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Rogue Valley Pioneers: Profiles of some personages and personalities of early Oregon, most of whom had something to do with Southern Oregon. See also the page on Medford pioneers. Who's Who Hundreds of pioneers not listed below. George H. Abbott Early Indian agent and "Indian fighter." That isn't a good thing. William Penn Abrams Diarist, Portland pioneer. Captain Bradford Ripley Alden Commander of Fort Jones, participant in the 1853 war. Benjamin Allston His 1855 letters from Fort Lane. Martin Angel Indian murder hobbyist, until it caught up with him. Cornelius C. Beekman From express rider to venerable banker. John Beeson Driven out of the Rogue Valley for his support of the Indians. Mary Belknap Unsung heroine of the last Rogue River Indian War. Joseph and Catherine Berrang They drove a covered wagon from Connecticut to Oregon. In the 1920s. Betseyannspikes Aka John R. Hardin. Bigfoot This enduring mystery is older than you might think. Worthington Bills Along with his father, probably Jackson County's first white resident. But how? Ammi Leander Bixby Visitor to the Rogue Valley in 1923. Stephen Palmer Blake His 1853 Southern Oregon travel diary. Notes on the most popular man in Jackson County--until he made off with the county treasury. William H. Byars The teenage mailman who survived the last Rogue River Indian War. William Bybee Prominent early ferryman, farmer and landowner. Theodric Cameron Central Point pioneer of 1852. James A. Cardwell Yreka gold miner, Ashland pioneer. James Clugage He didn't discover gold in Jacksonville--but he did develop the town. George E. Cole His Oregon memoirs 1850 to 1860. Isaac Constant Central Point pioneer of 1852. James Croke Letters from the priest charged with bringing God to Jacksonville. Basil Dairy Jacksonville's Daisy Creek was named after him. Huh? Silas J. Day Pioneer of 1851, Jackson County Commissioner. Willis John Dean Diarist, Talent school teacher. Russell Cooke Dement Early Jacksonville resident, friend of Mr. Dean. Joe Dies Still missing. Mary M. Dunn Her booklet "Undaunted Pioneers," about pioneering in the southern part of the valley. Eber Emery A travel diary of an Ashland pioneer, going back to the States in 1858. Chief Enos Popular villain of the last Rogue River Indian War. James D. Fay So did our state senator get that girl pregnant or not? Zany Ganung A quiet life--except for that one moment. Or was it two? Christina Geisel Survivor of the last Rogue River Indian War. Abel George Pioneer, Indian fighter, murderer. Daniel Giles Working on a pack train and operating an Applegate Valley store in 1853, during the run-up to war. James P. Goodall '49er, head of the Yreka volunteers in '53. Abel George Pioneer, Indian fighter, murderer. John B. Griffin Hunter, writer, Manafraidofabear. La Fayette Grover Fourth governor of Oregon. His memoir of the Rogue River Indian War. Hannibal Eugene Hackett 1860 diary of a bored 25-year-old in Crescent City, California. Ezra Hamilton A bullshitter's Rogue River Indian War reminiscences. Joseph Lee Hammersley "Ham" was a Gold Hill boy made good Alice Hanley Her reminiscences and account of
the Harris cabin
siege.
The most celebrated heroine of the 1855-56 Rogue River Indian War. John Wesley Hillman Discoverer of Crater Lake. Alfred Cobb Howlett Rev. Howlett recorded Eagle Point news for over 50 years. Charles Henry Hoxie Pioneer Methodist preacher, farmer on Bear Creek. Chief John Aka Tecumtum--last holdout of the Rogue River Indians. August Valentine Kautz A lieutenant in the Rogue River War, a general in the Civil War. Philip Kearny His massacres in 1851 made the other Rogue River Indian wars inevitable. Edward G. Kilgore Pioneer of Ashland and Central Point. Bert Kissinger Recorder of mining legends. John K. Lamerick Professional gambler and Indian war leader. Joseph Lane Hero of the Mexican War and the 1853 Rogue River Indian War--and he wasn't who you think he was. Leoni, the "King of the Air" He left a string of wowed crowds and unpaid bills when he grabbed too much air. David Linn Pioneer Jacksonville furniture maker. James A. Lupton His massacre began the last Rogue River Indian War. Samuel Stillman Mann His memoir of pioneering in Port Orford and Coos Bay. Dr. J. W. and Jane Mason McCully This is only part of the story of the Jacksonville pioneers. John S. Miller Pioneer of 1852, early Medford city marshal. Raphael Morat Pioneer winemaker who built the valley's first tasting room. Paul Albert Mosher Entertaining diary of a teenager with a surveying party in 1886. William A. Moxley His account of the disovery of gold in Josephine County. Prentice Mulford Not a Rogue Valley pioneer, but an introspective view into the life, mind and work of an 1850s miner. Cyrenius Mulkey His heroic account of the 1855-56 war. Just wish his actions were corroborated. Silas Newcomb His 1850 travel journal, from Sacramento to the Umpqua. Rowena Nichols Well-known Rogue Valley artist, none of whose works are known to survive. Chauncey Nye Jacksonville alcalde, early Jackson County legislator. James O'Meara Editor of the Oregon Sentinel during the runup to the Civil War. The Central Point boy became the Phantom of the Exhibit Building and Medford's original "live wire." William H. Packwood Proud Indian killer. Joel Palmer Diaries of the Oregon Superintendent of Indian Affairs. Josiah L. Parrish An Oregon missionary's memoir of his time with the Indians. Sarah Pellet The temperance lecturer who nearly became a casualty of the Breakout. Martin Peterson The Mound Ranch preacher left us an 1877 diary. Rogue Valley Photographers Dozens of 'em. Charles H. Pierce Both of 'em--we had two. Maximillian Gustavus Pohl Hunting in Coos County, then driving cattle north in the 1860s, nearly dying on the Applegate Trail circa 1868, ditto in Northern California in 1871. Frances Edna Lewis Raymond Her reminiscences of Persist, Oregon. John W. Redfield Jacksonville gunsmith; his company still survives 150 years later. Reelfoot The last of the big Siskiyou grizzlies--called "Club Foot" south of the border. Herman Francis Reinhart The Southern Oregon section from his memoir, The Golden Frontier. George W. Riddle His memoir of growing up among the Indians. Harvey Robbins His 1855-56 Rogue River Indian War diary. Albert G. Rockfellow Pioneer of 1850. Or 1852. Or 1853. Clark Rogers Jacksonville's disgraced alcalde. John England Ross Reminiscences of the "Indian fighter." Thomas Fletcher Royal In 1854 he organized the Methodist Church and the Jackson County schools. The Schieffelins The famous pocket hunters. Ed discovered Tombstone, Arizona. Edward Sheffield His dispatches to the Oregonian in 1855-56. Linsy Sisemore Growing up in Sams Valley in the 1870s. Alonzo A. Skinner Indian agent and Jackson County's first white resident. Skookum John Probably responsible for the Ledford Massacre. Thomas Smith Pioneering and encounters with the natives in Ashland. Joseph O. Stearns The early white settlement of the Phoenix area. Orson Avery Stearns The indispensable account of the early white settlement of the Phoenix area. Nelson Bowman Sweitzer His account of his service at Fort Lane and during the 1855-56 Indian war. William Green T'Vault Southern Oregon's first newspaperman. Oh--and secessionist and murderer on the run. Thomas Hart Benton Taylor T. H. B. Taylor--steam feather renovator, Woodville hotelier, raconteur, mystery man. Tecumtum Aka Chief John or Old John--last holdout of the Rogue River Indians. William Tichenor Founding Port Orford. James Clark Tolman The Ashland pioneer. Daniel Toole With the first party over the Applegate Trail Oregon in 1846, on the Siskiyou Trail to the gold fields in 1848, and across the Isthmus in 1850. Top Taxpayers How much these guys paid in taxes. Frank Trigg Excerpts from his nationally syndicated farm column, based in Central Point. Samuel Volturner Tripp His 1851-54 Southern Oregon and Northern California letters. James Henry Twogood Pioneer of Grave Creek Tyee George Murdered at Camp Baker by Charles S. Drew. Peter Waldo Joseph Lane's ward was not his "slave." Who's Who Dozens of mini-bios of other Rogue Valley people. Charley Williams Another professional gambler, Indian war leader, killed David Butterfield with a stool. Robert Stockton Williamson Diary of his search for a route from Port Orford to the Oregon Trail. Benjamin Wright The more credible accounts of the notorious Indian agent and fighter. |
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