Mega Index

MEDFORD/ Medford Bank then became Medford National Bank, (later U.S. National Bank)./ Date: March, 1906.

ASHLAND/Oak Street Garage opened/ Date: 1925

ASHLAND / Oak Street Garage became Oak Street Tank and Steel and moved to Oak and A Streets/ Date: 1946

JACKSONVILLE/First mercantile establishment in Southern Oregon opened, in a tent (Appler & Kenny of Yreka, California/ Date: Feb. 1852

ROGUE VALLEY/First sawmill erected by A. V. Gillette/ Date: 1852

ASHLAND/First sawmill erected by Eber Emery and Abel Helman/ Date: 1852

MEDFORD/KMED Radio established by W. J. Virgin/ Date: 1927

EAGLE POINT/Hanscom Bros. Logging began business/ Date: 1952

MEDFORD/KSYS TV opened Public Broadcasting TV to Medford/ Date: 1977

First grist mills built,(1. Thomas Bros. 2. Helman, Emery & Morris, ASHLAND 3. S.M. Wait, PHOENIX)./ Date: 1854

MEDFORD/Oakland A's Baseball Team established Medford A's as independently owned minor league professional farm team./ Date: 1979

MEDFORD/First National Bank incorporated (later became branch of First National Bank of Portland)./ Date: April 14th 1905

APPLEGATE/Gin Lin Mine established/ Date: 1881

JACKSONVILLE/C.C. Beekman opened Express Service/ Date: 1856

JACKSONVILLE/C.C. Beekman Banking House opened 1st bank in S. Oregon,/ Date: 1857

ASHLAND/Bank of Ashland incorporated, 1st bank in Ashland, merged with 1st National Bank of Ashland, then with 1st National Bank of Portland./…

MEDFORD/1st businesses in Medford, blacksmith shops of G. W. Crystal and G. Wilprel / Date: December 1883

MEDFORD/1st garage opened in Rogue Valley by William Hodson in Medford/ Date: about 1908

MEDFORD/Bear Creek Corp. mail order business established/ Date: Nov. 1934

MEDFORD/Medford Mail Tribune became daily paper./ Date: 1909

MEDFORD/Farmers & Fruit growers Bank opened later absorbed by U. S. National Bank)./ Date: 1909

ASHLAND/Ashland Community Hospital opened on Maple st./ Date: 1961

UNION CREEK/Lodge burned and rebuilt/ Date: 1936

ASHLAND/Helman Baths (swimming pool) opened to the public/ Date: 1886

MEDFORD/Bear Creek Corp. new plant built/ Date: 1937

MEDFORD/First 4th of July celebration held on S. Central Avenue/ Date: 1884

MEDFORD/Pear Blossom Festival started/ Date: 1954

MEDFORD/First fair held in Medford north end of town/ Date: 1897

ROGUE VALLEY/First Annual County Fair held/ Date: 1872

JACKSONVILLE/Britt Music Festival began/ Date: 1963