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Mega Index
| Title | Body | Location | Source Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Early History of Gold Mining in the Rogue Valley, and of the Buzzard or Al Sarena Mine | Alice Greenley, 1957 |
622.065 G74 1957 | Library | |
| The Queen of Bronze | Maureen McCurdy, 1961, research paper, mining |
622.965 M13 1961 | Library | |
| The Al Sarena Case | Vesta L. Turner, 1961, school paper, mining |
622.065 T87 1961 | Library | |
| Waldo Consolidated Gold Mining Co. | 1910, Waldo and Josephine county, Oregon |
622.065 W34 1910 | Library | |
| The Bunker Hill Gold Mine | David C. Parkhurst, 1962, Term paper |
622.097 P37 1962 | Library | |
| Cultural Resource Evaluation of the Bohemia Mining District, Oregon Phase II | William D. Honey, 1980 |
622.0979 C84 1980 | Library | |
| The History of Coal Mining in the Rogue Valley | Robert Churchill Messenger, 1961 |
622.33 M48 1961 | Library | |
| "Gold Dredges" The Part Played by the Yuba Manufacturing Company in the Great Romance of Dredging for Placer Gold, Platinum and Tin | Samuel P. Johnston, 1927 |
622.342 Y94 1927 | Library | |
| Sojourners in Search of Gold: Hydraulic Mining Techniques of the Chinese on the Oregon Frontier | Jeffrey M. LaLande |
ORE CAB REF 622.3422 LaLande, J.M. | Library | |
| Handguns of the World: Military revolver and self-loaders from 1870 to 1945 | Edward C. Ezell, 1981 |
623.4 E93 1981 | Library | |
| Antique Guns | Hank Wieand Bowman, 1953, small firearms, black powder |
623.44 B69 1953 | Library | |
| Famous Guns From Famous Collections | Hank Wieand Bowman, 1957, firearms |
623.44 B69 1957 | Library | |
| Encyclopedia of Firearms | Harold L. Peterson, 1964, rifles, handguns, black powder |
623.4403 E55 1964 | Library | |
| The Revolver 1865-1888 | A.W.F. Taylerson, 1966, firearms, handguns |
623.443 T24 1966 | Library | |
| The Revolver 1889-1914 | A.W.F. Taylerson, 1971, firearms, handguns |
623.443 T24 1971 | Library | |
| Impressions of Fred Lockley: Robert H. Moore | Issac Constant crossed the plains in 1852 and called his settlement Central Point. Sam Moore was the first Postmaster, His father William… |
Vertical File Biographies, MO | Vertical File Biographies | |
| Impressions of Fred Lockley: Major Carl A Theobald | In 1928 Major Theobald was a resident of Ashland. He had lived a very exciting life which started when he worked for the Solax company and… |
Vertical File Biographies, TH | Vertical File Biographies | |
| Impressions of Fred Lockley | Lockley writes of Jessie Applegate's early history. He notes Jesse boarded at the Green Tree tavern where he converse with William Sublette… |
Vertical File Biographies, Jesse Applegate | Vertical File Biographies | |
| True Tales of Pioneers, Silas J. Day. | Silas J. Day was one of the first residents of Southern Oregon, and he arrived to make his home in 1853, and located a Donation Lake Claim on… |
Vertical File Biographies, Day | Vertical File Biographies | |
| Jacksonville's Cistern Pumper | Emil Britt provided this history: In 1880 Jacksonville purchased a cistern Pump which cost about $2000. It arrived in Portland on the… |
Vertical File, Subjects, Jacksonville, OR, Fires and Fire Prevention | Vertical File Subjects | |
| Territorial Days In Jackson County | A small old book, with 75 leaflets was found in the attic of the courthouse in Jacksonville which contained the records of the territory of Oregon… |
Vertical File, Subjects, Jackson County, OR, History 1 | Vertical File Subjects | |
| First School in Rogue River Valley | The first school was erected in 1854 on the banks of the Bear Creek river one-fourth of a mile NE of Talent. It was 18 by 32 feet with a… |
Vertical File, Subjects, Talent, Schools. | Vertical File Subjects | |
| W. E. Crews | Oregon Journal 5-1-1928 article, opened a law firm in Medford in 1910, Appointed by Walter Pierce a corporation commission and codified the… |
CR | Vertical File Biographies | |
| Weisenburger, C. C. | Oregon Journal 4-26-1928, Oversaw construction of the Carnegie Library in Ashland and the high school. |
WE | Vertical File Biographies | |
| Lang, Samuel | MMT 1932 article, Wood cut artist in Ashland |
Artists, A-L | Vertical File Subjects | |
| Emery, Henry S. | Oregon Journal 4-24-1928, Abraham Shriner, adopted by Eber Emery, Jake Emery, Jim Cardwell, Sol Savery, A. B. Helman, Ashland sawmill, R. B.… |
Emery | Vertical File Biographies | |
| Tuttle, Lee | Oregon Journal 4-23-1928 article, Editor of the Medford Daily News and Ashland Tidings, Billy Glenn, Came to Oregon in 1862 |
TU | Vertical File Biographies | |
| Joseph Hunter | Oregon Journal, 4-20-1928, |
Hunter | Vertical File Biographies | |
| Walker, John O. | Oregon Journal 4-21-1928 article, Sina King, William R. Walker, Captain Gibson, Indian attack at The Dalles, John Zeverly |
Walker | Vertical File Biographies | |
| Thornton, Edward | Oregon Journal, 4-21-1928, Elizabeth Patterson, Jacob Wagner, R. M. Garrett, Gold in Yreka, Fred Wagner, Reverend Royal, Methodist Academy,… |
Thornton | Vertical File Biographies |