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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25QT_golden_Wolf-Creek-OR.html
Established in 1890, this mining town was unique in Western annals in that it had two churches and no saloons. The miners went to Placer off Grave Creek for "refreshments".
Rev. William Ruble, leader of a group commonly known as "Campbellites" b…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25QS_gold_Wolf-Creek-OR.html
(Three panels are located at this information kiosk:)
Imagine carrying just a backpack and a pick and hearing the shouts of "Gold!" as the rang through this valley.
It's 1851. You've traveled hundreds of miles to make you fortune in C…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25Q7_grave-creek_Wolf-Creek-OR.html
In 1846 the Crowley Family arrived in the valley with the first wagon train over the Applegate Trail.
Martha Leland Crowley, a daughter, succumbed to typhoid fever at the age of 16. She was buried here in a casket made of timber boards from som…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25Q6_the-applegate-trail_Wolf-Creek-OR.html
Jesse and Lindsay Applegate, members of the first wave of Oregon Trail emigrants, watched their ten-year old sons drown in the Columbia River when a boat overturned in the rapids near The Dalles in 1843. Once their families were settled, the Apple…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25Q5_febble-hungry-and-haggard_Wolf-Creek-OR.html
Generations of Oregon school children learned the lyrics of a song: "Hurry up oh pioneers, your faithful little band must never fail." Applegate Trail emigrants struggled to follow this advice, but the mountainous terrain of northern Josephine Cou…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25Q0_early-traveler-accommodations_Wolf-Creek-OR.html
Between 1846 and 1856 the Applegate Trail through Josephine County became a major travel corridor for settles, miners, freighters and those trekking between Oregon and California. Where the well-traveled route crossed the valley of Wolf Creek, a s…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25PX_the-apple-gate-trail_Wolf-Creek-OR.html
In 1846, Jesse Applegate and fourteen others from near Dallas, Oregon, established a trail south from the Willamette Valley and east to Fort Hall. This route offered emigrants an alternative to the perilous "last leg" of the Oregon Trail down the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2515_riverside-park-memorial-flagpole-a-war-memorial_Grants-Pass-OR.html
In Recognition Of The
Josephine County Casualties
Of War
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM250H_josephine-county-peace-memorial-a-war-memorial_Grants-Pass-OR.html
Honoring the men & women of Josephine County who served their country in the wars of this century. REMEMBERING the wounded, the disabled, the MIA and POW. Dedicated to those who lost their lives in the Quest For Peace.
World War I 1914 - 1918
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24NN_burrell-m-baucom_Grants-Pass-OR.html
In memory of
Burrell M. Baucom
an officer and soldier, brave of heart, sincere of purpose and faithful to trust who fell here July 1, 1933 in performance of his duty.
This tablet is inscribed by his fellow members of the
Oregon State …