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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 …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24MH_the-1846-applegate-trail_Grants-Pass-OR.html
The perilous last leg of the Oregon Trail down the Columbia River rapids took lives, including the sons of Jesse and Lindsay Applegate in 1843. The Applegate brothers and others vowed to look for an all-land route into Oregon from Fort Hall (in pr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24LY_from-homeland-to-tragedy_Grants-Pass-OR.html
The Rogue Valley has been the traditional homelands of three distinct language- based tribal groups since ancient times: Takelma, Dakubetede/Taltushtuntude, and Shasta. Tribes shared similar cultural and societal practices, subsistence patterns, h…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24LX_no-land-is-free_Grants-Pass-OR.html
The utmost good faith shall always be observed towards the Indians; their lands and property shall never be taken from them without their consent; and, in their property, rights, and liberty, they shall never be invaded or disturbed, unless in jus…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24KL_fort-vannoy_Grants-Pass-OR.html
A ford across the Rogue River, 1/4 mile south of this point, was used by the Hudson's Bay Company as early as 1827; by the US Navy Wilkes Expedition in 1841; and by pioneers of the Applegate Trail. Mr. Long built the first permanent non-Indian dw…
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/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.