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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24KL_fort-vannoy_Grants-Pass-OR.html
A ford across the Rogue River, 1/4 mile south of this point, was used by the Hudson's Bay Company as early as 1827; by the US Navy Wilkes Expedition in 1841; and by pioneers of the Applegate Trail. Mr. Long built the first permanent non-Indian dw…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24KG_evans-ferry_Grants-Pass-OR.html
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.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24K7_union-veterans-of-the-civil-war-a-war-memorial_Grants-Pass-OR.html
In Memory Of
Union Veterans
of the
1861 Civil War 1865
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24K6_memorial-to-our-fathers-a-war-memorial_Grants-Pass-OR.html
Memorial
To Our Fathers
of the
1861 - Civil War - 1865
Grants Pass Ore.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24JZ_mormon-sugar-beet-factory-site_Grants-Pass-OR.html
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, Al…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1W59_the-perkinsville-ferry-historical_Grants-Pass-OR.html
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 t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Q9Q_the-first-brick-building-in-grants-pass_Grants-Pass-OR.html
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.