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Pioneer Families of the Oregon Territory, 1850 Oregon State Archives

1961

317.95 074 1961
Southern Oregon Historical Society: "The Suffrage Movement in the First Year of the New Northwest

Claudia Yandell, 1961

324.1 Y35 1961
This Was A Man About the Life and Times of Jesse Applegate

edited by Brown, Wilfred H.

ORE CAB REF 921 Applegate, J
Southern Oregon Magazine

Guide to Recreation and things to do in the Rogue River Valley Summer 2013

M71 C
Southern Oregon Magazine

Guide to Recreation and things to do in the Rogue River Valley  Spring 2009

M71 C
The Smith Brothers' Chronolgoical History Crater Lake National Park Oregon

1832 to 1982 A Chronologal History and Important Event Log of Crater Lake National Park 

PAM 979.5915 S65 1982
Ronald Torry

Obituary.  11/09/1948  to 9/17/2022.

Ron grew up in Coquille, Oregon.  He earned a degree in Pharmacy at Oregon State…

Vertical File Biographies, TO
Beauty and the Beast: On Museums, Art, The Law and the Market

Stephen E. Weil, 1983

347 W43 1983
Wili Yowo A Journey into Takelma Mythology

An Essay by Thomas Doty with two medicine formulas Translated by John Woolliscroft

970.3 Doty 1987
Officers and Officials of Jackson County, Jacksonville, and Medford, ca. 1852-1968

1968

352 034 1968
Hoover To Fish Rogue On Monday

Republican candidate for President fished in the Rogue for the second time in July 1928,  The first time he caught a number of steelhead in a…

Vertical File Subjects, Fishing
Oregon Blue Book 1949-50

1949

353.9795 074 1949
Oregon Blue Book 1995-96

Phil Keisling, 1995

353.9795 074 1995
Military and Naval Recognition Book

Lieut. J.W. Bunkley, 1917, on the back front cover "Givan .F.A" is stamped twice, with "F.A. Givan U.S.N." written twice by hand. Also on the page…

355.1 B94 1917
1976 Directory 1st Presbyterian Church

85 South Holly, Medford, OR 

PAM 285.109 M43 1976 C2
Will the Fun Never Cease, Peggy Dover column

Peggy covers many topics, but does cover her visit to the Hanley Farm.

Vertical File subjects, Hanley Farm.
Personal Survival Letter: Issue 1

1977

355.2305 p47
The Independent Forth Reader

J. Madison Watson, 1876. Written in the front and back covers are the names of the childern who owned the book. "William G. John's Book, March…

372.412 F69 1876
[Medford, Ashland, Grants Pass and Vicinity Telephone Book, CA. 1924] Pacific Telephone and Telegraph

1924, photo copies of original book.

384.058 M43 1924
Patrick Duffy asking $14 million for property that boasts 390 Acres

Patrick bought the property in 1990, and has seven homes on the  ranch which includes two miles of Rogue River frontage.  

Vertical File Biographies, DU
Center Honors Woman

Mary Phipps and 4 other women provided a supervised living space for young women for over 50 years.  The two story  building where this…

Vertical File Biographies, Phipps, Mary E
Oregon Caves' 2022 visitor count 2nd highest in 10 years

For the first time in four years, a full slate of tours are scheduled including the atmospheric Candlelight tour.

Vertical File Subjects, Oregon Caves
First Presbyterian Church Directory 1977

85 S. Holly St. Medford, Oregon Membership lists with phone numbers and names of Elders. 

PAM 285.109 M43 1977
Gold Rush Jubilee 1950

Program booklet for the Jubilee  (2 copies) One of them has accession 1967.119.6 moved from Mezzanine box

PAM 979.5285 G64 1950
Catalogue of Books Belonging to the Ashland Library Association 1894

Small green stapled pamphlet  by the Ashland Library Association - list of titles in the library

M51 F3
Smoke in the Canyon: My Steam Days in Dunsmuir

Dick Murdock, 1986

385 M97 1986
Historical Out-Line: Southern Pacific Company

Bureau of News, Development Department , 1933

385.09 S69 1933
Pack Saddles and Rolling Wheels

Don M. Chase and Marjorie Neil Hems, 1959

388.09 C43 1959
History of the Rogue Valley Fruit Industry

Clifford B. Cordy

338. 1734 Cordy, C
Rising From the Ashes: Gas station promo to fuel Butte Creek Mill restoration

In March 2023, gas bought at the Eagles Market and Gas in Eagle Point helped the restoration of the mill.  The National Register of Historic…

Vertical File Subjects, Eagle Point, OR, Historic Houses, Butte Creek Mill