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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…
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Taken from a grist mill built in old town of Oakland by Dr. Dorsey S. Baker in 1851. It turned the grinding stone that ground the grain to meal and flour. Shipped by boat around Cape Horn in the older days.
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Established in 1851 by Dr. Dorsey S. Baker. The town moved to the present site in 1872 when the O&C Railroad reached this point. Alonzo F. Brown founded the new town. Fires destroyed the wooden buildings. The existing brick buildings were built in…
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Dedicated to the memory of Rev. J.A. Cornwall and Family They built the First Immigrant Cabin in Douglas County near this site hence the name Cabin Creek The family wintered here in 1846     1847 Were saved from extreme want by Israe…
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The story of the Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians is a tale of perseverance and strong recovery in the face of great loss. Epidemics and hostilities with miners let to large population declines. The tribe entered into a treaty with the Un…
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