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004889

Turtle farm-- Interior view of turtles in pen; people looking into pens: Tex DeBar, Mike Hanley, Rachel Alford. On Rogue River near Bybee Bridge; notation in Southern Oregon Historical Society minutes, March 8, 1955: 'Claire Hanley now showed some

1898 pictures of the turtle pens which the Italians used in this valley, the turtles being shipped to Italy.' Jackson County (Or.) Potter Palmer Turtle Farm

Year or Date Range
ca. 1898
Location
G38 D 6
Scan Location
Agriculture\SOHS 04889 Ranch and farm animals, turtle farm on Rogue River near Bybee Bridge.tif