Golden Days and Pioneer Ways c.1 and c.2
by Ruth Pfefferle copyright 1977
published by Josephine County Historical Society, Bulletin Publishing Company, Grants Pass, Oregon
I. history of Illinois Valley, law and order in days of gold, Happy Camp, Holland, Kerbyville July 4, 1890, first flag raised in Kerby, Love's Station, downtown Selma 1905, Laurel Cemetery, how places got their names
II. days of gold, copper and chrome--mining in Illinois Valley; Placer mines, the dredge, Frenchman's Lost Mine, Wounded Buck Mine, grandfather mining laws, the Scotch Claim, Chinese laborers, Chinese buried here, moved years ago, Year of the Tiger
III. Pioneers, Takilma, Illinois to Illinois Valley, old Dear Creek history, early days and ways of Dryden & family who settled there, life and memories of a Valley pioneer, the Cameron-Valen family, Meissner family, Jimmy Little, Gilmores, Eb and Eleanor Hogue, Ebenezer's grandson, Elsie Hogue and her brothers, Seyferths pioneers, Dr. James Spence, D.S.Holton-doctor & businessman, pioneer hotel keeper, pioneer stories: Kerby's Main Street, stories lost forever, gypsies in the valley, Hervey was Sheriff, the historic Maple Tree, a golden wedding anniversary celebration, Barbara Tucker reminiscing, Wallace Kohler, daughter of the Revolution
IV. school days: Phayo's first day in school, Payne School, Kerby Schools, White School, teachers in those early day schools
V. transportation --early days, freight wagon in 1911, 1904 and before, travel in the "Good Old Days"
VI. stories by Phayo Pfefferle: Indian lore, Kerby boy goes to big city, depression days of the 30's, early day motorcycle trip from Bakersfield to Billings
VII. Misc: museum musings, Kerby, students study history, running river rapids, the Woodcock Place, old cars, census records-1865, poison oak, interesting events, ghosts at Waldo, Benjamin Harrison Dickey 94th birthday celebrated, the Canary, a very important cat, CCC boys in the Illinois Valley
VIII. Oregon Caves: an old story retold, through the Caves in Summer 1930
IX. special days: Christmas, Fourth of July, Old Timer's picnic, Spring comes to the valley, June and romance, Harvest time