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Scope and Contents The materials provide research on the town of Butte Falls and the Sawmill site at Big Butte Creek Falls. The materials contain oral history interviews with Charles Patton, Elga Abbott, and handwritten narrative by Earnest Smith, an early Butte Falls citizen. There are images of Jackson County Deeds, the Commissioner's Journal from July 1911, and the petition of incorporation and organization of the town, as well as newspaper articles. Additional materials include correspondence regarding...

Scope and Contents The National Register of Historic Places nomination form describes the Fernwood Pioneer Cemetery established in 1882 and located near Newburg, Oregon. Four prominent headstones mark the graves of the Brutscher and Everest families. Many of the first generation settlers were laid to rest here between 1882 and 1922. Fernwood Pioneer Cemetery Association acquired the deed to the cemetery in 1967 and continue to care for it. The early period of settlement, post-1880, is linked to the...