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Barron Post Office, 1875
The post office was named for the family which ran the stage stop and post office out of the family ranch "Mountain House" at the foot of the Siskiyou Mountains. Barron was located about 10 miles SE of Ashland on the road that became old Hwy. 99 near the railroad tracks. Although the first postmaster was James Taylor, Martha A. Barron was postmistress for 28 years. Then, according to the Barrons, during Jim Cooke's postmastership beginning in 1905, he moved the post office to the "Klammath Junction" area - now under Emigrant Lake.
Wimer Post Office
Named for William Wimer, editor of the Grants Pass newspaper who helped the locals get approval for this post office on Evans Creek, the Wimer post office was twelve miles E of Grants Pass and seven miles N of Woodville.
Where did they go? Following the mail trail of the DPOs of Jackson County, Oregon (SHS 979.5281 S93 2013)
Willow Springs Post Office
The community began in 1851 on Willow Creek at junction of Lane Creek on Old Stage Rd. When the post office was moved 3 miles N to the RR with name changed to Tolo, the Willow Springs' community petitioned and got their post office back in three months but two years later lost it again.
Where did they go? Following the mail trail of the DPOs of Jackson County, Oregon (SHS 979.5281 S93 2013)
White Point Post Office
Named for an outcrop of white granite highly visible from the Cottonwood Creek Valley, White Point was close to the California border on the old stage road (now Colestin Road) from Ashland over the Siskiyous to Yreka, California. It was a stage and railroad stop. On October 17, 1883, nearby large landowner Byron Cole took over the postmastership from Edward J. Farlow. In 1892, Cole got the mail service moved a mile away to Colestin. Farlow went on to be an Ashland postmaster. White Point's railroad station was abandoned in the late 1930s.
Wellen Post Office
This post office was four miles east of present White City, near the junction of Antelope Creek and Yankee Creek Roads midway between the Lake Creek and Agate post offices. The site was named by the postmaster Hugo Von der Hellen after his ancestors' estate in Germany. A former diplomat in India, von Hellen settled his family in the Rogue Valley in 1889 and served as a state senator for twelve years.
Where did they go? Following the mail trail of the DPOs of Jackson County, Oregon (SHS 979.5281 S93 2013)