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Title Body Location Source Reference
Historic Oregon

b Philip H. Parrish, 1955

One small section on the Southern Oregon Gold Rush

979.5 P26 1955 Library
Where Past Meets Present

The Amazing People, places and stories of Southern Oregon

by Dennis Powers, 2017

979.5 P69 Copy 1 Library
A History of Oregon Ferries since 1826

by Charles F. Query, revised Feb. 2008

includes a chapter on Rogue River ferries.

979.5 Q8 Library
Chasing the Trail: The mapping of the Applegate Trail

by Gene Pierce and Dave Blanchard, 2011

detailed maps, locations and photos

2 copies

979.5 P5 Library
Recollections: People and the Forest, vol 1

Oral History interviews with:  Reed Charley, Merton Bradshaw, Lawrence Richson, Rupert Maddox, Harold "Red" Thomas, Carroll Brown

many…

979.5 Recollections vol. 1 Library
Recollections: People and the Forest

Vol. 3 From the Upper Rogue to the Dead Indian Plateau includes oral interviews with: 

Frances Pearson, Jack Hollenbeak, Marcel Sandoz…

979.5 Recollections volume 1 Library
Recollections: People and the Forest, vol. 2

Applegate Valley and Siskiyou Mountains: Oral History Interviews of:

Pearl McKee Byrne, Frances Port Clark, Arthur Jeldness, Guy Watkins,…

979.5 Recollections v. 2 Library
Where Rolls the Oregon

A history of Oregon in magnificent photos and words

Limited First Printing

by Rick Steber and Jerry Gildemeister, 1985

 

979.5 R7 1985 Library
Landscapes of Promise

The Oregon Story 1800-1940

by William G. Robbins, foreword by William Cronon, 1997

Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books

979.5 R63 1997 Library
Charles Edward Roberson Family Memoirs

compiled by Sandra Carney, 1984

much family history in Ashland in the 1920s and later.

Enders Department store was important to the…

979.5 R66 1984 Library
Westward the Women

by Nancy Wilson Ross, 1944

accounts of women's lives crossing the plains and setting up homes in the Northwest. Includes a chapter on…

979.5 R68 1944 Library
South Road to Oregon: The History of the Applegate Trail

HDTV documentary by Southern Oregon Public Television 1992

Character Acters; Russell Sadler, narrator, Shannon Applegate, great-…

979.5 S3, 1992 Library
History of the Oregon Country

by Harvey W. Scott, 1924 Volumes 1-6

compiled by Leslie M. Scott from 40 years of Harvey Scott papers as editor of the Morning Oregonian

979.5 S36 1924 volumes 1-6 Library
Various fire maps

Map 1: map of Crater Lake, Klamath Indian Reservation, Klamath Forest

Map 2: map of Fire Protection District, 1948

Map 3: Southwest…

D39 F2 Library
Beekman Express plans

Beekman express plans

D39 F1 Library
Plans for JC Penney's building

Architect Gary Asfeth's plans for the SOHS in the original Penney's building, 1987

D38 F2 Library
Sketches by Gary Afseth

Three folders of sketches by architect Gary Asfeth

D38 F1 Library
Aerial photos of Rogue Valley

14 aerial photos of Ashland, Gold Hill, Medford, Wimer, Ruch, and Trail

D37 F5 Library
Aerial maps of Medford

26 aerial maps of Medford (1/4 section); 1968, 1970, 1973, 1982

#4036-4247 (not complete)

D33 F4 Library
Aerial maps of Medford

35 aerial maps of Medford (1/4 section); years 1968, 1970, 1973, 1982

#4337-5045 (not complete)

D37 F3 Library
Aerial maps of Medford

36 aerial maps of Medford, years 1968, 1970, 1973, 1982

#3836-3946

D37 F2 Library
Aerial maps of Medford

25 aerial maps of Medford, years 1968-1982

D37 F1 Library
Movie poster

Movie poster for the film Last of the Wild Horses in 1948

D36 F1 Library
WWI poster

WWI era poster, "Keep 'em Smiling", 1918

D35 F2 Library
Romero House architectural drawings

Kearney architectural drawings of the Romero House, originally the Frank Clark house

D35 F1 Library
Map of Medford Corporation

Map of Medford Corporation, 1949

D34 F6 Library
Jackson County map

Map of Jackson County, possibly 1960s

D34 F6 Library
Plot map of Sterlingville Cemetery

Plot map of Sterlingville Cemetery

D34 F5 Library
Drawing for Ellis Neon Co.

Drawing for Ellis Neon Company

D34 F4 Library
Photo of Alley Lumber Co, Phoenix

Aerial photo of Alley Lumbar Company in Phoenix, Oregon

D34 F3 Library