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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
Norris Kent Porter

Norris died Monday, July 18, 1988, at 75 years.   He lived in the valley for 60 years.  After teaching in Alaska, he became a real…

Vertical File Biographies, Porter Vertical File Biographies
Historic 1870's hotel will soon belong to Britt

The brick hotel building that's being purchased for $1,452 million by the Britt Music & Arts Festival dates to the 1870's.  Britt wishes…

Vertical File Subjects. Jacksonville, OR, Britt Music Festival, 2 Vertical File Subjects
Webster, Lionel R.

9-14-1918 Obituary, was Jackson County circuit judge

WE Vertical File Biographies
Keegan, Owen

JVPost 12-4-1909, article, Janitor at Jacksonville Courthouse for 25 years, jailed in Winnipeg, Canada

Keegan Vertical File Biographies
Ryan, P. J.

JVPost 11-30-1912 article, P. J. Ryan's Store, Ben Levy, Luke Ryan, W. W. Fowler, E. C. Brooks, H. K.. Hanna, D. W. Bagshaw

Ryan Vertical File Biographies