Historic Trail to Modern Highway
Roads and rights-of-way were serious public considerations on the Oregon frontier. Market roads, territorial roads and county roads were the lifelines of commerce and communication. River Road - the road upon which you are standing - was once a Kalapuya Indian trail, and in 1846 it became part of the Applegate Trail. With the discovery of gold in 1848 the trail quickly became the "Road to California." River Road became part of the Territorial Road from Eugene to Roseburg during the 1850s, a stage route in the 1860s, and was Cottage Grove's first main street. During the 1910s it became part of the Pacific Highway, a major north-south corridor which, in time, reached from Canada to Mexico.| HM Number | HM24P2 |
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| Tags | |
| Placed By | Applegate Trail Coalition |
| Marker Condition | No reports yet |
| Date Added | Thursday, January 18th, 2018 at 10:01am PST -08:00 |
| UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 10T E 494788 N 4849395 |
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| Decimal Degrees | 43.79760000, -123.06478333 |
| Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 43° 47.856', W 123° 3.887' |
| Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 43° 47' 51.36" N, 123° 3' 53.22" W |
| Driving Directions | Google Maps |
| Area Code(s) | 541 |
| Which side of the road? | Marker is on the right when traveling North |
| Closest Postal Address | At or near W Main St, Cottage Grove OR 97424, US |
| Alternative Maps | Google Maps, MapQuest, Bing Maps, Yahoo Maps, MSR Maps, OpenCycleMap, MyTopo Maps, OpenStreetMap |
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