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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2B4S_undermining-the-great-depression_Jacksonville-OR.html
Gold was first discovered on this portion of Jackson Creek in 1851. Mining continued at this site surrounding the Jacksonville Library for many years. During the 1930s, the decade of the Great Depression, Southern Oregon was a resurgence of its go…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2B4I_history-right-here-furniture-fabrication_Jacksonville-OR.html
Imagine a town hit by a citywide chair shortage. According to at least one pioneer of 1852 this happened in early day Jacksonville.
Word of situation must have reached Yreka, California, where carpenter and builder David Linn was mining for gol…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM252O_beekman-bank-well_Jacksonville-OR.html
At the turn of the century, the Beekman Bank Well was a refreshing stop for two seasonal creeks, Jacksonville suffered from an inadequate domestic water supply for 60 years following the 1852 gold rush. This old well is one of several wells dug in…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM251V_jacksonvilles-rogue-river-valley-railway-1891-1925_Jacksonville-OR.html
Imagine this site in the 1890's. A small but serviceable locomotive, belching steam and smoke, rumbles up to the little depot on the corner. Commuters step from a single passenger car and quickly disperse. Further down the track, in the train yard…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM251U_jacksonville-cemetery-veterans-memorial_Jacksonville-OR.html
In Memory of
Veterans of All Wars
Donated by the
William H. Harrison
Woman's Relief Corps
Of Central Point, Oregon
Auxillary to the
Grand Army of the Republic
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM251Q_the-old-tack-room_Jacksonville-OR.html
This simple frame building — listed on the National Register of Historic Places - is one of the oldest Forest Service structures in the country. Known for many years as the "tack room," it has served a variety of purposes since its…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24S4_history-of-local-telephone-service_Jacksonville-OR.html
"Working Together"
as Partners in Communications and Education
A RESEARCH PROJECT BY GRIFFIN CREEK STUDENTS
SALUTES THE HISTORY OF LOCAL TELEPHONE SERVICE
First Phone Line - 1890
Sunset Telephone Company - 1898
Home Telephone Company - 1910
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24S3_history-right-here-going-for-the-gold_Jacksonville-OR.html
The first gold miners on this site in 1851 were in the right place at the right time. They found gold on Jackson Creek, possibly along the base of the hill across the parking lot. No one knows for certain; the route of the creek has changed countl…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24S2_history-right-here-horse-powers_Jacksonville-OR.html
Both horses and horsepower figure prominently in this site's past. In the 1860s, William J. Plymale (1837-1904) opened a livery stable at Oregon and "D" streets. He sold feed and kept horses and buggies on hand.
Steam Driven Horsepower
Change …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24S0_warren-lodge-no-10_Jacksonville-OR.html
(Marker 1)On this site, in the year 1859, Warren Lodge No. 10 Ancient Free and Accepted Masons erected the first Masonic temple in southern Oregon. Jackson County used the first floor as a courthouse and purchased the building in 1867. The county …