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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25IS_an-oregon-fossil-rush_Dayville-OR.html
"What is it that urges a man to risk his life in these precipitous fossil beds? I can answer only for myself, but with me there were two motives, the desire to add to human knowledge, which has been a great motive all my life, and the hunti…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25IJ_the-advent-christian-church_John-Day-OR.html
This church was built in the late 1890s by an Advent Christian minister. Dedicated in 1900, it was used for worship until the 1930s.
After this congregation disbanded, the church was vacant for several years. During the early 1940s the church…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24SD_kam-wah-chung-company-building_John-Day-OR.html
Has Been Designated a
National Historic Landmark
This property possesses national significance
in commemorating the history of the
United States of America
Kam Wah Chung Company Building is the best and earliest known example of …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM221A_changing-times-in-bear-valley_Seneca-OR.html
For the longest time life here in Bear Valley as quiet and change was slow.
Native American seasonal camps gave way to small ranching operations of the first Europeans. In good weather the stagecoach ran through the valley. And in 1895, postma…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2219_from-logging-camp-to-a-town_Seneca-OR.html
After spending a day skidding logs, laying track or building Seneca's first homes, the workers needed a place to call home; temporarily at least.
In 1928 "Camp One" was established southwest of here, and with boxcars for homes, commissary, sto…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21YW_mascall-overlook_Dayville-OR.html
Marker 1 Shows an overview map of the National Monument with other points of interest.
Marker 2 Like Icing on a Cake. "Between 16.6 million and 15 million years ago, eastern Oregon sat above the nascent Yellowstone hot spot's rising jet of basalt…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21OE_civilian-conservation-corps_John-Day-OR.html
The CCC was created in 1933 to provide young men useful work during the Depression. Camp Canyon Creek (Company 1231) was established in 1937. The CCC built numerous facilities such as District offices, the John Day Compound, fire guard stations, l…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21OA_john-day-canyon-city_John-Day-OR.html
The mining camp town of Canyon City sprang up soon after the discovery of gold in Canyon Creek in 1861 (Note: actually June of 1862).
When Grant County was formed in 1864 Canyon City became the county seat. Meanwhile, "Lower Town" developed a mi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21K1_the-oxbow-conservation-area_OR.html
There are five markers describing the area
Marker 1:
A history of human interaction with the land
From tribal use to ranching, gold mining, and ecological restoration, the land that is now the Oxbow Conservation Area has a long history of hum…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21K0_as-told-by-an-old-timer_John-Day-OR.html
There are four graves, that of two women and two men. We do not have records of their time of passing, their names, or their individual location within this enclosure, but assume it to be during the gold rush days of 1862-1880. We also do not know…