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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2E30_the-shone-charley-house_Medford-OR.html
The Shone-Charley House. Waverly Cottage. Waverly Cottage, also known as the Shone-Charley House, was constructed in 1895 by Joe Shone in the Queen Anne/Eastlake Style. Shone was born in England in 1865, and arrived in Medford in 1895 with a wife …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2E2D_beall-black-walnut_Central-Point-OR.html
Beall Black Walnut. Juglans nigra. In 1863, on this site, Robert Vinton Beall, an Oregon Trail pioneer and relative to four Maryland governors, built one of the first frame buildings in Jackson County, a Gothic Revival house that is listed on the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2D7S_the-applegate-trail_Ashland-OR.html
The Applegate Trail. . In the spring of 1846 pioneers settling in the western valleys of Oregon encouraged the opening of an alternate wagon route from the states to their settlements—one that avoided the perils of the Columbia River, and on…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2B64_peter-britt-a-passion-for-his-garden_Central-Point-OR.html
Peter Britt was one of Jacksonville's best known and respected pioneers. He is remembered for the pictures he took and the plants he grew.
An avid gardener, Britt surrounded his home with ornamental shrubs and exotic trees, which he started pla…
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/HM2B4G_peter-britt-man-of-culture-and-commerce_Central-Point-OR.html
Peter Britt was an extraordinary man of vision and accomplishment. His curiosity, motivation and experimental nature, matched with a keen business sense, allowed him to merge broad-ranging interests into a wide assortment of successful endeavors.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2B1D_applegate-trail-pioneers_Phoenix-OR.html
In Honor of the Following Pioneers who in the Year
1846 Blazed the First Trail Through the Wilderness
of Southern Oregon and the Rogue River Valley
Lindsay Applegate — Robert Smith — John Jones
Jesse Applegate — Moses Harri…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29XZ_a-town-is-born_Medford-OR.html
Destined to become the region's largest city and a major economic hub, Medford began in 1883 when the railroad came to Southern Oregon.
In the fall of 1883, four property owners deeded part of their land to the Oregon and California Railroad fo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29XY_medford-boomed-as-orchards-bloomed_Medford-OR.html
With railroad access to distant markets, the orchard industry flourished. Hundreds of thousands of apple and pear trees were planted in the early 1900s, and commercial fruit became the Rogue Valley's major export.
Promoters widely advertised th…