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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24K2_dead-indian-memorial-road_Ashland-OR.html
Long before the first Euro-American emigrants trekked westward, this road was a trail used by the Takelma and Shasta Peoples as a trade route. With the arrival of settlers and gold-seekers, the trail quickly became a wagon road called 'Indian Mark…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24JC_valley-of-the-rogue-applegate-trail-kiosk_Gold-Hill-OR.html
(Seven panels dealing with topics related to the Applegate Trail are found at this kiosk.)
The Applegate Trail
Southern Route to Oregon
In 1846, Jesse Applegate and fourteen others from near Dallas, Oregon, established a trail sou…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24J5_us-army-camp-white_Eagle-Point-OR.html
At the beginning of World War II, the US Army established Camp George A. White in a part of Jackson County then known as the Agate Desert as a training cantonment. Soldiers from across the nation, including women and southern Oregon's first large …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24J4_eagle-point_Eagle-Point-OR.html
Dedicated to
John Mathew
Pioneer of 1853
Named Eagle Point for the Eagles that nested on the Bluffs near his home, 1 mile N.E, on Brownsboro Rd.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24J3_the-takelma_Gold-Hill-OR.html
The world of the Takelma people could be viewed from Titanakh, Table Rocks. Of the two major groups of the Takelma, the Dagelma resided west from here, while the Latgawa extended to the east. These people gathered grass seed, acorns and camas; hun…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24J2_the-lure-of-gold_Gold-Hill-OR.html
Gold was discovered in the sands of the Rogue River in 1849. Overshadowed by the excitement generated by the gold fields in California, mining did not begin here until 1851-52. The discovery of rich placers on Jackson Creek brought prospectors fro…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24IY_barrow-station_Ashland-OR.html
1st Stagecoach Stop this side of Siskiyous
1859 - 1950
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1VHI_the-salmon-ceremony-at-ti-lomikh-falls-historical_Central-Point-OR.html
The Takelma, which means "People of the River," had a village here. According to legend, Ti'lomikh (Te lo meekh) is where Daldal, the Great Dragonfly, brought the Salmon Ceremony. Although the date of the first ceremony is unknown, the People of t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1VH9_the-salmon-ceremony-at-ti-lomikh-falls-historical_Gold-Hill-OR.html
The Takelma, which means "People of the River," had a village here. According to legend, Ti'lomikh (Te lo meekh) is where Daldal, the Great Dragonfly, brought the Salmon Ceremony. Although the date of the first ceremony is unknown, the People of t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1VGT_city-of-gold-hill-historical_Gold-Hill-OR.html
Gold discovered on hill across Rogue River in 1860. Land for Gold Hill donated by Thomas & Rose Chavner in 1884. Railroad built in 1887. Town Inc. Feb. 12, 1895. First school in Methodist Church in 1889. Electricity came from Gold Rey Dam in 1904.…