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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…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24OZ_the-changing-trail-to-oregon_Cottage-Grove-OR.html
The trail to Oregon was never a single set of wagon ruts etched from Missouri to the Willamette Valley. Wagons often traveled abreast through valleys and plains sometimes widening the trail several miles. In the mountains they constantly attempted…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1VGL_the-centennial-bridge-historical_Cottage-Grove-OR.html
The Centennial Bridge was built in 1987 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Cottage Grove. It was built by volunteers with recycled timbers from the Brumbaugh and Meadows bridges, and paid for with donations. Its Howe truss spans 84' and rests o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1VGB_cottage-grove-historical-museum-historical_Cottage-Grove-OR.html
Erected as a Roman Catholic church Stained glass windows from Italy Placed by Calapooya Chapter DAR
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