Mega Index Sources

ASHLAND/Orlando Coolidge established extensive nursery/ Date: 1868

First commercial orchard planted, 15,000 trees, apple, peach and prune, by Arthur J. Weeks/ Date: 1883

ROGUE VALLEY/ "Governor" George E. Briggs was 1st man to sell fruit in Rogue Valley/ Date: 1859/60

J.H. Stewart planted 200 acres of orchard - pioneer orchardist/ Date: 1885

First hay put up by David Linn, wild hay, 40 tons cut/ Date: 1852

Wagner Ditch established first known water right in Oregon/ Date: 1852

First wheat grown in Rogue Valley/ Date: 1853

UNION CREEK/CCC buildings built/ Date: 1930s

ASHLAND/Original City Hall on the plaza completed/ Date: 1913

JACKSONVILLE/U.S. Hotel restoration completed/ Date: 1965

COLESTIN/Hotel built/ Date: 1881

GOLD HILL/Thomas Chavner house built/ Date: 1891

WIMER/Original Wimer covered bridge / Date: 1892

ASHLAND/First Chautauqua building built/ Date: 1893

ASHLAND/Administration Building at Ashland Municipal Airport built/ Date: 1968

LOST CREEK/Covered Bridge built/ Date: 1919

PHOENIX/Samuel Colver home completed/ Date: 1855

ASHLAND/Lithia Springs Hotel built/ Date: 1925

ASHLAND/Angus Bowmer Theater built and opened,/ Date: Spring 1970

MEDFORD/Federal building constructed on 8th st./ Date: 1966

ROGUE RIVER/Birdseye House built/ Date: 1856

MEDFORD/Medford Hotel constructed/ Date: 1911

EAGLE POINT/Butte Creek Mill constructed/ Date: 1872

GOLD HILL/Rock Point Bridge bridge constructed 1923

ROGUE RIVER VALLEY/First dwelling house erected about midway between present Central Point and Medford by A.A. Skinner/ Date: 1851

MEDFORD/Owen-Oregon Lumber Company new mill, plant and administration building on Pacific Highway dedicated/ Date: Jan. 1927

GOLD HILL/Gold Hill bridge (current bridge constructed)/ Date: 1927

JACKSONVILLE/first cabin built in spring of/ Date: 1852

JACKSONVILLE/Brunner Building [19]/ Date: 1855

ASHLAND/Chappell-Swedenburg House built/ Date: 1905