Rogue River Valley (Klamath County-Curry County, Or.)

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Beauty spots of Oregon. “The summer playground of America.”

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The collection of photographs and illustrations were compiled for Atwood's book on the history of orchards in the Rogue Valley titled Blossoms & Branches.

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Jackson County Conversations by Kay Atwood (4 copies); Mill Creek Journal: Ashland Oregon 1850-1860 by Kay Atwood (4 copies); Illahe: The Story of Settlement in the Rogue River Canyon by Kay Atwood (3 copies); Chaining Oregon by Kay Atwood on CD

Scope and Contents Original pen drawing of “Black Bear”; pen drawing of table saw; drawing of flowers; pen drawing “Tool Shed”; hand-drawn map of Mule Creek vicinity; pen drawing of man with water pales; hand-drawn map of Billings – Fry Packtrain Route from Klamath to Rogue River 1868; hand-drawn map of Oak Flat; hand-drawn map of Big Bend; hand-drawn map of Clay Hill Creek to Burns Creek; hand-drawn map of Mule Creek; hand-drawn map of Winkle Bar to Horse Shoe Bend; hand-drawn map of Horseshoe Bend to...

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Notes about the Billings and Lowery Families; list of pictures from Elizabeth Jones of Curry County; information about the Post Office in Mule Creek, OR; pictures of film strips of people and land; negative film strips from Curry Co., and Josephine Co. Historical Societies of people and nature; negative film strips of people and nature; note with Curry Co. Museum photos.

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List of Frank Thornton pictures; two pages of negative film strips of Oak Flat School ruins and Foster Creek; pictures of film strips of people, Oak Flat School ruins, and Foster Creek; notes about David Hastings and Frank Thornton.

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The Sanderson House on the Rogue River Trail below Grave Creek; Kodak Films Album Prints booklet with four pictures of people and the creek; two older men fishing and pulling a fish out of the river; men building the Rogue River trail; the Forest Service trail new Agness.

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Interview with Frank Thornton; interview with Lou Martin; interview with Ivin Billings; interview with Marial Billings–Akkeson; interview with Red Keller.

Scope and Contents Negative Film strips of Edna Plaisted, and the Billing’s homestead, and weight measurements. Photographs of: Edna Plaisted sitting in a chair, February 25, 1978; Edna Plaisted sitting on a couch; Edna Plaisted sitting in a chair with a dog at her feet, February 25, 1978; Edna Plaisted sitting on a couch with a dog at her feet, February 25, 1978; cabin the woods; Johnny Fry; a family sitting on the front porch; a man with two children; a girl wearing a black dress; a man on a horse; a...