Mega Index

COUNTY/Josephine County created from Jackson County/ Date: Jan. 22, 1856

MEDFORD/Jackson County Courthouse completed/ Date: 1933

JACKSONVILLE/Jacksonville designated National Historic Landmark/ Date: 1967

LOGTOWN ROSE planted/ Date: 1863

LOG TOWN ROSE replanted/ Date: 1958

ASHLAND/Ashland Marble Sawmill & Shops built by James H. Russel, (1st marble works in Oregon, south of Portland/ Date: 1865 & 1869

O & C LANDS READJUSTMENT passed by Congress/ Date: 6005

ASHLAND/Rogue River Woolen Mills (Ashland Woolen Mills) organized/ Date: 1867

ASHLAND/Rogue River Woolen Mills (Ashland Woolen Mills) began operation/ Date: 1868

OREGON/Provisional government of Oregon organized/ Date: 1843

CHAUTAUQUA first Ashland meeting/ Date: July,5, 1893

Chautauqua organizational meeting held in Central Point in,/ Date: 1892

MEDFORD/Harry & David packing house built (Frank Clark design)/ Date: 1937

MEDFORD/KFAY Radio opened at fairgrounds by W. J. Virgin (later became, KMED Radio)/ Date: 8068

MEDFORD/Medford Bank opened for business,/ Date: Jan. 20, 1899.

MEDFORD/ Medford Bank then became Medford National Bank, (later U.S. National Bank)./ Date: March, 1906.

ASHLAND/Oak Street Garage opened/ Date: 1925

ASHLAND / Oak Street Garage became Oak Street Tank and Steel and moved to Oak and A Streets/ Date: 1946

JACKSONVILLE/First mercantile establishment in Southern Oregon opened, in a tent (Appler & Kenny of Yreka, California/ Date: Feb. 1852

ROGUE VALLEY/First sawmill erected by A. V. Gillette/ Date: 1852

ASHLAND/First sawmill erected by Eber Emery and Abel Helman/ Date: 1852

MEDFORD/KMED Radio established by W. J. Virgin/ Date: 1927

EAGLE POINT/Hanscom Bros. Logging began business/ Date: 1952

MEDFORD/KSYS TV opened Public Broadcasting TV to Medford/ Date: 1977

First grist mills built,(1. Thomas Bros. 2. Helman, Emery & Morris, ASHLAND 3. S.M. Wait, PHOENIX)./ Date: 1854

MEDFORD/Oakland A's Baseball Team established Medford A's as independently owned minor league professional farm team./ Date: 1979

MEDFORD/First National Bank incorporated (later became branch of First National Bank of Portland)./ Date: April 14th 1905

APPLEGATE/Gin Lin Mine established/ Date: 1881

JACKSONVILLE/C.C. Beekman opened Express Service/ Date: 1856

JACKSONVILLE/C.C. Beekman Banking House opened 1st bank in S. Oregon,/ Date: 1857