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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM254U_scottsburg_Scottsburg-OR.html
Few Oregon communities have had a more colorful history than Scottsburg. It was named for Levi Scott, a pioneer of 1844, who homesteaded here and founded the town in 1850. There was a lower town at the head of tidewater on the Umpqua River which b…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2548_what-is-a-steam-donkey_Reedsport-OR.html
Oxen Replaced Mules And Donkeys -
Steam Donkeys Replaced Oxen
By the early 1900's steam yarders or steam donkeys, as they came to be known, industrialized logging.
These large steel and cast iron steam machines were used to stretch ca…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM252Z_fort-umpqua_Elkton-OR.html
On the west bank and upstream is the site of Fort Umpqua.
Established in 1836 by the Hudson's Bay Company, the fort was a twelve foot high and ninety foot square stockade with bastions at diagonal corners.
The fort served as a dwelling for super…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM250L_douglas-county-veterans-memorial-a-war-memorial_Roseburg-OR.html
This memorial is dedicated to all Douglas County Men and Women who have served their country in its several armed conflicts and especially to those who make the supreme sacrifice, many of whom are listed here.
Re-dedicated July 4, 2010
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24UX_medal-of-honor-recipients-a-war-memorial_Roseburg-OR.html
This tree
dedicated by the Veterans
Administration in 1976 to
America's Medal of Honor
recipients who helped
make this Bicentennial
observance possible
"By gallantry above and
beyond the call of duty"
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24RK_the-hebe-fountain_Roseburg-OR.html
The original Hebe Fountain was a joint project of the 1895 Mental Culture Club (now known as the Roseburg Woman's Club) and the Women's Christian Temperance Union. Providing water for horses, dogs, and humans, the fountain stood in the intersectio…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24RJ_the-blast-site_Roseburg-OR.html
This is the site of the explosion which occurred in the early hours of August 7, 1959, resulting in fourteen deaths and injuring fifty seven persons. A fire in a lumber yard detonated a truck loaded with explosives and caused property losses estim…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24OC_canyonville-applegate-trail-kiosk_Canyonville-OR.html
(Seven panels dealing with topics related to the Applegate Trail are found at this kiosk.)
Applegate Trail
Southern Route to Oregon
In 1846, Jesse Applegate and fourteen others from near Dallas, Oregon, established a trail sout…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24NZ_homeland-of-the-cow-creeks_Canyonville-OR.html
This portion of the southwest Oregon is homeland to the Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Indians. They thrived here for thousands of years before contact with Euro-Americans. Living in plank-house villages, they followed a seasonal round of resource use. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24NL_canyon-creek_Canyonville-OR.html
The narrow gorge of Canyon Creek has long served as a travel corridor. Native Americans likely trekked this canyon for thousands of years. Alexander McLeod of the Hudson's Bay Company provided the first written account of the route in 1829, while …