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Mega Index
| Title | Body | Location | Source Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Water--Its Flow, Its Damage, Its future. | This series in the 1965 Mail Tribune looks at Southern Oregon floods from 1851 until publications. Pictures are included. |
Vertical File, Subjects, Floods, Not 1964 | Vertical File Subjects | |
| Howlett, Mrs. S. E. | MMT 7-22-1931, Cook at Sunnyside Hotel in Eagle Point, "Mother" Howlett |
Howlett | Vertical File Biographies | |
| Mrs. E. B. Hanley | MMT 10-30-1916, Feminist with "democratic pigs" campaigned for Hughes, Kathryn Hanley |
Hanley | Vertical File Biographies | |
| Oregon Coast Artillery | MMT 7-25-1917, Official Roster, World War I |
World War 1914-1918 WWI | Vertical File Subjects | |
| Fresh Air Taxicabs | MMT Dec 1930, Holly Theater, Amos and Andy, Walter Leverette, George Olson |
Medford Theaters, Holly | Vertical File Subjects | |
| Lookouts | MMT 1930, 5 articles on Forest Service Lookouts, Mt. McLoughlin, Dutchman's Peak, Whiskey Peak, Mt. Baldy, Buch Rock, Battle Mountain, Union Creek… |
Forest Fires | Vertical File Subjects | |
| Chasing the Trail The Mapping of the Applegate Trail | By Gene Pierce and Dave Blanchard with photos and illustrations Contents: Clear Lake Swamp, Clear Lake, Horse Mountain, Tule Lake, Lost River,… |
979.5 PIE 2011 | Library | |
| Dana's Manual of Mineralogy 17th Edition | James and Edward Dana, Revised by Cornelius S. Hurlbut Jr. 1961. |
549 D35 1961 | Library | |
| Gems Minerals Crystals and Ores: The Collector's Encyclopedia | Richard M. Pearl, 1964 |
549 P41 1964 | Library | |
| Wentworth's Practical Arithmetic | George A. Wentworth, 1901, Text-Book, Mathematics, Algebra, Geometry, Trigonometry. Names of many former owners written on inside cover. Spine of… |
511 W47 1901 | Library | |
| A Field Guide to Rocks and Minerals | Fredrick H. Pough, 1969 |
549 P69 1969 | Library | |
| The Book of Mineral Photographs | B.M. Shaub, 1957, crystals |
549 S53 1957 | Library | |
| Oregon Geology (two copies) | Thomas Condon, 1910 |
550 C65 1910 | Library | |
| Dictionary of Geological Terms 3rd edition | American Geological Institute, 1984 |
550.321 D54 1984 | Library | |
| Mount St. Helens: A Sleeping Volcano Awakes | Marian T. Place, 1981 |
551.2 P53 1981 | Library | |
| The Ancient Volcanoes of Oregon | Howel Williams, 1953 |
ORE. CAB. REF 551.2 WILLIAMS, H 1953 | Library | |
| Mount Multnomah: Ancient Ancestor of the Three Sisters | Edwin T. Hodge, 1925 |
ORE CAB REF 551.43 HODGE, E | Library | |
| Enchanted Corridors | Wayland A. Dunham, 1939, Oregon Caves, signed by athour. |
ORE CAB REF 551.4409795 DUNHAM, W | Library | |
| Lower Clearwater Watershed Analysis Appendix Vol. 1 | Diamond Lake Ranger District Umpqua National Forest, October 1999, Geology and Soils, Vegetation, Hydrology, Resident Fish Species and… |
551.48 D2 Vol.1 | Library | |
| Lower Clearwater Watershed Analysis Appendix Vol. 2 | Diamond Lake Ranger District Umpqua National Forest, October 1999, Geology and Soils, Vegetation, Hydrology, Resident Fish Species and… |
551.48 D2 Vol 2 | Library | |
| The Little Butte Creek Watershed: An Overview of its Environmental History | Jeff LaLande, 1997, Prepared for the Little Butte Creek Watershed Assessment Analysis report. Bureau of Land Management and Rogue River National… |
551.48 L19 1997 | Library | |
| Southern Oregon's John Day Family; Larger Than Life. | Southern Oregon's John Day graduated from Medford High and passed in 1986. His father was a prominent rancher , forest-fire fighter and… |
Vertical File Biographies, Day | Vertical File Biographies | |
| The Past and Present of Mercy Flights, by Dennis Powers | George Milligan was the air traffic controller iin 1949 when the need for a plane to fly polio patients to the closest iron lung in Portland.… |
Mercy Flights, Medford | Vertical File Subjects | |
| Hill, Isac daughters | Photograph/news story of the three sisters who were master marble cutters in 1862. |
Vertical File Biographies, Hill | Vertical File Biographies | |
| Heroism of Peter French Adores History of Oregon | Peter French owned one of the biggest cattle ranches in the state. In 1878 he had his headquarters on the upper Blitzen River about 20 miles… |
Vertical File Biographies, Fr | Vertical File Biographies | |
| Judge Webster Killed by Fall In Elevator Shaft | Judge Webster was circuit judge of the first judicial district, which was Jackson, Josephine, Lake, and Klamath counties in the early days. … |
Vertical File Biographies, We | Vertical File Biographies | |
| Treasure Hunt in Jacksonville Stirs Pioneers | Around the area of the Hanley and Gore ranches, especially the knoll, were many holes about the size of an iron gold box, and crow bar holes for… |
Vertical File Subjects, Mines, Miscellaneous | Vertical File Subjects | |
| The house on 609 Dakota, by Lloyd Colbaugh | Lloyd tells about how his house was built, about the front yard, and about the people and kids who lived there around the 1940's. |
Vertical File Biographies, CO | Vertical File Biographies | |
| Jacksonville's Cistern Pumper | Emil Britt presented this history of the Cistern Pumper. Jacksonville purchased the pumper in 1880 when the town had 1800 people for about $… |
Vertical File Subjects, Jacksonville, 1900 (prior to) | Vertical File Subjects | |
| "Flat Honeymoon" recalls "30's Alaska | Laura Porter, in charge of the Medford Red Cross for 30 years, wrote about the years she and her husband taught Alaskan natives in the interior in… |
Vertical File Biographies, Porters | Vertical File Biographies |