Mega Index

FIRST WEDDING in Medford (Lewis Doren and Ida Caldwell)/ Date: July 31, 1884

OREGON approved as a Territory/ Date: Aug. 14, 1848

COLE RIVERS FISH HATCHERY turned over to State of Oregon by Corps of Engineers/ Date: 1973

LILY GLEN RANCH homesteaded by Margaret Lindsay & sons/ Date: 1898

TUNNEL 13 DeAutremont Robbery / Date: Oct. 11, 1923

ROGUE VALLEY/First wagon road built in the Valley followed HBC pack trail route through the Valley)/ Date: 1859

OREGON/First Territorial Governor took office, Joseph Lane (appointed by President Polk)/ Date: Mar. 3, 1849

DONATION LAND ACT/ Date: 1850

DWELLING, first house erected in valley by Joel Perkins at river ferry,/ Date: 1850

JACKSONVILLE MUSEUM opened/ Date: July, 10th, 1950

DWELLINGS, two cabins in Rogue River valley at river fords, Halstead & Vannoy/ Date: 1851

CAPT. JAMES STUART killed in action, (Stuart Creek named for him, now Bear Creek.)/ Date: June. 18, 1851

JACKSONVILLE/Gold discovered on Jackson Creek/ Date: Dec. 1851

ROGUE VALLEY/First Donation Land Claim by Alonzo A. Skinner/ Date: Autumn, 1851

ROGUE INDIAN WARS/ Date: 1851-56

FIRST WHITE MEN in Rogue Valley, (Peter Skene Ogden's Brigade.)/ Date: Feb. 1827

ASHLAND, first settlers arrived, "Robert B. Hargadine & Sylvester Pease"/ Date: Jan. 6, 1852

WAGON TRAIN, first, immigrants arrive/ Date: late August 1852. Previous wagon trains passed through.

ASHLAND/Sawmill dedicated (second building in Ashland)/ Date: Jun. 16, 1852

PETER BRITT arrived in Jacksonville/ Date: Nov. 8, 1852

ROGUE VALLEY/1st white woman in Rogue Valley, Mrs. Lawless/ Date: early 1852

CRATER ROCK MUSEUM/founded by Roxy Ann Gem & Mineral Club/ Date: 1952

FORT LANE built/ Date: 1853

TREATY OF TABLE ROCK with Rogue River Indians,/ Date: Sep. 8, 1853

ASHLAND AREA/Mary Hill, later Mrs. Patrick Dunn, had the first cat in the valley/ Date: 1853

CRATER LAKE discovered by John w. Hillman/ Date: Jun. 12, 1853

JACKSONVILLE/1st white child born in Jacksonville to Dr. & Mrs. McCully/ Date: Aug. 27, 1853

EAGLE POINT/1st house in Eagle point built of logs by T. Cameron/ Date: Autumn 1853

ASHLAND FLOURING MILLS dedicated and became nucleus of future city. Originally located on Ashland Creek, site is now entrance to Lithia Park./…

ASHLAND/Ashland Flouring Mills built and dedicated/ Date: Aug. 25, 1854