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t 8 The News-Review, Roseburg, Ore. Thur. Mar. 22, 1956 historic Canyonville Hears 100th Birthday 'fa?. V; ' "r t V ' I " 1 - I . J. '. . . .1 ." . . . . 4 i '3; I I, ti I v s . J'".' ". r V, 1 v, v ' K- St r ? t . f,.LMfc-g tl w. Y Aiiin. ,.X ,miLi.rifa iTliTmii igfttoiA.titwni fit miMlrtrni BIBLE ACADEMY Conyonville Bible Academy I tor about lbO high schoolers looks like this. Its i graph of the sprawling campus was taken from history date back to 1923 Now its campus I facilities are nationally Known. Inis aerial photo-'the north, (Aerial courtesy ot the academy). i .4 I 4- at-; -' OF "; J'wr"!;", J By PAUL JENKINS . In the early days of Southern Oregon history, Canyonville was a lown to Ue romeinoereu. Aside Iroin anv olher character istics which it may or may not have possessed, its site was at the norm terminus ot roughly a couple REROUTED PACIFIC HIGHWAY touches Canyonville now rather than cutting through its middle. The business district of the city is to the right. Canyon Creek follows the treeline at right. HIIW Bill 7UP-T -"r lion, housing and giving instruc tion in a wide variety . jecls to more than girls. The school traces its begin nings to 1923, when its founder and i a'li.ilwn was always a hectic and often a ' got in a brawl here one time and riotous, place. Its streets teemed! cut h--l out of an uncle of mine!" with pack trains on their way to, I or from, Scotlshurg, head of navi-1 Grist Mill Old gation on the Umpqua Hiver and I The old grist mill pictured on chief shipping point for a time for this page must be about the oldest the mines of southern Oregon and I business establishment still stand northern California. The streets ;ing in Douglas Countv. It looks of hundred miles of very rugged j were lincdwith saloons, places to'iu age. but is sturdier than it imivi iintuiKii uiv a!SMuu u li u t ' -"-'' mimn. n iiiiut;is weie iiviu 10- Wiifiip.i InmiiiiM mmint;im rnnooc ' POOulated l)V heai'tV and fractious 1 I'ptlipr liv wiiiln none ll ur.-ic hiull hence northliound travelers looked freighters, miners, slock drivers , in 18C2 bv Jesse Roberts and had j Pres'dent. A. M. Shaffer, came to forwunl with eagerni'ss to getting i and what have you. All the ingre-a capacity of 24 barrels of flour i Canyonville. Under his guidance there, while those smith . hnnnil 1 clients for gorgeous hellraising ner dav. l.aler. it ramp under tile I ,.l iu. ij,.iKi. 11 j: iictiiuiv ui..mrii K'iivuo;. u is le- i" ..lr,... uwnciaiuii 01 iiyniaii U"'eiii:iK, 0,j i.,unn r Uim enn dk.... I liably reported that it look 10 days i were Ireciuently mixed, wholcheart- early day Canyonville and Rose- JT ' ' "'-' uU.ii to negotiate ttie 10 miles o road- eoiy, cneeriuiiy unu wiuiuul iu- ourg oiercliaiu. Kvenluauv it was 1 "". .Lul vii-e-pie&iueiu, wav through Canyon Creek canvon serve. purchased bv James M. Gross. A".le school has grown to Its present .. i: i.... i u ...... ...in 1 rnrnll meplini; n man in Can- .la.xl!!..,.. 7M,., i'w.wi.m i'nnn. size and important position in its Cars make the distance now easily yonville whose people had been ville justice of the peace, lives ill . ""a- is glowing. n expan Hie oltl liross nome nearoy, also i J'""t i""''"" 13 i'-"'-oj u pictured on this page. nual problem. Three years ago Canyonville j Park Establiihed men subscribed funds for a bank. Woa, r'anvonvihVs eitv limits OLD HOUSE This is the home of Nina Pietzold, Canyonville justice of peace. The house is one of the oldest in the county; but is in excellent condition. Her father was James M. Gross, long-time resident of Canyonville. ivins instruc- of school sub I $fr,prwTT!' 150 boys and l'f A M "j ' . A f ' ces its begin- I Ml I l IsAf i . , H ' OLD GRIST MILL The old building above, which was built in 1862, is probably the oldest business building still standing in th county from those early days. It is held together by wooden pegs, rather than nails. It onct ground out flour. in 10 inimiU'ft. lucre since cany aays. uunng cn- Firtt Whit Man (.suing discussion il occurred to me! h'iril uhilH rlitimanl In the land trial he PI It tit KHOW ait Old ac- where Canvonvillc now stands was fquaintance of mine by the name j;u-Kson Hcynoi is. wno eviaent y , m .v---. Lu... n,,y i,v...K ... v - . . s . vmm.ua --.v" . -- ' - - ' . ' - anie tlicre in late IH.H or earlytrK, Kane county ( wnuse pcupie i c. . Un. h.i ..i . "WI,B "l .c V'11" "H4"? m IH52. Anparcnlly this act satis fied his ambition to llasl his way into history, for I can find no other mention of him. Townsite was es tablished in 1 858 and Hie town be came very well known to all trav- i E 4 !fr SOUTH UMPQUA STATE BANK The bank at Canyon, ville is the county s youngest. But it is rapidly becominq the banking institution for southern Douglas County. It serves Canyonville. Days Creek. Tiller. Glendale and A2alea primarily. It is made up mostly of local stockholders. Carl C. Hill Sr. Is president hncl settled in the Stems iloiin-1 f,dle Jn.h- J 1 siocsnoiuers a m, i rlver, the Douglas County I'ark tains of southeast Oregon and, in!Jlme nv" . a" ecedenls. It , Commission has established a park wnicn in ine past season oi partial fad. had given their name to a K'f Prospereu, us siaiei .ems now well-known valley there. 1 knew I !sllnS "sse,s ot a col.'l,1 ?' Ed must have passed through Can-1 "llars- 1 ? President is Call vonville many times in the old I 1 !""?'",m0 Ui'ys C r e,e .k elers of the old Oregon and Cali- days and, really knowing him aS " " 1!7 , forma stagu route as a very inter- i ma, i was sure ne must nave--; . , . " r esting and pleasant stopping place, i made some kind of an impression e"iy juom.. Linking in 188:i-84 of the Oregon on the town, probably an indelible One of Canyonville s highly rc aml California railroad lines being one. 1 wasn't prepared, however, I garded institutions is the Canyon- pushed simultaneously trom the i tor the inlimaey ot acquaintance i vine mute ncauemy, an accieuu- nnrili nml the mihHi left Canvon-1 revealed: Oh ves. I know oltl r.d. led hich school, annulled wun me ville off the rallrn.nl map. the rail. I was the reply to tnv question, "lie Assembly of God church organiza- V following up Cow ( reek fl use has proven its worth. Furthet extensive work to improve its use fulness already has been undertak en. Its 10 acre site was donated to the park commission by the South Umpqua Hod and Gun club and the Canyonville unit of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, co-owners of the tract. You'll find your self more than welcome should you visit it this summer. DESPITE A SOLID HISTORY, Canyonville has its new comers, who came in on the wave of a recent prosperity. An indication is the trailer home of Mr. and Mrs. Donald A. Jenkins. It is taking on a permanent look, however, with the addition of a spacious enclosed porch. TleV fit noils I t I : 1 W N ,S - ' ,.' U t HU, r i Is I h it his no v 1 ng e V L I 'A J ti W V, i HJ - el tl Mllttleci elrre ! i .Hj t i f In us earlier history Canvonvillc I I sentment ni!;unst the railroad. C anvonvillc is adiaccnt li one of those small, hut rich, agricultural dismns which, in this vast, moun tainous, heavilv forested countv of ours is unfortunately so compara tively rare. As community head- niai'ters fur tins area t anvonvilie hmed from the bemnmtm. aehiev ni; a population mini ben nti Lit) in he I'.llO census. Then in the mid- Korlies the mant lumber industry noved in on lummas Countv wuh t III I f I (.anyonvilles population leaped Ei ...i i i.-.i ... . .. , r?, j. IIU IIUUIKUU IO UK l f I IKII a wayt Meet c , ij M v .J - A , v.,a A i'','v " c " r 7 J - i - -r irinlti'lnit .. lL- , FINIjHINu TOUCHES on a new well, winch w.is d,,ll.-,J bv the P-uqlas County Parks L'i l. in cjunty pork No. 16 on the South Unxiua Ruer near Canyonville In the pic turo above are: Tom Hastings, parks deportment en-plove (stondmyV' Charles S. C.illim, supervisor ol the parks department (kneeling ot left), ond H, Hash of Canyon ville (at light), board member of the parks board. V. I -tfTt ' i'.r ... . I THE ACADEMY'S landscape stretches out in this , Canyonville. It is a bulwark of the Assembly of . of Canyonville Bible Academy), jewel-like magnificence to enhance the beauty ot God organization in the West. (Aerial courtesy!
