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Beagle Post Office

Named for William Beagle, early settler and first postmaster, the post office was located five miles NE of Sams Valley at the crossing of Antioch and Beagle Roads a few miles N of Upper Table Rock and NW of the Rogue River. At its peak Beagle had a store, grade school, Sunday school, and ball team named the Beagle Stickies. 

Barron Post Office, 1905

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. During Jim Cooke's postmastership beginning in 1905, he moved the post office from the original location 10 miles SE of Ashland on the road that became old Hwy. 99 near the railroad tracks to a location in the "Klammath Junction" area - now under Emigrant Lake. 

Where did they go? Following the mail trail of the DPOs of Jackson County, Oregon (SHS 979.5281 S93 2013)

Ashland Post Office

Ashland 1, 1940

Ashland 2, 1898

Ashland 3, undated map

Ashland 4, undated map for Ashland Mills Post Office, township 39s, range 1e

Ashland 5, 1866

The Post Office Department crossed out "Mills" from the name Ashland Mills on the form. Two-word post office designations were not permitted at the time.

Asbestos Post Office

Named for the area's deposits of asbestos bearing fibrous tremolite, this post office near Evans Creek (southern part of township 33, range 2 west) was 6 miles N of Beagle. Alice Welch, wife of the local sawmill owner, was Asbestos' postmistress June 18,1906 until it discontinued with service through Beagle. By 1918, Beagle was the closest post office to upper Evans Creek patrons. 

Where did they go? Following the mail trail of the DPOs of Jackson County, Oregon (SHS 979.5281 S93 2013)

Asbestos 1, 1906, application for change of site

Applegate Post Office

The community grew on the "Old Inland Trail" in southern Oregon along the Applegate River fifteen miles SE of Grants Pass and 10 miles SW of Jacksonville. The town and river are named for pioneer Lindsay Applegate. First Postmaster John O'Brien was replaced four days laster by John W. McKay. The post office was in Pernoll's store at the crossroads of the N. and S. Applegate Roads, 1901-1954.

Where did they go? Following the mail trail of the DPOs of Jackson County, Oregon (SHS 979.5281 S93 2013)

Agate Post Office

Named for the agates of this "Agate Desert" area by farmer and agate hunter, Jefferson S. Grigsby was the only postmaster. Agate centered at the Antelope and Modoc Road junctions, a mile S of the Rogue. 

Where did they go? Following the mail trail of the DPOs of Jackson County, Oregon (SHS 979.5281 S93 2013)

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