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Mega Index Sources
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| Vertical File Subjects | Jack Berry, a colored man | death notice 10 Jun 1892 unknown source, Jack came with Overbeck family to Oregon |
Blacks in Southern Oregon |
| Vertical File Subjects | Oregon Sentinel articles 1860s about Black people | various dates in the 1860s - all copied on one page about the following people of color: Sam, a colored preacher to replace Isaac Jones, Mat Banks… |
Blacks in Southern Oregon |
| Vertical File Subjects | Veteran of Rogue River Indian War is Wanted | Louis Southworth, a former slave from MO xd the plains in 1852 ... Veteran of the Rogue River Indian War ...lived in Polk County. The… |
Blacks in Southern Oregon |
| Vertical File Subjects | Samuel Cozzen, an aged negro | Ashland Tidings 13 Feb 1891 clipping Samuel died leaving some valuable property in Jacksonville |
Blacks in Southern Oregon |
| Vertical File Subjects | Warren Lee, the colored waiter at the Gold Hill | Gold Hill News 10 Mar 1900...left for his home in Portland. |
Blacks in Southern Oregon |
| Vertical File Subjects | Two Parents protest Black School Bus Driver | Medford Mail Tribune clipping 4 may 1978 Ruch Elementary School bus driver, Claude C. Cherry of Ashland continued to serve despite the complaints… |
Blacks in Southern Oregon |
| Vertical File Subjects | A Gruesome Discovery | Democratic Times newspaper clipping 7 Aug 1902 p. 1 mentions a suicide on Poorman's Creek on the Beck place - the body of Henry a… |
Blacks in Southern Oregon |
| Vertical File Subjects | A D Griffin- Republican | Democratic Times 7 Feb 1898 p. 3 Local Notes A D Friffin, "who is not colored, but born that way," is scheduled to make some Republican speeches… |
Blacks in Southern Oregon |
| Vertical File Subjects | War on Kanaka Flat | Democratic Times 18 Sep 1874 clipping about Negro woodchopper, Jackson, shot and killed by Geo. Ephraim |
Blacks in Southern Oregon |
| Vertical File Subjects | the Winter Fights Have Commenced | Democratic Times 16 Dec 1871 p. 3 clipping ... Indian Billy and semi-bleached Alfred Johnson [likely Albert Johnston] whipping the Indian |
Blacks in Southern Oregon |
| Vertical File Subjects | Free Fight | Democratic Times 28 Mar 1874 p. 3 A fight between a white, Negro and Indian ... Albert Johnson and a white creature, named Barnhart had a… |
Blacks in Southern Oregon |
| Vertical File Subjects | Negro Porter Attempts Assault | Central Point Herald clipping 21 Jul 1910 p. 1 13 year old Josephine Moss selected as his victim.... "The coon was almost in the state of collapse… |
Blacks in Southern Oregon |
| Vertical File Subjects | David John et al Swackhanner Ex Cannibal | Central Point Hearald 27 Jul 1911 [A black man] Deavid John Henry Allen Zamboss Swackhanner Jr. ... reformed cannibal from Hayti.... claimed to be… |
Blacks in Southern Oregon |
| Vertical File Subjects | Racial Problems Are Discussed by Jackson County PTA Council | Central Point American newspaper clipping 21 Sep 1944 p. 1 need for labor and education about racial tolerance...applied to the Japanese as… |
Blacks in Southern Oregon |
| Vertical File Subjects | Famous Colored Hoopsters Visit City Wednesday | Central Point American clipping 14 Feb 1946 World famous Jesse Owens and his Kansas City All-Star colored basketball team were the guests of the… |
Blacks in Southern Oregon |
| Vertical File Subjects | The Negro's Victory | Medford Mail Tribune clipping 7 July 1910 p. 4 editorial condemning the "sport" of boxing and saying that it is an activity that only men of color… |
Blacks in Medford |
| Vertical File Subjects | Negro Badly Cut; May Die | Medford Mail Tribune clipping 19 Sep 1910 p. 1 James Watson stabbed an employee of the Clark-Henery Construction Comp. near depot. The negro is… |
Blacks in Medford |
| Vertical File Subjects | Medford Trolley line | RVT 8-31-2023 article |
Medford Or, Streets, 1890-1959 |
| Vertical File Subjects | La Clinica | RVT 5-2-2023 Acute Care Clinic |
Medical Care, 1950 - present |
| Vertical File Subjects | Barker's Men Stores | 11-10-1977 Going out of business flyer |
Medford Businesses A-B |
| Vertical File Subjects | They're On Beekman Time | For the living history actors at Beekman House, it's always 1911. Visitors to the 1875 home would find life in the Beekman house very… |
Jacksonville, OR, Historic Houses, Beekman House |
| Vertical File Subjects | Pair breathe new life into historic mill | Bob and Debbie Russell enthusiatically repair and renew the 5,522 sq feet Butte Creek Mill, a 135 year old working flour mill. They have… |
Vertical File, Subject Index, Eagle Point, Historic Houses, Butte Creek Mill. |
| Vertical File Subjects | Jim Redden | Campaign fliers from the 1970's. |
Vertical File, Biographies, RE |
| Vertical File Subjects | Becoming History | Talent Middle School students take home honors at state history competition. The Oregon Historical Society sponsored the competition which… |
Vertical File, Subjects, Talent, OR, Schools. |
| Vertical File Subjects | The Old West Lives Again | A poster of early photos of Jacksonville. |
Vertical File, Subjects, Jacksonville, OR, BROCHURES |
| Vertical File Subjects | Curves, Grades On Greenspring To Be Softened | There are many complaints about the Greenspring's road with its steep grades and pot holes. The 1929 state highway plan includes improving… |
Vertical File, Subjects, Roads, Misc. |
| Vertical File Subjects | Archaeologists find riches in the road | Rebuilding of Highway 238 through downtown Jacksonville allows ODOT dig team to unearth historic treasures. Archaeologist Julie Schablitsky… |
Vertical File, Subjects, Roads, Misc. |
| Vertical File Subjects | No Barn Door to Close. | Nancy Kinsey treasures 90 year old photos of her grandfather William Lindsey and his Clydesdale horse Royalist in front of their Lily Glen barn… |
Vertical File, Subjects, barns |
| Vertical File Subjects | Big Y | MMT 4-17-1941 Big Y 1st anniversary, Lester F. Nielson, D. H. McCargar, Louis E. Renner, Arnold Kampfer Med News 11-17-1950 Big Y… |
Medford Businesses A-B |
| Vertical File Subjects | Natorium Sold. | Merrick's ball room and auto camp was sold to Riverside Investment Group reports the 1955 February 1st Mail Tribune. The building was built… |
Vertical File Subjects, Medford, OR, businesses, Natatorium |