Miscellaneous newspaper articles from around the country
March 9, 1857
Crescent City Herald
Sucker Creek March 9, 1857
Editors Herald:- Sir; Having
been a resident of this creek since
August last, I will give you a plain
statement of facts in regard to
the mines. There are miners on the main
creek for about five miles
below the fork; on Bowling Creek or the right
hand fork, four miles;
on the left hand fork which is about ten miles long,
they are mining
about six miles.
Owing to the very hard winter we had,
but very little work has been
done, but very soon the dust will begin to
roll out. The big strike
on the right hand fork has caused some excitment
and the claims are
held at large prices.. there are six or eight tunnels
running into
the hills near the strike claim, some of them prospect well. On
the
right hand fork, from the fork up the miners are doing well. Marshall
& Co. are making from ten to twenty dollars a day to the hand. All of
the miners that have their claim opened are making large wages.
We have quite
a city here---three stores, one saloon, one boarding
house, one restaurant,
a blacksmith shop, a beef stall, and to crown
it all we are going to have a
cobbler shop.
your truly, Pick Handle
(Submitted by Sally)
June 8, 1885
Decatur Daily Republican, Decatur Illinois
Josephine County, Oregon, possesses a natural curiosity in the shape of a subterranean cavern. It is situated in the mountains, south of Grant's Pass and has never been thoroughly explored. (Submitted S. by Williams)
December 17, 1886
*Kerbyville will have the usual Christmas
amusement, a shooting match,
horse-race, dance and a wedding, we are told
*There will be a turkey and beef shooting match at Grants Pass on
Dec.25,1886 under the management of Bunch brothers.
*Woodville (Rogue River)
has decided to have on Christmas Eve, at W.J.
Stanley's hall an
entertainment, christmas tree and social dance, the
proceeds to be donated
to the school furniture fund.
*Calhoun bros. bought nearly 3000 pounds of
candy for the christmas
trade selling at :
plain mixed 8 1/2 cents a
pound
fancy mixed 12 1/2 cents a pound
best chocolate and creams 25 cents
a pound five pounds for one dollar
*G.W. Bailey is at work at the old Lion
Mountian mine. He is getting
out some very good ore. The vein is not very
large but Uncle George
is getting quite a nice pile of Quartz for the mill
and will make a
good run after awhile. (Submitted by Sally)
April 22, 1887
Male teachers recieved $45.00 a
month, female teachers $29.00 a month.
Average number of months
taught at school this year, four. (Submitted by
Sally)
April 27, 1892
Decatur Daily Republican, Decatur Illinois
The Josephine, Oregon, caves have been explored for about ten miles, and they seem to run away into California. (Submitted S. by Williams)
November 30, 1895
Daily Nevada State Journal, Reno Nevada
A.L. and M.C. Brockman of Grant's Pass, Oregon, were guests at the Palace last night. (Submitted S. by Williams)
July 9, 1896
The Fort Wayne Sentinel, Fort Wayne Indiana
The war of 1812 is represented by twenty-one survivors, averaging in age ninety-six years. Three of the number have lived more than a century. Andrew Franklin is still living at Burlington, Kansas, at the age of 102, and Hosea Brown at Grant's Pass, Oregon, at the age of 103. (Submitted S. by Williams)
March 9, 1907
Fort Wayne News, Fort Wayne Indiana
O. Phelps, who has been temporary manager of the United Cigar Stores branch in this city, will leave shortly for Grant's Pass, Oregon, where he has accepted a position as mining engineer. (Submitted S. by Williams)
July 15, 1912
Evening Telegram, Elyria Ohio
George Menz and family, who several years ago moved to Grants Pass, Oregon, are making preparations to move back to Amherst. (Submitted S. by Williams)
February 24, 1913
The Alaska Citizen, Fairbanks Alaska
Otto Ambrosius, formerly owner of the Germania restaurant is at Grant's Pass, Oregon, where he has bought some property and expects soon to start feeding that city with his famous delicacies. (Submitted S. by Williams)
May 10, 1913
Fairbanks Daily Times, Fairbanks Alaska
SCHADE ARRIVES IN OREGON TOWN
A card received from Paul Schade, the Fairbanks restaurant
man, states that he is in Grants Pass, Oregon, where he has bought a ranch. He
says he intends to acquire a life partner within a short time. (Submitted S. by
Williams)
December 14, 1916
George Lewis sheriff elect announces the Ernest Lister will be his deputy
when he assumes office for the new year. Mr Lister was the deputy for Mr. Lewis
during the latter's incumbency of the office eight years ago. (Submitted by
Sally)
April 13, 1917
16 boys from the Grants Pass area left for Vancouver Washington to take
training. One of these boys was Joe Borough son of
Benton Borough of Jerome
prairie. (Submitted by Sally)
September 15, 1917
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel, Fort Wayne Indiana
Tom Maxwell, of Phoenix, Ariz., has enlisted in the United States army and is stationed at Fort Riley, Kan. Mr. Maxwell is the son of Walter Maxwell, formerly of Butler, now located at Grant's Pass, Oregon. (Submitted S. by Williams)
December 31, 1927
Grants Pass Daily Courier, Grants Pass Oregon
*Bob Elliott a bell boy in a mexican pack train claims he was the
first
white man through the Illinois vally. In 1846-47 Elliott, with
a party of
mexican packers, sought out a route from Yreka to Crescent
City. Bob Elliott
died at Happy Camp Calif. in 1903
*Applegate claim that some of his party
penetrated the Illinois valley in 1850.
*The unsurveyed boundary between
Oregon and California let settlers
vote in both states and pay taxes in
neither for many years.
*In 1859 Hawes struck true copper ore two miles from
Waldo. This lead
to the discovery of the "Queen of the bronze.
*In the
year 1869 William Chapman an early miner on Althouse creek
lived in Kerby
and herded 3000 sheep in the vicinity of eight dollar
mountain. He was
sheriff of Josephine County.
*The donation land claim law went into effect in
1850. Among the first
to take up a claim were William Ross, T.B. and J.R.
Reeves,
"Gov"Briggs, Alonzo P. Turner, and William mooney. Mooney mountian
was named for mooney, who took his claim in 1854, Fort Briggs, built
on
the Briggs ranch was named for "Gov" George Briggs and Reeves
Creek for the
Reeves brothers.
*The first Sucker Creek town , built in 1853 near the mouth
of Yeager
Creek, was burned October 28, 1855 by the indians. After the
indian
war was over in 1856, a new town was started on Sucker Creek at the
mouth of Vowling Creek (now Bolan Creek). Charles Reinhart, brother
of
Herman Reinhart, author of "The Golden frontier" had a saloon,
bakery and
bowling alley in each of these towns. Neither the first or
the second town
had a name other than Sucker Creek.
(Submitted by Sally)
April 3, 1935
Grants Pass Daily Courier, Grants Pass Oregon
Mr. Egger was born at Waldo on September 15,1884 to Samuel and
Elizabeth
Egger. His father had come here in 1868 to mine. His mother
was the daughter
of Mr. Fehely, a brickyard owner who supplied the
bricks for a number of
building still standing in Jacksonville. the
local mans brother and sister
are Ed Egger of Sumpter, in eastern
Oregon, Sam Egger of San Francisco and
Mrs J.E. Sowell of Medford. (Submitted by Sally)
July 13, 1945
Deming Headlight, Deming New Mexico
Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Cook had as their guest the past week, Mr. Cook's sister, Mrs. C.O. Valentine, of Grants Pass, Oregon. (Submitted S. by Williams)