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Archaeologists find riches in the road

Rebuilding of Highway 238 through downtown Jacksonville allows ODOT dig team to unearth historic treasures.  Archaeologist Julie Schablitsky…

Vertical File, Subjects, Roads, Misc. Vertical File Subjects
Curves, Grades On Greenspring To Be Softened

There are many complaints about the Greenspring's road with its steep grades and pot holes.  The 1929 state highway plan includes improving…

Vertical File, Subjects, Roads, Misc. Vertical File Subjects
Phyllis Anne Wendt Skinner (Obituary)

Phyllis was born in Jacksonville, graduated from Medford High School, married Lon Skinner in 1950.  She served on many boards, sang in…

Vertical File Biographies, SK Vertical File Biographies
The Old West Lives Again

A poster of early photos of Jacksonville.

Vertical File, Subjects, Jacksonville, OR, BROCHURES Vertical File Subjects
Emil Mohr Host At Kiwanis Lunch Is Given Tribute

Emil Mohr was host for a Kiwanis lunch today (February 27, 1928) prior to his departure to Germany for a year.  He was honored and given many…

Vertical File Biographies, MO Vertical File Biographies
Becoming History

Talent Middle School students take home honors at state history competition.  The Oregon Historical Society sponsored the competition which…

Vertical File, Subjects, Talent, OR, Schools. Vertical File Subjects
Jim Redden

Campaign fliers from the 1970's.

Vertical File, Biographies, RE Vertical File Subjects
Pair breathe new life into historic mill

Bob and Debbie Russell enthusiatically repair and renew the 5,522 sq feet Butte Creek Mill, a 135 year old working flour mill.  They have…

Vertical File, Subject Index, Eagle Point, Historic Houses, Butte Creek Mill. Vertical File Subjects
They're On Beekman Time

For the living history actors at Beekman House, it's always 1911.  Visitors to the 1875 home would find life in the Beekman house very…

Jacksonville, OR, Historic Houses, Beekman House Vertical File Subjects
Neighborhood terrorism alleged

Residents accuse father of Parkland, Florida, school shooting victim of coercion; attorney says he shouldn't have been indicted.  Eagle Point…

Vertical File Biographies, PO Vertical File Biographies
Barker's Men Stores

11-10-1977 Going out of business flyer

Medford Businesses A-B Vertical File Subjects
La Clinica

RVT 5-2-2023 Acute Care Clinic

Medical Care, 1950 - present Vertical File Subjects
Head Rig: Story of the West Coast Lumber Industry

Ellis Lucia, 1965, Oregon, Trees, Mills

674 L8 Library
Forest and Mankind

Charles Lathrop Pack and Tom Gill, 1929, lumber, forestry, trees, (signed by Pack)

674 P2 Library
Sawmills of the pacific Northwest

Karen Ross, 1995, lumber, Oregon, mills

674 R82 1995 Library
Lindley, Sarah

Ancestry 1845-1937

Li Vertical File Biographies
The Loggers

Richard L. Williams, 1976

674 T54 1976 Library
Woods Words: A Comprehensive Dictionary of Loggers Terms

Walter F. McCulloch, 1958

674.03 M13 1958 Library
Terms of the Trade: A Handbook for the Forest Products Industry

William Dean and David S. Evans, 1978, lumber, milling

674.03 T3 Library
Sawmills of Jackson and Josephine Counties in 1946 or 1946: A list

John C. Carnegie

674.2 C Library
Medford Trolley line

RVT 8-31-2023 article

Medford Or, Streets, 1890-1959 Vertical File Subjects
James Collier

RVT 8-25-2023 Obituary

CO Vertical File Biographies
History of the Elk Lumber Company

Janet Z. Anderson, 1961

674.2 A53 1961 Library
Barnacle Parp's Chain Saw Guide: Buying, Using, and Maintaining Gas and Electric Chain Saws

Walter Hall, 1977

674.22 H34 1977 Library
Southern Oregon Historical Society: "American Plywood Association as A part of the Pacific Northwest"

Jackson Beaman, 1966

674.806 B41 1966 Library
The Plywood Age

Robert M. Cour, 1955, Oregon Douglas Fir Trees

674.806 C6 Library
Plywood: What it is- What it Does

Louis H. Meyer, 1947

674.806 M3 Library
Logging and Pulpwood Production

J. Kenneth Pearce and George Stenzel,1972

674.806 P3 Library
Plywood: Their Development, Manufacture and Application

Andrew Dick Wood and Thomas Gray Linn, 1943, Oregon fir, hardwood

674.806 W7 Library
Southern Oregon Historical Society: the Plywood Industry in Southern Oregon

Tony Brauner, 1962

674.834 B73 1962 Library