Oregon Historical Society.

It was the winter of 1851-1852 when the word "gold" echoed throughout the valley. Soon hundreds of gold miners flocked to Table Rock City, later renamed Jacksonville. In short order, families arrived and took out donation land claims and began farming, raising stock, and opening businesses. Many had already emmigrated from Europe, Canada, Ireland, and England. Jacksonville had its own Chinatown that was home to the many Chinese who had traveled far...

At the turn of the 20th century, rural Southern Oregon was still the rought frontier. Men searched the rivers for gold. Barefoot children attended one-room schoolhouses. Horses plowerd dirt fields and oxen hauled giant timber. Flourishing communities grew up and died away into ghost towns. It is history that might have faded from memory. Instead, images from these scenes are preserved in a private collection, now made public. Capturing Oregon's Frontier...

"The discovery of gold brought thousands of Chinese to eastern Oregon in the 1880s - including herbal doctor Ing Hay and businessman Lung on. Together they practiced medicine and operated a general store, Kam Wah Chung & Co., near the town of John Day becoming highly regarded members of the community. Meet people who remember these two men and visit the recently restored building - an Oregon treasure filled with thousands of different herbs and artifacts."--Container....