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Heppner Gazette Times, Thursday July 12, 1956 Motorlog Leads to Jacksonville, Storehouse of Pioneer Memories Old Courthouse In Mining Town Used as Museum The following U eondenw. tUa of motorlog appearing la Kertbweit rotogravure mag tain of Th Bandar Oregonlan. It la en of aa annual eerlee epeneered Jolntlj bj The Ore- Ciaiaa and tho Oregon State tot Mioelatloa. BI GWLADYS BO WEN Bodrtr Wltor. Ttu Oranilu In Jacksonville, Oregon has potential rival for Nevada's famed tourist attraction, Vlr glnla aty. For the tree-shaded treeta of this old southern Or- egon mining town, a few miles west or Mearord, are lined with the shells of pioneer buildings. As we found on a motorlog xor ine oregonlan and the Ore gon State Motor association. among many other attractions mere are sraceful old churches one of them the first Protestant church built west of the Rocky mountains. The old United States hotel, where President Rutherford B. Hayes was an overnight guest on ma stage coach trip through the Rogue River valley, was in Its heyday the finest to be found in a wide area. There are other public build ings, and lovely old homes, most of them dating back to the 1830s, when Jacksonville wu overcoming Its growing paint as an early mining town, and becoming a well established community. Old Homes Predominate Some of these old homes are still In use; but for the most part, Jacksonville today Is Just another small community living among ghost buildings. One of the old buildings that is playing a new role In present day Jacksonville is the stately red brick courthouse. This was built In 1884, on the site of the original wooden courthouse, which had been erected In the middle '50s and burned In the '80s. It served as the court of Jus tice until the late '20s when Medford succeeded Jacksonville as the county seat. In 1950, historical material which had been collected by the Southern Oregon Historical so ciety, Inc., and housed In the old hotel, was moved Into the courthouse. Now It's the official pass-. ,v?L nmmm JiW 1 V V r United States hotel, at right In this early-day Jacksonville street scene by pioneer cameraman Peter Brltt, still stands. museum, open week days from 10 a. m. to 5 p. m. and from 2 to 5 p. m. on Sundays. Most recent of Its acquis! Hons are furnishings from the home of the late Peter Brltt, early SwIes pioneer who settled In Jackson In 1852 and became the first photographer In south ern Oregon. By far the most Interesting part of this collection is the as sortment of early cameras Brltt used, not only In his portrait studio, but also for his scenic work. Nearly all of his cameras are Voltlanders, ranging In size from the 4x5 box camera he brought with him from Swit zerland to later models, which Include a huge 11x14 Job that more resembles a small cannon than a camera. There Is even a stereo cam era, with a large viewing box, and hundreds and hundreds of plates that may take years to classify and Identify. As time permits, Miss Mary Hanley, curator of the Jackson ville museum, plans to recon struct Peter Brltt's portrait studio In one of the museum rooms, and have It set up with cameras, posing chairs and va rious backdrops. Brltt Is reported to have been the first photographer to make a picture of Crater lake, first discovered in 1853. He literally had to build the road to the lake in the early '70s. It was not until 1874 that he made his first photograph of the lake. According to the story, he spent nearly a week at the rim wait ing for good weather and was finally forced to make an ex posure of several hours. Jacksonville Is Just five miles , west of Medford, now a thrlv-l White motorlog car paused amid majesty of redwoods along Smith river to coast. ing county seat of Jackson county, 289 miles south of Port land on U. S. highway 99. A pleasant round trip from Portland That can comfortably be made in a long week end would be down 99 to Medford, then across to Jacksonville and on through the Applegate val ley to Join U. S. highway 199 south to Crescent City, Cal., and return north on scenic U. S. 101 to Portland. A sug gested bypass over an old high day north of Crescent City throuh the Smith River cut off to Brookings will save a few miles. Another suggested stopover on U. S. 199 to the coast Is the Oregon Caves, 20 miles east of Cave Junction. The road from Medford to Crater Lake, some 81 miles, is kept open throughout the year, although there are no accom modations available at the lake until mid-June. light-duty 4 wheel-drive truck ! 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The Gar ners left here several weeks ago to go to Fort Morgan, Colo., to visit Mrs. Garner's parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. N. Jones. While there they attended a reunion of the Plerson family at Wellington, Colo., at the home of Garner's uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Pierson. Garner's mo 'ther, Mrs. Blanche Garner of Bend, also attended. There were 102 members of the family pre sent. It was the first time the twelve brothers and sisters of the Pierson family had ever been together. When the Garners left Colo rado they went to Las Vegas, Nev., where they were joined by the Blacks, who had been vsiting relatives in Tooele and Ferron, Utah. From there they went to Los Angeles and Tia Juana, re turning home by way Francisco. . The Blacks arrived home Tuesday, and the Garners Wednesday, they having stayed all night Tuesday in Bend at the nome of Mrs. Blanche Garner. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Wilson are the parents of a son born July 4 at Good Shepherd hospital in Hermiston. He has been named Michael James. Grandparents are Mrs. Charles Childress, Portland, James Wilson, Ashland. Mrs. Arthur Graham, Hermiston, and Conrad Wyss, Reith. The baby weighed seven pounds, ten oun ces. , Mr. and Mrs. Glen Carpenter went to Maupin the 4th to visit at the home of Mr. and Mrs. George Gustin, former residents here. Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Hicks, Kin zua, visited at the home of Mrs. Hicks' parents, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Robinson, on the 4th. Le Roy Hicks remained here to visit his grandparents. Mr. and Mrs. Ervin Flock were hosts for a picnic dinner at their home on the fourth. Guests were Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kunze and children Eddie and Elaine, Ken ne wick, Wash.; Cora Deulen, St. John, Wash.; Mr. and Mrs. James McKenna and children Linda, Donna and James Jr., Doty, Wash; Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Thorpe and family; Mr. and Mrs. Ed Kunze and granddaughter, Rosemary ueuien, and Ralph Wasmer. Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Mallery beanie, Wash., arrived at the home of Mrs. Mallery's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Claud Coats, Thurs day, from San Diego, Calif., where they have been the past three Wv'eks for Mallery to attend naval reserve school. Their sons Gerry ann jimmy nave been visiting their grandparents while they were gone. Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Tannehill. Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Thorpe, Mrs. I.cl Kunze and Mrs. Earl Briggs attended Morrow county Pomona grange at lone last Saturday. Mrs. Adaline Baker, and Mr. and Mrs. Harold Baker1 attended the funeral of Mrs. Adaline Baker's brothi-r, William Gent, at Milton. Freewater last Saturday. Burial was at Elgin. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Ball and daughters Janice and Janet, and Mrs. Crystal Barlow, of Taft. visited relatives and friends here last week. Mr. and Mrs. Willard Baker and daughters Connie and Carolyn were at Wallowa Lake from Tues day till Saturday of last week Jim Newman, Corvallis, visited u tne Home of his uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mar low, Sunday, on his way home num weis?r, jaano. Mr. and Mrs. Russell Miller took their daughter Patty, and Eilene Ely and Irene Potts to the Trout Creek Bible camp near Coibett monday for a weeks stay Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Skoubo took their son Dick and Leonard Be clord to the camp also. Mr, and Mrs. Joe Yusckat and two children, Portland, visited at the homes of Mrs. Zoe Billings and Mr. and Mrs. Elvin Ely over the weekend. They went to La Grande Monday to visit at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Eldon Lilly. Jim Thorpe has returned home from Baker where he visited at the home of his uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Bob Smith, for two weeks. The Home Economics club of Greenfield grange will hold an ice cream social at the grange hall Saturday, July 14, at 7:30 p. m. 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