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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2COK_the-cottage-hotel_Wilsonville-OR.html
The Cottage Hotel. . Built in 1905, The Cottage Hotel is one of the many buildings constructed during the time that the Oregon Electric Railway ran through Wilsonville. The hotel's business was directly dependent on the railroad's passenger servic…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CNQ_site-of-the-train-depot_Wilsonville-OR.html
Site of the Train Depot. . The Oregon Electric Railway was completed during the first decade of the 1900s, coming initially from Portland to Wilsonville, then on to Salem and Eugene after construction of a mile-long trestle across the Willamette R…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2B64_peter-britt-a-passion-for-his-garden_Central-Point-OR.html
Peter Britt was one of Jacksonville's best known and respected pioneers. He is remembered for the pictures he took and the plants he grew.
An avid gardener, Britt surrounded his home with ornamental shrubs and exotic trees, which he started pla…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2B4S_undermining-the-great-depression_Jacksonville-OR.html
Gold was first discovered on this portion of Jackson Creek in 1851. Mining continued at this site surrounding the Jacksonville Library for many years. During the 1930s, the decade of the Great Depression, Southern Oregon was a resurgence of its go…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2B4I_history-right-here-furniture-fabrication_Jacksonville-OR.html
Imagine a town hit by a citywide chair shortage. According to at least one pioneer of 1852 this happened in early day Jacksonville.
Word of situation must have reached Yreka, California, where carpenter and builder David Linn was mining for gol…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2B4G_peter-britt-man-of-culture-and-commerce_Central-Point-OR.html
Peter Britt was an extraordinary man of vision and accomplishment. His curiosity, motivation and experimental nature, matched with a keen business sense, allowed him to merge broad-ranging interests into a wide assortment of successful endeavors.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2B1D_applegate-trail-pioneers_Phoenix-OR.html
In Honor of the Following Pioneers who in the Year
1846 Blazed the First Trail Through the Wilderness
of Southern Oregon and the Rogue River Valley
Lindsay Applegate — Robert Smith — John Jones
Jesse Applegate — Moses Harri…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2AVN_the-belknap-settlement_Monroe-OR.html
United Methodist
Historic Site
No. 323
In Memory of the Pioneers of
The Belknap Settlement
Who Served God Faithfully
In An Untamed Land (Marker Number 323.)
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2A4F_oswego-landing_Lake-Oswego-OR.html
In the early 19th century, the river landing at the mouth of Oswego Creek was a convenient camping place for explorers, fur traders, and pioneers. In the words of one old timer, it was "a stopping place, a sort of a relay station for boats both la…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29XZ_a-town-is-born_Medford-OR.html
Destined to become the region's largest city and a major economic hub, Medford began in 1883 when the railroad came to Southern Oregon.
In the fall of 1883, four property owners deeded part of their land to the Oregon and California Railroad fo…