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Marshall Bessonette

Close up aerial view of the Bessonette ranch house C1952-2022.61.8 // aerial view of the Joy and Marshall Bessonette ranch about 1952-2022.61.7 // Medford Plaza under construction late 1940s?-2022.61.10 // photograph of a drawing of the Medford Plaza Apartments completed-2022.61.17 // Joy and Marshall Bessonette on their 50th wedding anniversary in 1973-2022.61.9 // Medford Plaza construction photo - pouring cement-2022.61.11 // Medford Plaza construction photo - putting the jeep on the crane-2022.61.12 // Medford Plaza construction photo -woman on top of the Medford plaza during construction-2022.61.15 // photo of Starlite Drive in Theatre Medford, OR - M.O. Bessonette - Contractor-2022.61.18 // Medford Plaza construction photo - using the crane to load and unload the jeep-2022.61.13 // Medford Plaza construction photo - upper floors being finished-2022.61.14 // Medford Plaza construction photo- 2022.61.16 // Stories about caddies at the Rogue Valley Country Club-2022.61.4 // 14 Feb 1981 Minutes of the Rogue Valley Country Club-2022.61.5 // Rogue Valley Country Club Some of the rest of the story, by Russell O Bessonette detailing a special meeting of the Rogue Valley Country Club 14 Feb 1981 "laid out the postion Marshall Bassonette had taken from 1946 to 1981 regarding the RVCC... Glen Jackson, Gold Holding Company and Marshall's business partner, Walter A Graff II" -2022.61.3 // The Ranch, by Russell O Bessonette. A history of the 49- acre ranch at the end of Fairview and North Phoenix Road of which 10 acres were donated to Rogue Valley Country Club.-2022.61.6// Letter to Nancy Russell Apt Mgr. Notebook is a history of the construction of the Medford Plaza by Russell O Bessonette-2022.61.1 // Control Agreement 7 May 1951 agreement drawn by Otto Frohnmayer about the sale of the Rogue Valley Country Club.-2022.61.2 // Binder of documents and photocopies related to Prescott Park and Prescott C C C from National Archives, State Archives and ODOT compiled by Stephen Mark-2022.57.1 // Folder 1. Matchbook with Hotel Medford-2022.69.1 //
Folder 2. Two page typed lease agreement 2 Oct 1903 between Zach Cameron and Fred and William Copple, Witnessed by Gus Newbury.-2022.66.6 // Deed from P F and Barbara Swayne to Z Cameron 2 Feb 1907 quitclaiming mining properties in Sections 22,27,28 T39S R3W. Witness Gus Newbury and Charles Prim-2022.66.7
Folder 3.April 16, 1894 Manuel Silva promising to pay Zach Cameron... 257.75 with interest...Witness C W Kahler.-2022.66.3 // Typed letter 17 Dec 1908 from attorneys Clarence L Reames and William M. Covig to Zach Cameron regarding dispute with William Cameron over maintenance of their jointly owned ditch.-2022.66.4
Folder 4. land in section 11 T29 S of R 3W- 130 acres. First sold to Charles E Jones (Sarah E. Jones his wife), then to T. G. Reames, Jon. F. White and L L Jacobs. To David L. Jones, W. A. Jones and wife Martha A. Jones, to David L. Jones, to M.R. Buck, to Otis Buck to the Union Central Life Insurance Comp. and the Agricultural Credit Corp. -2022.66.12 // State of Oregon Vol 4 p. 421 certificate of water right to M.R. Buck of Buncom, Oregon right to Little Applegate River water to irrigate and for stock to use. Township 39S Range 3W Section 11-2022.66.11
Folder 5. photograph titled "Page Fence Suspension Bridge over Applegate River opposite ranch of C. C. Buck"- 2022.66.13 // From the Department of the Interior US Land Office, Roseburg, Oregon, 22 Oct 1900 to Charles E. Jones of Uniontown, OR in regard to homestead land patent-2022.66.14
Folder 6. Nunan Taylor Co account 1 Jan 1904 for Zack Cameron list of purchases by Cameron includes jar of rubbers, gumboots, vanilla, green coffee, 8 yd. gingham
Folder 7. Pages out of Ledger books for Simmons and Cameron Bros/Simmons & Co as follows (names and dates included)-2022.66.8
Folder 8. Crater Lake National Park Oregon Heavy paper cover - Hand colored photographs of scenes in and around Crater Lake Park-2023.3.1
Folder 9. Homestead #3146 Application # 4969 to Charles E Jones for 130 acres in T39S R3W section 11 signed by William McKinley 7 Sept in the 25th [year not given] recorded in Oregon Vol 3 p. 271
Folder 10. Receipt to Jack Lowern from Jacksonville Planing Mills // 5 ledger pages from Nunan Taylor Co.
Small bound notebook, Uniontown School District Records, 1863-65, 1870-1880-2022.66.2 // Collection of 20 receipts made out to Zach Cameron from 1876-1910 including Tax receipts, promissory notes etc.

Location
M10 A 4
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