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Josephine County (Or.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Josephine Co., Or

Found in 55 Collections and/or Records:

Eight Dollar Mountain, 1984

 File — Box 22: Series MSS025:03 [Barcode: 35138008116557], Folder: 14
Identifier: MSS025:03.34
Scope and Contents

These materials are related to Eight Dollar Mountain and its history. The central document is Atwood's historical context report on Eight Dollar Mountain that she sent to the Josephine County Planning Office on July 23, 1984. The other materials are undated articles or documents on the history of Eight Dollar Mountain.

Dates: 1984

Eight Dollar Mountain Quadrangle Josephine County Oregon, 1989

 Item — Case 01: Series MSS031:01 [Barcode: 35138008124619], file drawer: 01, Object: 22
Identifier: MSS031:01.22
Scope and Contents

The Eight Dollar Mountain Quadrangle Oregon was produced by the U.S. Geological Survey and is part of the 7.5-minute series. The topographical map was compiled from aerial photographs taken in 1984.

Dates: 1989

Gallaghen - Galice, Galice Consolidated Mines Company Building, "Speed's On the Rogue", 11407 Merlin-Galice Road, Galice, Oregon, 1990

 File — Box 04: Series MSS025:01 [Barcode: 35138008116367], Folder: 12
Identifier: MSS025:01.56
Scope and Contents

The National Register of Historic Places form describes the Galice Consolidated Mines Company Building. Constructed in 1900 as the headquarters for the mining company. In 1928, it became a fishing lodge, known as "Speed's Place on the Rogue."

Research materials include book excerpts on prospecting, correspondence concerning the nomination, newspaper articles, handwritten notes, images of the property, legal papers, and a history of the mines and surrounding area.

Dates: 1990

Haines Apple tree site, 1935-1985

 File — Box 22: Series MSS025:03 [Barcode: 35138008116557], Folder: 11
Identifier: MSS025:03.31
Scope and Contents

These are two materials related to the dedication of the Haines homestead as a historical site. The first item is from a 1935 newspaper, and the second appears to be from the 1980s.

Dates: 1935-1985

Highway 99, Josephine County, 1914-1984

 File — Box 22: Series MSS025:03 [Barcode: 35138008116557], Folder: 10
Identifier: MSS025:03.30
Scope and Contents

These are materials related to the history of Highway 99 in Josephine County, Oregon. Included are newspaper and magazine clippings, maps, and photographs from the first half of the twentieth century, as well as some of Atwood's correspondence concerning the highway.

Dates: 1914-1984

Holland Quadrangle, 1989

 Item — Case 01: Series MSS031:01 [Barcode: 35138008124619], file drawer: 01, Object: 30
Identifier: MSS031:01.30
Scope and Contents

The Holland Quadrangle map is part of the 7.5-minute series. The topographical map is compiled from aerial photographs taken in 1984.

Dates: 1989

Josephine County Ditches

 File — Box 23: Series MSS025:03 [Barcode: 35138008116565], Folder: 01
Identifier: MSS025:03.47
Scope and Contents

The undated list of ditches in Josephine County, titled "Hydrologic Systems of Joesphine County," displays as a table with different columns for the year of construction, its use, and additional notes.

Dates: 1801-2001

Josephine County Historical Resource Inventory, vol. 1, 1983-1984

 File — Box 23: Series MSS025:03 [Barcode: 35138008116565], Folder: 03
Identifier: MSS025:03.49
Scope and Contents The item is the first of two volumes of the Josephine County Historical Resources Inventory conducted and compiled by Kay Atwood in 1984. The introduction states that the "following is a quantitative analysis of historic resources included in a 1983-1984 survey of unincorporated lands in Josephine County. An approximate 455 square mile area was inventoried and 268 buildings, structures, sites or objects, and 81 ditches were recorded." Also included inside this first volume are a...
Dates: 1983-1984

Josephine County Historical Resource Inventory, vol. 2, 1983-1984

 File — Box 23: Series MSS025:03 [Barcode: 35138008116565], Folder: 04
Identifier: MSS025:03.50
Scope and Contents

The second of two volumes of the Josephine County Historical Resources Inventory conducted and compiled by Kay Atwood in 1984. The introduction states that the "following is a quantitative analysis of historic resources included in a 1983-1984 survey of unincorporated lands in Josephine County. An approximate 455 square mile area was inventoried and 268 buildings, structures, sites or objects, and 81 ditches were recorded."

Dates: 1983-1984

Josephine County Road Index Maps, 1989

 Item — Case 01: [Barcode: M041:01], Object: 04
Identifier: MSS041:06.05.04
Scope and Contents

This compilation of black and white maps was prdouced by the Oregon State Highway Department. Each map shows the major roads, highways, and railroads located in the towns of Coos County as well as the bodiesof water and river systems in prximity to these roads.

Dates: 1989