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Mega Index
| Title | Body | Location | Source Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Famous Guns From Famous Collections | Hank Wieand Bowman, 1957, firearms |
623.44 B69 1957 | ||
| Encyclopedia of Firearms | Harold L. Peterson, 1964, rifles, handguns, black powder |
623.4403 E55 1964 | ||
| The Revolver 1865-1888 | A.W.F. Taylerson, 1966, firearms, handguns |
623.443 T24 1966 | ||
| The Revolver 1889-1914 | A.W.F. Taylerson, 1971, firearms, handguns |
623.443 T24 1971 | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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. | ||
| 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 | |
| Edens, Marjorie | MMT 1-4-1984 article, Ms. Edens oversees library of tape and transcriptions of Oral History interviews for SOHS. List of questions to ask. |
Oral History | Vertical File Subjects | |
| St. Jude Relic | RVT 8-24-2024 article, Viewing of St. Jude's relic at Medford Sacred Heart Catholic Church |
Medford, OR., Churches, Roman Catholic | Vertical File Subjects | |
| Chinese Diaspora Project | RVT 8-24-2024 article, SOHS, SOU Laboratory of Anthropology, Archaeology, Hanley Farm |
Chinese in Jacksonville | Vertical File Subjects | |
| Snider, Douglas Shannon | RVT 9-17-2024 Obituary, Mayor of Medford, Alba Sister city, Architect of Smullin Health Education Center at Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center,… |
Snider | Vertical File Biographies | |
| Pyle, Amanda Louise | RVT 9-6-2024 Obituary, Phoenix school teacher, SOSH volunteer, Soroptimist |
Pyle | Vertical File Biographies | |
| Wood, Lindsay J. | Obituary 1878-1898, First victim from Jackson County of the war with Spain. |
Wood | Vertical File Biographies | |
| Practice of Medicine (two volumes) | George B. Wood, 1858, Written on inside cover on both books "E.V. Hoover Roseburg, Oregon. G.W. Hoover Aug. 1st 1860 Trier Hill" |
610.02 W87 1858 | ||
| Cyclopaedia of Practical Medicine (four volumes) | Robley Dunglison, 1859, All four volumes have the name "E.V. Hoover" written on the inside cover. |
610.03 F69 1859 | ||
| Doctors of the Old West: A Pictorial History of Medicine on the Frontier | Robert F. Karoleuitz, 1967 |
610.09 K37 1967 | ||
| Al Stewart | MMT 8-17-1923 article, Al Stewart will sing, dance and play many instruments at the Gold Rush Jubilee in Jacksonville. |
Stewart | Vertical File Biographies | |
| Kado, Shina | MMT 10-3-1932, article, Shina Kado, wife of John Kado passed away. Worked at Medford Elks Lodge. |
KA | Vertical File Biographies |