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Copper Post Office

The Copper, CA post office opened to especially serve the workers of the Blue Ledge Copper Mine and, in 1924, was moved 3 miles north, one mile into Oregon. The new post office was in the cabin of postmistress Mamie Winningham on the Applegate River near the mouth of Carberry Creek on the road between Elliot Creek, CA and Steamboat, OR. The post office closed after postmaster R. R. Rooney resigned. Copper now lies under the lake created by the Applegate Dam.
Where did they go? Following the mail trail of the DPOs of Jackson County, Oregon (SHS 979.5281 S93 2013)

Colestin Post Office

Byron Cole was first postmaster having re-named and then moved the White Point post office to Colestin. It was located two miles NW of the White Point station on the SP railroad at the site of the historic Dollarhyde Toll Stagecoach Station. Colestin was named for pioneer settler Rufus Cole who opened the spa there in 1894 with hotel, camp grounds and mineral water bottling plant. On the SP Shasta Line, 3 miles SW of the Siskiyou summit tunnel, the resort had special trains bringing people to the spa from California and Ashland.

Climax Post Office

Climax was located on Antelope Creek around 10 miles east of Phoenix and 10 miles due south of Lake Creek. According to Bertha Charley, the last postmistress, the post office was named by John Wyland who saw its establishment as the climax of his petition drives. The post office moved from home to home about six times, starting in the home of the first postmistress, Mary E. Worlow. Delivery was three times a week from Wellen, a way station of Eagle Point.

Central Point Post Office

Central Point was named by Isaac Constant, a local pioneer landowner at the crossing of the most traveled pioneer wagon roads of the Rogue River Valley. One led from Jacksonville to Sam's Valley and the Table Rocks area. The other road was the NS route between California and the Willamette Valley. In 1868, the Macgruder brothers established a store at the crossing and, in 1872, Constance Macgruder became the first postmistress of Central Point.
Where did they go? Following the mail trail of the DPOs of Jackson County, Oregon (SHS 979.5281 S93 2013)

Camp White

Named in honor of Major-General George A. White (adjutant general for Oregon and commander of the 41st Division who d. Nov. 23 1941), the camp was 10 miles North of Medford. It was authorized January 1942, and dedicated Sept. 15, 1942, as a WWII training center. Camp White was a 77 square mile installation of over 900 buildings and 400,000 people at its peak. Although deactivated in 1946, some buildings were retained and in 1948, developed into a Veterans' Domiciliary serving veterans today as the Southern Oregon Rehabilitation Center and Clinic.

Butte Falls Post Office

Established June 28, 1906, the Butte Falls post office is still serving the busy town and rural patrons. 

Where did they go? Following the mail trail of the DPOs of Jackson County, Oregon (SHS 979.5281 S93 2013)

Butte Falls 1, 1940

Butte Falls 2, 1914

Butte Falls 5, 1906

Butte Falls 6, 1906 diagram

Buncom Post Office

Buncom is located about 12 miles W of Ashland at the junction of Sterling Creek and the Little Applegate River. In 1853, Samuel Phillps established mining claims and farms and in 1867 the Buncom Mining District was formally organized. Finally in 1896, Jacob Parks (first postmaster) and Henry Ankeny filed for a post office because nearby Sterling and Uniontown post offices were discontinued. The post office was established where the road to Sterling Creek intersected Little Applegate Road.

Brownsboro Post Office

Brownsboro is located on Little Butte Creek seven miles NE of Eagle Point on Brownsboro Road where it joins Lake of the Woods Highway. The post office was named for Henry R. Brown on whose land the community was founded in 1853, the same year as Eagle Point. 

Where did they go? Following the mail trail of the DPOs of Jackson County, Oregon (SHS 979.5281 S93 2013)

Brownsboro 1, 1940

Brownsboro 3, 1910, site change

Brownsboro 5, 1898

Brownsboro 7, 1872