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History of Medford by Jane Snedicor; with other writings on local history by various authors

Ashland in Retrospect by Prof. I.E. Vining, 1931, Jacksonville, Fort Lane by Alice Applegate Sargent, Old Jacksonville Church by Mrs. Frank Tou…

979.527 S54 1950 c.2 Library
Master Manual of Fact Sheets

Master Manual of 23 S.O.H.S. History Fact Sheets  Union Creek, Mill Creek Falls, Barr Creek Falls, Cole Rivers Hatchery, Ralph Bunyan Statue…

917,952 S7 Library
Notes on Historical Events -- Applegate Ranger District

Notes on Historical Events -- Applegate Ranger District (as related by Ranger Lee Port), 1945 

917.9527 P67 1945 Library
Jackson County Resource Inventory

This Jackson County Resource Inventory was complied by the 451st Civil Affairs Group, United States Army Reserve, of Portland, Oregon, during 1975…

917.9527 U55 1975 c.1 Library
"Your Invitation to Oregon: White City Industrial Park"

White City Industrial Park, White City, Oregon, by David H. Irving, and General Manager 1967

917.9528 W45 1967 Library
Medford Has Found Itself

1923 Survey by the Chamber of Commerce, R. W. Ruhl, W. H. Crawford, John H. Carkin

917.9528 M43 1923 Library
Medford Orcharding District

Photocopy from the University of Oregon Archives, Eugene, by Elizabeth Wagner, 1913.  Old Medford, Medford in Transition, New Medford.

917.9527 W34 1913 Library
Ashland High School Humanities Building

By George Kramer. Ashland School District No. 5, State Level Documentation.  May 14, 2025. Architectural study, illustrated with photographs…

I Drive LINK Library
Where the Trails Are

Ashland - Medford and Beyond, Updated for Hikers, Bikers, Equestrians, by Bill Williams.  How to find nearly 150 recreation trails located in…

917.9527 W4 Library
Jackson County Resource Inventory

This Resource Inventory Handbook was compiled by the 451st Civil Affairs, United States Army Reserve, of Portland, Oregon, during 1975 active duty…

917.9527 U55 1975 c. 2 Library
The Sams Valley Meteoritic Shower

by Erwin F. Lange published in "the Ore Bin"  Vol 29. No. 8 August 1967 The Meteorite in Sams Valley was found by George P. Lindley, and…

PAM 523.51 L35 1967 Library
The Port Orford, Oregon Meteorite Mystery

by Roy S. Clarke, Jr. Smithsonian Contributions to the Earth Sciences Number 31 includes : John Evans and the Port Orford Meteorite Hoax; A…

PAM 523.51 P85 Library
Crater Lake- Gem of the Cascades

The Geological Story of Crater Lake National Park by K R Cranson

PAM 551.2 C73 1980 Library
Geological history of Crater Lake

Crater Lake National Park Department of the Interior 1912 by J S Diller with photographic illustrations. and map

PAM 550.0975 U55 1912 Library
Volcano First Seventy Days Mount St. Helens 1980

Concept and Design by Robert D Shangle Text by Linda Kelso June 1980 

PAM 551.2 K44 1980 Library
Crater Lake - An Epic in Volcanology

by Ernest A. Rostel published in the Natural History Jan-Feb 1933 Vol 33 No. 1 The Journal of the American Museum of Natural History  pages…

PAM 551.205 N38 1933 Library
The Ore Bin

State of Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries Vol 32, No. 4 April 1970 includes article titled "Volcanic Eruptions: The Pioneers'…

PAM 551.21 F64 1970 Library
Fissure, Friction or Froth

The Story of the unusual hot water belt underlying the city of Klamath Falls, Oregon by Lois I Boyle" Information for this paper has been obtained…

PAM 551.23 B69 1962 Library
Journal of a Mountain Man

by James Clyman, edited by Linda M. Hasselstrom 1984

Fur Trade Series

978.02 C58 1084 Library
Into the Western Winds: Pioneer Boys Traveling the Overland Trails

by Mary Barmeyer O'Brien, 2003

978.02 O3 2003 Library
Creating the West: Historical Interpretation 1890-1990

by Gerald D. Nash, 1991

978.0072 N23 1991 Library
Blacks in the West

by W. Sherman Savage 1976

978.004 S39 1976 Library
Black Powder and Hand Steel

Miners and Machines on the Old Western Frontier

by Otis E Young, Jr. 1975

978 Y69 1976 Library
The Wild West

companion volume to the television miniseries

forward by Dee Brown, Time-Life Book 1993

978 /w66 1993 Library
The Saloon on the Rocky Mountain Mining Frontier

by Elliott West 1979

978 W48 1979 Library
Ezra Meeker; Champion of the Oregon Trail

by Bert and Margie Webber, 1992

978 W43 1992 Library
Gold and Silver in the West

The Illustrated History of an American Dream

by T.H. Watkins 1971

brief mention of Oregon mines

978 W38 1972 Library
A Room for the Night: Hotels of the Old West

by Richard A. Van Orman, 1966

978 1969.65.86235 1966 Library
The Plains Across

The Overland Emigrants and the Trans Mississippi West, 1840-60

by John D Unruh, Jr., 1979

978 U57 1979 Library
The Old Oregon Trail

Hearings by House of Representatives on marking the Old Oregon Trail. 1925

978 UNI 1925 Library