HISTORICAL NOTES
OF CURRY COUNTY
BLER. w hich b ro u g h t goods n o rth d eath. In '83, a son. Enoch Mc-
from San F ran cisco to the Rogue, Person, showed up from Coldwell B ro k in g s Harbor Pilot
if the w e a th e r p e rm itte d them to C ounty. K entucky.
THURSDAY. NOV. 19. 1953
cross in but passed it u.p or only
1 he co u rt records previous to
cam e as ta r as C rescen t C ity if
I860 a re full of th e squabblings
BRAINARD TELLS OF (¡OLD
th e seas w ere too rough, and the
o v er this e s ta te and th ese estate s,
m erchandise e ith e r packed n o rth
BEACH MERCHANTS IN EARLY DAYS
w ith nu m ero u s in v en to ries a t
b\ horses and m u les o r brought
tached. m uch of which m entioned
up in a w hale boat co n v erted into
By M. S. B RA IN A R D
as being potable so they, a p p a r
nam ed
"GOLD
(T h e com piler of th ese notes will w elcom e an y a u th e n tic correc- a sloop, and
en tly , w ere q u ite ea rly m erc h an ts
B o o kkeep in g
BEAL
H.
W
illiam
T
ich
en
o
r's boat
tions o r add itio n s to th e m ).
P e te r M cGuire, (o r M cQ uire).
P ay Boll
Teuren
A re fere n ce re cen tly com e upon s ta tin g th a t th e firm of R iley and also dropped goods at th e Rogue a p p a re n tly w as a re la tiv e of the
D iverting so m ew hat from the
Were . ? >,oneer m e rc h a n ts a t Gold B each," aroused this
sam e fam ily nam e. A nyhow, on
R o g u es m outh, th e first receipts
• i s cu rio sity to th e point of digging into th e records to find
M arch 16. 1866, one T h o m as C ain
In su ra n ce
of th e new county is recorded as
out ju st who preceded them .
posted notice of a 160 a c re land
being
$12.50.
paid
by
R
ipley
Dodge
K e rr B uilding
D odge’s H isto ry notes the e a rly
claim on “J e r ry M cQ uire’s F la tt
The first sto ry concerning m er
tor a license to sell liq u o r at the
businesses
at
E
llen
sb
u
rg
(Gold
at
or
n
ear
the
m
outh
of
Rogue
chandise landed at th e m outh of
M outh of Shix R iv er,” dated
Brookings, Oregon
the R ogue a p p e ars not to have Beach) as those ol Gus and John Ju ly 14, 1856, and th a t F all o th e r ' R iver."
pton,
H
u
n
tley
and
O
'B
rien,
and
been intended fo r th e re because,
liquor licenses w ere o b tain ed bv
(C ontinued N ext W eek)
w ith th e beaching of th e schooner P la tte and B lake. It is q u ite p ro b P e te r R uffner, A. J. Edson. and
H A C K S T A F F (N O T F la g sta ff) able th a t Mr. Dodge interview ed F. Unican, all of P o rt O rford.
w hich sailed out of S an F rancisco folks about th e m outh of the And, incidentally,
th e co u n ty
in th e su m m er of 1849 and w as Rogue who. then, (1897-8) could tre a s u ry for th e y e a r 1856-57
forced in to shore because they rem em b er those ea rly e sta b lish show ed receip ts of $1,521.48, fully |
m ents.
ran out of w a te r.
D uring the
th ree q u a rte rs of w hich cam e
But no "G us" U pton a p p e a rs in from liquor licenses.
fore p a rt of A ugust of th a t y e a r
th ey w ere stra n d e d try in g to get th e records av ailab le at th e m o
Going according to the ca le n
into th e m o u th of th e R ogue and m ent but John W. U pton w as dar, in th e field notes of the
had to abandon th e ir vessel and indicted J u ly 25. 1855, at "C ounty I survey of D aniel and M. O ’C.
cargo, p a rt of w hich consisted of ' of Coos. V illage of E m p ire C ity ,”
M urphy, dated Feb. 19. 1857, th ese
a stock of m erch an d ise belonging lor se^ in8 liquor on S unday but
gentlem en recorded th a t about
to W illiam S hively a n d —H ughes ^he case w as tra n s fe rre d to C u rry
the m outh of th e Rogue, a t th a t
w ith w hich they proposed to s ta rt b o u n t y as d efen d an t, "had fled the
Leave your packages in your car throughout the day
d ate, th e re w ere about 60 m in ers
o u n try .” T 1 h e niH
a u th hnw
o ritie
a store. Som e of th is w as h ard - c <<>linfrv
f.«. s cau g h t and in th e e n tire tow nship th e re
w are, esp ecially m ining tools, b u t up w ith him and John w as hauled was, "one sto re and one-half
th e w hole w as abandoned to the before th e co u rts, th e second c i r dozen groceries."
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Ind ian s a f te r th e voyagers had cuit court case in th e countv, Ju ly
April
6,
1857,
G
eorge
M
cP
h
er
tak en from it som e of th e pickled 14, 1856.
son. P e te r M cG uire (or M cQ uire).
pork, raisins, and rice, to ea t
F. H. P r a tt was found g u ilty on
and Louis D oucette, o b tain ed the
w hile being guided out to civiliza a sim ila r c h a rg e at th e sam e
first fe rry license at th e m outh of
tion by Ja m e s M. C hapin, who session. P r a tt cam e to O regon in
the Rogue, paying th e re fo re $50
showed his com panions w here he '49. a t the ag e of 25, and “w as per year.
had m ade a cam pfire, th e p re v i in business in Gold B each d u rin g
Now’, the county p ro b a te re c
ous year, a t th e base of w hat is the Indian W ars of 1855-56." No
VISIT OUR WHOLESALE ROW
now called. E lep h an t Rock, a record has been tu rn e d up of anv ords of M cP herson’s e sta te , filed
S
ept.
7.
1859,
says
M
cP
herson,
sh o rt w ay up from th e m outh of " P la tte ” aro u n d Gold B each in
th e Rogue. T he lengthy chronicle the ea rly days nor of H u n tley "surviving p a rtn e r of P e te r Mc
of th e ir trip , from S an F rancisco and O 'B rien being in th e grocery G uire," who died A pril 6, 1856,
to the W illa m e tte Valley, w ritte n business th ere . T he records are so it would a p p e a r th a t th e p a r t
ftxMm the Fast Office In O r a Bey
by Jaso n W heeler, one of th e full of H u n tley s but n eith e r they nersh ip was continued a f te r his
p arty , is a ta le of real h ard tra v e l nor any O ’B rien in d icate affiliation
an d m ism an ag em en t typical of w ith m erchandising.
th e gold ru sh days.
P r a tt (o r P la t te ? ) and B lak e—
C o n tem p o rary w rite rs of th e probably H a rriso n G., (" H a rry " ),
’51-’52 period* tell of th e sto res who m arrie d th e oldest Geisel
b u rned by th e Indians d u rin g th e girl, ow ned th e schooner RAM
u p risin g s and as th e re w ere no
n ew sp ap ers
or
o th e r
records
e x ta n t d u rin g those tro u b lo u s
tim es w e can only assum e th a t —FOOD F IT FOR TH E GODS—
th e re was business of so rts being
done in th e se ttle m e n ts w hich
w ere on both sides of th e riv e r
m outh.
H ow ever, b ecause of th e dis
tu rb an ces, m any of th e survivors
had left th e area. T h e ir hom es
had been b u rn ed and several of Cater to Parties, Banquets
th em w ent o ff w ith th e v arious
(O ur sand and gravel is w ashed, screened
co m panies ch asin g th e Indians
u p riv er.
Besides, d iaries of th e
and weighed to give full measure and
tim es tell of th e g re at am o u n ts
Saturday 5 to 9 p.m.
of supplies bro u g h t in by th e fed
proper proportions of aggregate, to insure
eral and te rrito ria l go v ern m en ts Sunday, 12 noon to 9 p.m.
an d p ro b ab ly th e folks lived off
quality)
T H A N K S G IV IN G D IN N E R
them as it is w ritte n th a t these
sto ck s of stu ff d isap p eared re 4 miles north of Crescent City, off
Phone 4041 C. C.
m ark a b ly fast. Field notes of th •» Highway 101.
tim e s s ta te th a t the c o u n try w as
well nigh abandoned.
B. B. Crabb Co.
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C O N SU LT
MACK y p . MALCOLM
Brookings RED-E-MIX Concrete Co.
GENERAL CONTRACTOR
Office in L' sm eister Agcncv
River Silt
Clam Shell Soil
Concrete Pipe and Ditching
( -entrai Bid.
Ph. 2271
«2,
Phone 2442