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
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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.
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By Mary Lee Marlow
The temperature here Monday
was 103 degrees, making it the
warmest day so far this year.
Although skies were cloudy from
the thunder storms in the even
ing, only a few drops of rain fell.
Mr. and Mrs. William Garner
and children Dick and Anita and
Mr. and Mrs. Roland Black and
daughter Diane have returned
home from a vacation trip
through several states. 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. The public is invited to at
tend. Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Hamilton
and daughter Lorelei and Delbert
have arrived home from Belling
ham, Wash Carol Hamilton, who
is Is a student nurse at Provi
dence hospital in Portland came
with them for a weeks vacation.
Hamilton and Carpenter will re
turn to Bellingham this week to
their Jobs there.
Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Sturm, of
Yamhill, former residents here,
visited at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Nathan Thorpe Tuesday.
Mrs. Vernon Partlow was call
ed to Bellingham, Wash., recent
ly by the death of her father,
Thomas Donald, 53 years of age.
Pat Pettys, Pendleton, is visit
ing at the home of his erandoar-
of San ents, Mr. and Mrs. Nate Macom-
ber.
Patty Beall, Eugene, is visiting
at the home of her grandparents,
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Hayes.
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