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f a i l i n g in terest. N eck-braces and head
rests stap d at m u te atten tio n as if
w aiting for custom ers w ho long since
ihave shuffled off th e m o rtal coil.
O ld-fashioned c a m e r a s „¿without
sh u tters are all o n ' display, supple-
m enting photos of pioneers who came
th ere by covered w agbn and by stage.
F or visitors th e re are th e m useum s
with eth e ir h i&mric^red.ilections. The
U. S. Hotel still stands. It w as here
th a t P resid en t R u th erfo rd B. H ayes
paid $75 fo r a n ig h t’s lodging' about
th e tim e tnW hf^^ w pened in 1881.
The B e e k m a j^ ^ ^ ^ ^ has each piece
o f •mrmtur ^ M ^ l ’a’c e ^ s left w hen C. C.
B eckm an, pioneer banker, died m any
years ago. T h ere are the old signs
telling of gold dust transactions, le t
ters ¿of '¿credit and k indred subjects.
One of the first P ro testan t churches,
b u ilt w est of the Rockies, stands
'.^among the? 'trees, little used by the
years s i n e ^ t « ^ ^ ^ u i M f r o m ^ M B do-
nated by m iners and gam blers in . 1855.
A second golea r ush d n a m ild sort of
w ay came to Jacksonville during the
tim e deiSgpsgipn days w ere at th e ir
darkest. N um erous tow n and southern
Oregon residents established “back
yard m ines” all th ro u g h th e city. In
its sm all b u t beneficial proportions,
m ining w as carried on throughout the
historic tow n. Some of th e u n d e r
ground tu nnels caused streets to cave
in here and there.
A nd even today some prospectors
still insist the best gold is yet to be
found as th ey dig prospect holes in
per ^ ^ ^ f t ^ ^ t e m p ^ ^ ^ find, the g litter
beneath. I
M ore th a n 32 m i llipnTapSsbbf B b -
lic landDBsiSdver IH B ^ iM lj^ M S a l. argji
Or.eigbîi, are u n d er the control of
th e ^ S f e r a l, governm ent, including 13
'n a tio n a l forests, two n ational ||a r k ser
vice areas and extensive grazing acre
ages-
B attle m o u n tain state- p a rk near?
Pendleton i:ffiie :Site of the last Indian
•Iqattje fought in Oregon. M arauding
P aiute .and B annock tribes created
months? of te rro r irK northeastern O re-
b fc ^ u n tilB K jn u e d in 1878.
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