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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM23LL_site-of-bank-of-sumpter_Sumpter-OR.html
Bank was established in 1899 with a capital stock of $10,000.00. The first officers were A.P. Goss, President and A.H. Goss, Cashier. The bank was destroyed by fire on August 13, 1917 and the vault is all that remains.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM23LH_a-tale-of-the-tailings_Sumpter-OR.html
As you drove here, you probably saw long rows of rocks all over the valley. These are tailings - topsoil , riverbed rock, and bedrock, left behind by 40 years of dredging.
Because of the dredges' systematic destruction, the original meadow and b…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM23LG_anchoring-the-dredge_Sumpter-OR.html
As you look at the tailings in an aerial photograph or along the road, you'll see that they're played out in neat lines. Why are they straight? Because the dredge had an "anchor" to keep it going forward in a line, rather than wandering over the l…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM212L_a-working-dredge_Sumpter-OR.html
The dredge is a huge but simple machine for mining an ancient river bed for gold. It is an expensive, powerful improvement on the shovel and rocker box.
Miners used to call the dredge a "goose"—-and for good reason. The dredge is "fed" a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM212I_ah-hee-diggings_Sumpter-OR.html
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These Chinese Miners Must Have Felt Like Sysyphus Pushing a Large Rock Uphill Forever, as in Greek Mythology.
The backbreaking labor of stacking and re-stacking sixteen acres of rocks here at the Ah Hee Diggings on Granite Creek mu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20O4_floating-in-its-own-pond_Sumpter-OR.html
The dredge floated in about nine feet of water- but it could move anywhere it wanted in the valley because it took its pond with it.
Hard to imagine, isn't it? It worked because the dredge dug a pond for itself to float in as it moved — s…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20NS_a-golden-history_Sumpter-OR.html
Welcome to the historic world of Sumpter Valley Dredge State Heritage Area! Here you will find one of the largest gold dredges in the United States.
There are many ways to learn about the dredge and the people who worked it, from tours to trail…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20LL_the-fremont-powerhouse-historic-district_Sumpter-OR.html
Natural landforms gave local settlers an opportunity to shape history. As you explore the remains of the gold rush era, consider the partnership of people and nature.
A lake the ice forgot
When the Ice Age glaciers melted, they left behind …