Madras, Oregon.
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The Veteran War Memorial Plaza is dedicated to the air pioneers and U.S. Army Corp pilots, crew members and military personnel from Jefferson County who served in World War II. At one time, the Madras Airport was the . . .
(Air & Space • War, World II) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
The Veteran War Memorial Plaza is dedicated to the air pioneers and U.S. Army Corp pilots, crew members and military personnel from Jefferson County who served in World War II. At one time, the Madras Airport was the . . . (Air & Space • War, World II) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
Camping grounds of: Ogden 1826, Fremont 1843, Williamson & Abbot 1856, Lord 1860, Huntington 1867, travelers & stockmen of the Huntington/Pengra Road 1870-1910's 1897: homestead of Charles & Eva Graves 1901: Odell Post . . . 
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Portal Hidalgo El actual Portal Hidalgo fue conocido desde el siglo XVI como Portal de la Audiencia, ya que con este se designaba a la sede del gobiemo de la ciudad. La arquería del portal fue obra de Álvaro de Caceres, . . . 
Site of the first mercantile store in northern Klamath County - 1909.
The Klamath Tribes consists of three groups of people: The Klamath, Modoc, and Yahooskin Band of Snake Indians. These three groups inhabited an area approximately 22,000,000 acres in northern California and Southern Oregon. . . . 
The City of Klamath Falls in cooperation with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board, and Oregon Wild re-established a lake fringe wetland at Marina 1 in Moore Park in 2012. The purpose of the . . . 
The town of Linkville was founded along the lower end of the Link River on March 12, 1867, by pioneer settler George Nurse. By July of 1869, this pioneer used timber to construct the first bridge linking one side of the . . . 
Early-day explorers, settlers, and rangers named some the the places in the forest. "Whiskey Spring" apparently received its name as part of an "alcoholic" theme, along with "Rye Spring" and "Bourbon Spring" to the south. . . . 
In 1910 a lightning caused fire ravaged 12,000 acres on these slopes, destroying valuable timber. Nature has replaced many of the trees through natural seeding. This can be seen by the young saplings below the line of mature . . . 
Volcanic cinders from Mt. McLoughlin, deposited over 20,000 acres, act as a large underground reservoir. Large springs on the edges of the deposit provide domestic and industrial water to Medford. Timber to the north and . . . 
Once described as "Eugene's pioneer colored citizen", and "one of the most industrious colored men in Eugene", Wiley Griffon was well known on the streets of Eugene. A tram operator, he drove the city's "horse" drawn . . . 
Has Been Designated a National Historic Landmark This property possesses national significance in commemorating the history of the United States of America Kam Wah Chung Company Building is the best and earliest known . . . 
An Aricara lookout surprised by a Sioux War party and badly wounded, took flight to warn his kinsmen. He ran about one-half mile and keeled over dead. The Sioux, admiring his bravery, placed a rock for each drop of his blood . . . 
The first toll bridge near this site was built before 1859. The wooden covered bridge was at one time operational by the Rock Point Bridge Company. It was later purchased by Jackson County and operated as a free bridge until . . . 
“Koo-Koo-Sint” – The man who looked at the stars Built Salish house near the mouth of Thompson River 1809 
Oregon's rivers echoed with the sound of saws, axes, and the other industrious banging of hammers as work crews erected hundreds of bridges during the height of the covered bridge era. Bridge construction typically started . . . 
Taxiway Guidance Sign The colors, letters and design of standardized airport signs on taxiways and runways provide specific instructions to pilots. Runway sign of Los Angeles International Airport, November 2004. Sam Chui. . . . 
After lengthy journeys across inhospitable deserts and mountains in the early 1800s, weary travelers arrived in the Willamette Basin. Lane County's first Euro-American settler, Elijah Bristow, arrived in June of 1846, making . . . 
On this site stood, in 1861, the station of the Hudson River Railroad The first passenger to use it was Abraham Lincoln who came to New York on February 19, 1861, on the way to his inauguration as President of the United . . . 
