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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24T3_frontier-life_Lowell-OR.html
After lengthy journeys across inhospitable deserts and mountains in the early 1800s, weary travelers arrived in the Willamette Basin. Lane County's first Euro-American settler, Elijah Bristow, arrived in June of 1846, making his 640-acre claim at …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24T1_frontier-life_Lowell-OR.html
At the turn of the century, the wild frontier was rapidly shifting to settled land and the Forest Reserves (predecessor to the Forest Service) quickly became an integral part of life in the region. "Forest Rangers" (a new breed of working men) imp…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24T0_lowell-prospers_Lowell-OR.html
Just across the reservoir, Lowell took root in the 1850s at Amos D. Hyland's homestead. First called Cannon, then later dubbed Lowell, the town grew up around Hyland's general store and large hop-processing yard. Hyland also operated a ferry that …
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In Oregon's early days, emigrants came in droves to live along the Willamette River, but they soon discovered its volatile nature. Floods inundated the valley, property was destroyed, and lives were lost. The Army Corps of Engineers was given the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24SE_wiley-griffon_Eugene-OR.html
Once described as "Eugene's pioneer colored citizen", and "one of the most industrious colored men in Eugene", Wiley Griffon was well known on the streets of Eugene. A tram operator, he drove the city's "horse" drawn trolleys. These trolleys prece…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24SA_a-w-and-amanda-patterson-home_Eugene-OR.html
Site of the home of A. W. and Amanda Patterson. He was a pioneer Lane County doctor and surveyor who plotted a greater part of Eugene. In 1853, Patterson was also a member of the Oregon legislature and was instrumental in establishing the Universi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24P3_the-applegate-trail-southern-route-to-oregon_Cottage-Grove-OR.html
In 1846, Jesse Applegate and fourteen others from near Dallas, Oregon, established a trail south from the Willamette Valley and east to Fort Hall. This route offered emigrants an alternative to the perilous "last leg" of the Oregon Trail down the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24P2_river-road_Cottage-Grove-OR.html
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 Ka…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24P1_a-trail-by-any-other-name_Cottage-Grove-OR.html
In 1846 Levi Scott, together with Jesse and Lindsay Applegate, led an expedition that established the southern route to Oregon from Ft. Hall, Idaho. He was also elected to guide the first emigrants over the new route. Scott's significant role in t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24P0_crossing-the-calapooya-mountains_Cottage-Grove-OR.html
Slowed by rugged trail conditions, weather, and weary teams, emigrants in 1846 entered the southern Willamette Valley in dire circumstances. Transit of the mountains between the Rogue River and the Willamette watershed took a terrible toll - aband…
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