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1) Rogue River
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English
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The town of Rogue River is a small community in southern Oregon located on the banks of the famous river for which it was named. Situated on Interstate 5, just 59 miles north of the California border, it lies between the cities of Grants Pass and Medford in the beautiful Rogue Valley. Founded in the midst of Native American wars and prolific gold mining, the town was originally called Tailholt before becoming Woodville. It incorporated and took
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"Illahe tells the story of the miners, packers, farmers, and families who settled southern Oregon's rugged Rogue River Canyon in the 1860s." "Kay Atwood creates a personal picture of what life was like in the remote canyon, drawing on first-person accounts from diaries, journals, and interviews she conducted with descendants of the families who settled the area, most of whom shared Native American and white ancestry. Their stories recount hardships,...
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University of Oklahoma Press
Pub. Date
©1997
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English
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Indigenous Land and Rights: History, Politics, and Future
Learn about Our Land and the People Who Were Here First
Tribes of the Rogue Valley
Learn about Our Land and the People Who Were Here First
Tribes of the Rogue Valley
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This history of the native peoples of western Oregon is a systematic study of the formation, application and effects of United States Indian policy. Historian E.A. Schwartz tells how contacts with whites early in the nineteenth century culminated in the pork-barrel Rogue River War of 1855-56, in which the Rogue River peoples demonstrated superior tactics and repeatedly drove off more-numerous opponents. Schwartz narrates how the Indian peoples known...
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