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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25QT_golden_Wolf-Creek-OR.html
Established in 1890, this mining town was unique in Western annals in that it had two churches and no saloons. The miners went to Placer off Grave Creek for "refreshments".
Rev. William Ruble, leader of a group commonly known as "Campbellites" b…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25QS_gold_Wolf-Creek-OR.html
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Imagine carrying just a backpack and a pick and hearing the shouts of "Gold!" as the rang through this valley.
It's 1851. You've traveled hundreds of miles to make you fortune in C…
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In 1846 the Crowley Family arrived in the valley with the first wagon train over the Applegate Trail.
Martha Leland Crowley, a daughter, succumbed to typhoid fever at the age of 16. She was buried here in a casket made of timber boards from som…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25Q6_the-applegate-trail_Wolf-Creek-OR.html
Jesse and Lindsay Applegate, members of the first wave of Oregon Trail emigrants, watched their ten-year old sons drown in the Columbia River when a boat overturned in the rapids near The Dalles in 1843. Once their families were settled, the Apple…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25Q5_febble-hungry-and-haggard_Wolf-Creek-OR.html
Generations of Oregon school children learned the lyrics of a song: "Hurry up oh pioneers, your faithful little band must never fail." Applegate Trail emigrants struggled to follow this advice, but the mountainous terrain of northern Josephine Cou…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25Q0_early-traveler-accommodations_Wolf-Creek-OR.html
Between 1846 and 1856 the Applegate Trail through Josephine County became a major travel corridor for settles, miners, freighters and those trekking between Oregon and California. Where the well-traveled route crossed the valley of Wolf Creek, a s…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25PX_the-apple-gate-trail_Wolf-Creek-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/HM24NM_applegate-trail-grave-creek_Wolf-Creek-OR.html
"Move one mile to camp (on Grave Creek), having none last night, and spent the day burying Mr. Cowley's daughter (Martha), who died yesterday evening, age about 14 years." - Virgil K. Pringle, Oct. 19, 1846
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16WW_the-applegate-trail_Wolf-Creek-OR.html
In 1846, Jesse Applegate and fourteen others from near Dallas, Oregon, established a trail south from the Williamette 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/HM16WU_grave-creek-ranch_Wolf-Creek-OR.html
This covered bridge is the one remaining covered bridge in Josephine County. It was constructed by Elmer J. Nelson in 1920 as part of the new Pacific Highway project at a cost of $21,128.65. It was built on Josephine County's first donation land c…