Oregon Trail to the Rogue River and Willamette Valleys between . . . — — Map (db m88005) HM
Southern Route to Oregon
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 . . . — — Map (db m88017) HM
The graceful, arched Depot Street Bridge, completed in 2005, was built to replace the steel-truss Depot Street Bridge, which served the community since 1950. Years of wear and tear, increasing traffic, and larger haul loads took their toll on the . . . — — Map (db m112766) HM
This site has been an important Rogue River crossing since 1851, when Davis "Coyote" Evans began a ferry service. Evans' business, though short-lived, was one of the only three ferries to cross the Rogue River (over 200 miles long) - establishing . . . — — Map (db m112764) HM
Davis Evans established the first ferry this site in 1851. It was known as Jewett's Ferry, 1853-1861. The 1862 flood destroyed the ferry, but it was replaced. The Woodville (Rogue River) Bridge was built in 1909. — — Map (db m112488) HM
December 22, 1964 dawned on the Rogue River with heavy rain and unseasonably warm temperatures. As the day passed, townsfolk cast nervous glances at the rising turbid river water. They began moving their belongings to upper floors and vacated their . . . — — Map (db m112765) HM
In the early 1800s, the Rogue River flowed through a rugged and untamed land - home to a handful of Tutuni and Shasta bands of Native Americans. In the 1840s, thousands of pioneers and fortune-seekers streamed through this land with dreams of . . . — — Map (db m112763) HM
Casper M. Ruch started the Ruch settlement at this cross roads site between Crescent City and Jacksonville in 1896. On ten acres purchased from J.M. McDonough be built a home, blacksmith shop, warehouse, dance hall, store, and smoke house, curing . . . — — Map (db m112485) HM
"The valley is about 3 miles wide here. It is not the main Rogue
River Valley, but a branch of it called Bear Creek...The first
tomatoes and melon patch I found I helped myself to as many as
I could eat being very hungary" - Wellborn Beeson, . . . — — Map (db m152443) HM
This is the site of Fort Wagner, a primitive structure built in 1853-1854 by Captain Alden of Yreka, California. Jacob Wagner, Talent's first settler of European descent, was the property owner. — — Map (db m244164) HM
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Memory of
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M. Thompson Wayne V. Combest
Arthur L. Lockwood Dean B. Ashcraft
Alton G. Schaffe Victor V. Anderson
Clarence W. Mathes Paul H. Scofield
Richard E. Frye
And Those Who . . . — — Map (db m113023) WM
At the beginning of World War II, the US Army established Camp George A. White in a part of Jackson County then known as the Agate Desert as a training cantonment. Soldiers from across the nation, including women and southern Oregon's first large . . . — — Map (db m112575) HM
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