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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24RT_table-rock-monument_Central-Point-OR.html
Honoring the courageous men, led by
General Joseph Lane
who on Sept. 10, 1853 met near this spot
and signed a treaty of peace
with the Rogue River Indians.
Col. John E.Ross, Capt. J. W. Nesmith, Capt. L. F. Mosher
Capt. A. J. Smith, Lieut. A…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24RQ_medford-auto-company-building_Medford-OR.html
This single-story concrete structure was built in 1926 for the Medford Auto Company, and is one of many similar structures built on this portion of the Pacific Highway referred to as "auto row" from 1925 to 1930. This building was home to the Buic…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24RP_applegate-trail-fort-birdseye_Gold-Hill-OR.html
"Followed down the river (with some of our too
neighborly Indians) about 12 m[ile] and camped"
- Lester Hulin, Oct 17, 1847
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24QO_douglas-c-ingram-memorial-tree_Butte-Falls-OR.html
On August 1, 1929, while fighting the Camas Creek fire in Washington, Douglas C. Ingram lost his life. This Ponderosa pine, a seedling at the time of his death, is preserved in his memory as a monument to his guidance and inspirations to all land …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24LI_lonesome-hickory_Eagle-Point-OR.html
Carya ovata
Mary Louisa Black planted this shagbark hickory near her home in 1866 from nuts she carried from Missouri on the Oregon Trail in 1865. Of the nuts she planted, two grew into trees. This tree is the lone survivor of snow, summer heat…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24L7_tub-springs-sugar-pine_Ashland-OR.html
Pinus lambertiana
When settlers crossed on the Applegate Trail, sugar pine trees dominated this landscape. Native Americans had seasonal camps and purposefully managed the sugar pines, including using a hook-ladder to move up the tiered branche…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24L6_britt-sequoia_Jacksonville-OR.html
Sequoiadendron giganteum
On March 22, 1862, the day of his son Emil's birth, Peter Britt planted this giant sequoia by his home. Britt was a pioneer photographer, skilled horticulturist, and leader in Southern Oregon's lucrative fruit industry.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24KP_the-city-of-rogue-river_Grants-Pass-OR.html
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 find…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24KO_crossing-the-rogue_Grants-Pass-OR.html
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 …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24KN_rising-above-the-rogue_Grants-Pass-OR.html
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 thei…