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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24K7_union-veterans-of-the-civil-war-a-war-memorial_Grants-Pass-OR.html
In Memory Of
Union Veterans
of the
1861 Civil War 1865
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24K6_memorial-to-our-fathers-a-war-memorial_Grants-Pass-OR.html
Memorial
To Our Fathers
of the
1861 - Civil War - 1865
Grants Pass Ore.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24JZ_mormon-sugar-beet-factory-site_Grants-Pass-OR.html
On this site in 1916, the Oregon Utah Sugar Company erected a large beet factory. C.W. Nibley, director of the company and presiding bishop of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons/L.D.S.), oversaw the project. Nibley's sons, Al…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24JS_fort-briggs_Cave-Junction-OR.html
A refuge for white settlers during the Indian wars of 1855-1856 stood on this site. George E. Briggs took up a donation land claim in February 1854 and built a cabin of squared logs. he farmed and ran a freight packing operation in 1856. Briggs, t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24JR_triple-nickles_Cave-Junction-OR.html
Triple Nickels
Formed in 1943, the all-Black 555th Parachute Infantry Battalion was the first opportunity for African officers and enlisted men to become paratroopers in the segregated US Army during World War II.
Racial Segregation Ended
The…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1W59_the-perkinsville-ferry-historical_Grants-Pass-OR.html
Joel Perkins was an ambitious young man looking for
riches. Perkins arrived in Oregon in 1844 at the age
of 23 with his mother, father, and four siblings. In
1851 Joel followed wagon tracks from the Willamette
Valley to one of the best spots t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QCO_fort-hay_Selma-OR.html
This fortified ranch was a donation land claim filed by Wm. B. Hay in 1854. It was attacked by 200 Takelma Indians on March 23, 1856. A battle including hand-to-hand combat raged into the night. The hostiles withdrew in the morning and reinforceme…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Q9Q_the-first-brick-building-in-grants-pass_Grants-Pass-OR.html
Erected by Charles A. Wing in 1949, upon the site of the first brick building in Grants Pass, which was constructed by John W. Howard in 1886.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16X5_oregon-caves-national-monument_Cave-Junction-OR.html
Upper plaque:National MonumentSet aside byPresident TaftJuly 12, 1909Lower plaque: Department of the InteriorNational Park ServiceRegulations require that all persons enteringcaves be accompanied by an authorized guide.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16WW_the-applegate-trail_Wolf-Creek-OR.html
In 1846, Jesse Applegate and fourteen others from near Dallas, Oregon, established a trail south from the Williamette Valley and east to Fort Hall. This route offered emigrants an alternative to the perilous "last leg" of the Oregon Trail down the…