The Cove
    "I. O. Miller, a scientific carpenter, is engaged in putting up some neat buildings in the Cove, near Ashland, for Robert and Leander Neil."
"Here and There," Democratic Times, Jacksonville, August 7, 1885, page 3
    "The Mark property in the Cove, Ashland precinct, was sold at auction last Saturday. It was bid in by Thompson & Butler at $400."
"Here and There," Democratic Times, Jacksonville, February 17, 1888, page 3
    "It was rumored in town last Saturday that W. G. Holmes, living in the Cove above Ashland, had the misfortune to be burned out the preceding day, a forest fire having encroached on his outbuildings while he was endeavoring to prevent the burning of his fences." 
"Here and There," Democratic Times, Jacksonville, October 10, 1889, page 3

Davis & Pottenger
    "Dealers in Groceries, Crockery, Glassware, Chinaware, Wooden & Willoware"; they advertised their location as "first door west of postoffice."
Advertisement, Southern Oregon Mail, September 9, 1892, page 1

Deadwood
    "twenty-five miles east of here"
"All's Well that Ends Well," Ashland Tidings, November 7, 1884, page 3
    "Jackson County has improved [Dead Indian Road] to the county line, and the Forest Service has done the work from [Lake of the Woods] to Deadwood."
"Clear, Grade Road," Medford News, September 29, 1939, page 1

The Desert
    "Near the center of the valley is a tract about six miles square called 'The Desert.' It is composed of a gravelly loam, with quantities of small rock in the bottoms. It is covered with grass in the early spring, but otherwise is destitute of vegetation."
The Rogue River Valley [and] Southern Oregon, brochure, Ashland Tidings and Newspaper Job Printing Office, 1885

Deskins
    "Last Saturday witnessed a big crowd at Deskin's or Sport's Point. . . ."
"Sports," Medford Monitor, February 20, 1885, page 4
    "Several races will be run on Deskins' track in Willow Springs precinct on the 23d inst."
"Races," Democratic Times, Jacksonville, January 16, 1885, page 3
    "A match race . . . will be run on Deskins' track near Fort Lane on March 6th."
"Another Race Proposed," Democratic Times, Jacksonville, February 20, 1885, page 3
    "There will be two races at Sport's Point, near Fort Lane, next Thursday. . . ."
Excerpt, "Thanksgiving Sport," Democratic Times, Jacksonville, November 20, 1885, page 3
    "Before the Central Point track was opened, races used to be held at what was then known as the Deskins ranch, a little east of the county bridge at Tolo. The whole country would gather at these meetings, indulge in betting on races or playing poker in Deskin's old ranch house."
"Court Hall Remembers," Medford Mail Tribune, March 30, 1930, page 6

Dooms & Holloway Blacksmith Shop
    "on Holly Street, two doors north of the Parkview Hotel."
"Blacksmith Shop Is Damaged by Fire," Medford Sun, April 8, page 2

Eiler's Music House
    "in the new building just north of the Mail Tribune block"
"New Music House Opened," Medford Sun, April 8, 1911, page 6

Emerick House
    The "old Emerick house [is] being torn down at the corner of Eighth and South Grape."
Medford News, January 18, 1946, page 1
    "They cut down the white locusts . . . last Thursday! All those between what we now call City Park and Eighth Street along by Aletha Vawter's old home that her daddy, V. J. Emerick, built at the beginning of the 'Bungalow Age' when Aletha was small indeed. It's hard to say 'goodbye' to the old trees, but they grew too tall, overhanging, and their roots too deep, and sentiment has to give place to the sensible, difficult though it is."
Sallie Butler, "Sallying Forth," Medford News, May 19, 1950, page 3

Empire Hotel
    Medford's first hotel, J. W. Cunningham's Empire Hotel, was "built on the present site of the Jackson County Bank" (on the northeast corner of Main and Central).
Jane Snedicor's 1932 history of Medford

Episcopal Church
    "The lot which was given to the Episcopal Church was where the Masonic building now stands on the [northeast] corner of West Main and Holly. [For] a long time it was the only building in the entire block. When business houses crowded it off, the chapel was purchased by the Presbyterians and moved over behind that church facing west and used as a Sunday school room. The Episcopal Church built its present lovely brick building on the corner of North Oakdale and Fifth streets and dedicated it in the fall of 1916."
Jane Snedicor's 1932 history of Medford

Faris Hotel
"Corner C & 7th sts."
Medford Mail, January 14, 1892, page 2

Fire Houses
    "Equipment was kept in various convenient places until in 1903 a hose house with fire bell was erected on Sixth Street [just across the alley from the Woolworth Building]. In 1908 the fire hall, [southeast] corner Sixth and Front streets, was built, a team and wagon purchased, and Amann installed as fire chief. In 1930, the new fire hall was built on the corner of Fourth and Front streets."
Jane Snedicor's 1932 history of Medford

Baruch Fisher's general store
    "Baruch Fisher has rented the [brick building] on the side street [Main] and will open a general merchandise there."
"Local Items," Oregon Sentinel, Jacksonville, May 17, 1884, page 3

First Christian Church
    "The first building, built in 1889 at Sixth and Ivy streets, served until 1912 when the 'bungalow' style building at Ninth and Oakdale Avenue was completed."
"Medford's Oldest Protestant Church Plans 85th Anniversary," Medford Mail Tribune, November 21, 1969

Flour Mill
    "This was on South Front Street [northeast corner of 9th and Front], and was burned only a few years ago."
Jane Snedicor's 1932 history of Medford

Fordyce Grove
    "about a mile south of Medford"
"Local and General," Southern Oregon Mail, July 15, 1892, page 3

Forest Grove
see Heber Grove

Fruit-Packing Plants
    "In 1900, J. A. Perry and [Truitt G.] Cox built a warehouse on West Main Street close to the railroad, and for years this was a busy packing plant. A. A. Davis had previously built one opposite his mill."
Jane Snedicor's 1932 history of Medford

E. P. Geary Home
    "[Arthur P.] Geary was born in Medford, in the old Geary home that later became the Fountain Lodge [326 West Main Street], which was torn down about two years ago to make way for an oil station."
"Arthur M. Geary Campaigns Here," Medford News, May 13, 1936, page 1
    "[Dr. E. B. Pickel's home was] on West Main street just across Oakdale from the Hotel Medford. The Pickels bought that well-remembered home from Dr. E. P. Geary, with whom Dr. Pickel was in practice."
"Lovely Magnolia Tree Is Dedicated to Memory of Late Dr. E. B. Pickel," Medford News, October 20, 1939, page 1

Grand Central Hotel
One of the early names of the Medford/Nash/Allen/Robinson hotel. See "Nash Hotel," below. The 1888 Sanborn Fire Insurance map labels the hotel the "Grand Central."
    Residents "found a good-sized blaze in progress on D or Front Street, alongside the Grand Central Hotel." The brick on the south side of the building was scorched.
"Fire at Medford," Ashland Tidings, March 5, 1894

Hall
    The First Christian Church organized on Nov. 22, 1884; "the first service was held in a hall over Charley Waters' [sic] grocery store." (Charley Wolters wasn't yet in business in Medford in 1884; this likely refers to the building he would later occupy.)
"First Christian Church Marks 90th Milestone," Medford Mail Tribune, November 15, 1974

Hanley's Distillery
The 1893 and 1898 Sanborn Fire Insurance maps show the distillery on the southeast corner of Central and Jackson.
    "The new sidewalk on the west side of C Street is fast being put down. This walk is to extend north from Seventh Street to the intersection of the county road [Jackson Street], near the distillery."
"City Local Whirl," Medford Mail, April 21, 1893, page 3
    John Hanley had a distillery on North Front Street at a time when distilleries were popular."
Jane Snedicor's 1932 history of Medford
    B. P. Theiss came to Jackson County with F. V. Medynski in 1892. The operated a distillery on North Central Avenue in Medford, where the Medford Fuel Company now is located, for a number of years.
"Two Prominent Business Men Shown in Picture," Central Point American, April 26, 1934, page 1

George H. Haskins Home
    In 1884 "George Haskins, father of Leon, had a house over on Bartlett. . . ."
"Meader House Built in 1889" [sic], Medford Mail Tribune, June 7, 1937

Haskins' Drug Store
    "Haskins Drug was the first exclusive drug store in Medford and was established in the present location in [1884] by George H. Haskins, father of Leon B., who operated it until 1903 when it was taken charge of by Leon. The present brick structure was erected in 1894 and remodeled to meet increased demands in 1907."
Medford Mail Tribune, July 21, 1924, page 6

Haymarket Square
Apparently the SW corner of Main and front, left vacant in 1900 when the depot was moved a couple of blocks to the south.
    The Southern Pacific gateman’s shanty located on Haymarket square this week attracts much attention and has been christened Monte Villa in honor of Mark Montgomery, the S.P. agent, who is so pleased at this compliment that he will have the shack set back further from the street and painted.
“Local and Personal,” Medford Mail Tribune, January 22, 1921, page 2

Heber Grove
Often called "Forest Grove" in Heber Grove school district records (SOHS M34 E1)
    ". . . the handsome grove that beautifies our valley between Medford and Jacksonville."
Fred Heber obituary, "Pioneer Gone," Ashland Tidings, October 24, 1884, page 3
    "I held a meeting at the Heber Grove school house, three miles east of Jacksonville, last Lord's day. . . ."
1879 letter, Rev. Martin Peterson to Thomas Franklin Campbell at Monmouth, Oregon.
    In 1868, Conrad Mingus settled "two and a half miles north of Medford. The place was an old donation claim known as Heber Grove. . . ."
Joseph Gaston, Centennial History of Oregon 1811-1912, page 768

Hollywood Orchards
    With its deer park and zoo, Hollywood Orchards is "just across" Jacksonville Highway from Perrydale, adjoining Oak Grove School.
"Prosperous Ranches, Nice Homes Along the Jacksonville Highway," Medford Mail Tribune, July 9, 1927, page 3

Howard Block
    "J. S. Howard built a larger building where the First National Bank now stands, and opened up a dry goods store there." [This is the building now known as the "bathmat building."]
Jane Snedicor's 1932 history of Medford
    "The work of tearing down the awning in front of the Hamlin and Howard blocks was commenced Wednesday." The awning was to be replaced with hinged corrugated iron.
Medford Mail, March 16, 1894, page 3

Howard's Hall
    "In 1888, 'Howard's Hall,' located where the First National Bank now stands, was rented for Sunday school and church services."
"History of Medford M.E. Church," Medford Mail Tribune, December 7, 1923, page 4
   "Later still Howard's Hall (which stood where Brainerd's Camera Store and Weisfield's Jewelers are now) was rented."
75th anniversary program, First Methodist Church, November 13, 1960

J. S. Howard's Store
This Front Street building, Medford's first post office (and according to Howard Medford's first store), was destroyed in the 1894 fire south of the Grand Central Hotel (see above). It was no longer owned by Howard at the time.

Hubbard's Hardware
    One of Medford's businesses in 1884 was "F. Hubbard, implements and wagons (this was the father of Asa Hubbard, and the store was located where the Star Market is now" at 314 East Main.
Jane Snedicor's 1932 history of Medford

Hussey's Cash Store
    "Hussey's cash store, on West Seventh Street."
"Medford's First Post Office," Medford Daily Tribune, December 15, 1908, page 2

Ish's Grove
    ". . . about two miles from Jacksonville and three from Medford. . . . The place was formerly located as a claim by Overbeck, and was bought by Mr. Ish, now deceased. His widow lives there, and the home lot is part of a beautiful, high prairie covered with grand oaks the Druids might have loved."
"Fruit Growers," Oregonian, October 2, 1888, page 6

Lawton & Haskins Millinery
    In 1884 "D. T. Lawton's father built where the Groceteria is now [on the northeast corner of Sixth and Central]. Mrs. Lawton and Mrs. Haskins started a millinery shop there."
"Meader House Built in 1889" [sic], Medford Mail Tribune, June 7, 1937

R. T. Lawton's office
    In 1885, his "office was about where Crowson's [Cafe] is now [at 229] East Main Street."
Jane Snedicor's 1932 history of Medford

Linkville
The town's name was changed to Klamath Falls in 1892.

Lutheran Church
    "In the fall of 1897 Charles Palm gave the Lutheran Church a building on Jackson Street. . . . The present church building is on the corner of North Oakdale and Fourth streets, and Rev. F. Sack was the first pastor."
Jane Snedicor's 1932 history of Medford

Noah Lyons home
    In 1884 he built his home on North Central "where the service station is now, across from the city hall."
"Meader House Built in 1889" [sic], Medford Mail Tribune, June 7, 1937

McCallister's Soda Springs
Often spelled McAllister. A summertime health resort in the Siskiyous; the waters were reputed to be a cure for malaria and what ails you. Authoritative sources place it on the North Fork of Little Butte Creek.
    "Several parties from Grants Pass are camped at McCallister's Soda Springs, on Butte Creek.
    "Improvements will soon be commenced on the road leading to the soda springs on the north fork of Butte Creek."
"Here and There," Democratic Times, Jacksonville, August 14, 1885, page 3

Medford Business College
    "This is located about five-eighths of a mile from the post office, to the north and east." 
"City Local Whirl," Medford Mail, April 28, 1893, page 3
    Destroyed by fire May 16, 1896, the two-story building, "situated near the distillery," was then occupied by Richard Henry and J. C. Coe and family.
Medford Mail, May 22, 1896

Medford Hotel
    "The [second] hotel was the Torrey House [Homer F. Torrey advertised his business as the Medford Hotel], on the corner of Riverside and Seventh Street, where Hubbard Bros. store is now located [northwest corner of Main and Riverside]."
Jane Snedicor's 1932 history of Medford

Medford Reduction Mill
    In 1886 George H. Chick's gold and silver ore mill was built "just across the railroad track from where the A. A. Davis flouring mill now stands." This would place the Medford Reduction Works on the site of today's Channel 5 studios.
"George H. Chick in Limbo," Medford Mail, October 6, 1893, page 3

Methodist Churches
    "The M. E. Church South, however, bought the lot on the corner of Oakdale and Main streets. The church was organized in 1891 and held services in Howard's hall until the present church building was built two years later while Roscoe C. Oglesby was pastor."
Jane Snedicor's 1932 history of Medford
    "The M. E. Church North was given the lot on Sixth Street where the I.O.O.F. building now stands. For some reason they never built there and later sold the property and used the money for a bell for the now discarded church building on the corner of North Bartlett and Fourth streets, which is being used by the Salvation Army. The M. E. Church North was dedicated September 15, 1893. . . . The M. E. Church North is now on West Main Street, between Laurel and Mistletoe streets and was built in 1925."
Jane Snedicor's 1932 history of Medford

"The small building to the left in the above cut was Medford's first school house. It was built in the [spring] of 1884 by W. F. Williamson, which gentleman was the first teacher. The building was 16x20 feet in size and had a seating capacity of thirty pupils. The building was built on North [Central] Street and is now owned by Mrs. Smith, and is the residence in which Druggist C. C. Chitwood resides. [The building survives to this day as part of the Yellow Submarine sandwich shop on South Central.] It was built in '84 as a place of worship as well as school purposes. The first sermon ever preached in the town was in this building and by Rev. [Moses] A. Williams, Presbyterian. Two weeks later Rev. Martin Peterson, Christian, held services in the same building. The first school directors were J. S. Howard, D. H. Miller and [C. W.] Broback; J. L. Johnson, clerk. In the summer of [1884] the building shown in the center of the cut was built. [This building also survives, though it was moved from the courthouse site where it was built to 517 W. Tenth.] There were two school rooms with a seating capacity of eighty pupils. In '86 this building was remodeled into a four-room building. It is now the residence owned by Prof. N. L. Narregan, and is occupied by Merchant W. B. Stevens. The building to the right in the cut was built in 1891. There were eight rooms and a seating capacity of 320. This building was burned in August 1895. Upon the ruins of this building has sprung the present structure, shown elsewhere, which has ten rooms and a seating capacity of about 600 pupils."
Medford Mail, March 6, 1896, page 1

Shively Gulch
A gulch on Jackson Creek near Jacksonville, but not found on maps.
    Klippel, Baumle & Co. are building a wagon road from their ledge to the mill on Shively Gulch, intending to crush considerable ore as soon as it is completed. They  have a considerable amount of quartz already on the dump.
"Mining News," Democratic Times, Jacksonville, January 21, 1886, page 2
    The new firm in the silver ledge near Shively Gulch in which Chas. Kearns was formerly interested is now composed of L. D. Brown, Henry Klippel, W. T. Moore and Ed Fegan.
"Local Items," Oregon Sentinel, February 27, 1886, page 3
    Going on up the right-hand fork of Jackson Creek, the next [mine] is the Silver Ledge, being worked by Brown, Klippel and Moore.
Oregon Sentinel, March 6, 1886, page 3
    Baumle, Klippel & Co. are preparing to put up a quartz mill at their mine on Shively Gulch, near Jacksonville.
"Mining Items," Ashland Tidings, July 30, 1886, page 2
    The engine and boiler for Klippel & Baumle's new quartz mill arrived this week and was safely deposited in Shively Gulch. It is of twenty-five horsepower and is said to be of the late improved pattern.
"Local Items," Oregon Sentinel, Jacksonville, September 18, 1886, page 3
    Klippel & Baumle's mill on Shively Gulch is not making a steady run as yet, owing to the scarcity of quartz on the dump. This deficiency will probably be supplied soon.
"Southern Oregon Mines," Oregonian, Portland, April 14, 1887, page 6
    [Around 1852] "a man named Shively, who discovered Shively Gulch, above Jacksonville, took out $50,000 in 18 months."
"Gold Under Jacksonville," Oakland Tribune, March 24, 1946, page 19

Sisson
The town's name was changed to Mount Shasta City in 1924.

Sport's Point
See Deskin's Point.

Charles Strang's Drug Store
    Angle & Plymale's brick store was being remodeled in 1910, still on the original 1883 site of their wooden store building. "The other half was occupied by Charles Strang as a drug store." 
"Historic Store Recalled by Alteration of Front," Medford Mail Tribune weekly, May 19, 1910, p. 2
    "Vrooman & Miller have their store building about finished. It is a fine room, 24x40 with a neat front, which they had made in Portland. One side will be occupied by Dr. Vrooman's Drug Store, and the other by Mr. Miller with a large stock of hardware, stoves and tinware."
"Medford Items," Ashland Tidings, January 25, 1884, page 4
    "He opened his store at the corner of North [sic] Front and Eighth. A year later he moved to the present location of the Marsh grocery, where he operated until 1891, when he moved to the location now occupied by the Nichols & Ashpole meat market. In 1910 Strang moved to his present home, which he erected prior to that year."
"Charley Strang is 'Vet' of Veterans," Medford News, June 23, 1933, page 1
    "The first store was at the corner of Eighth and Front streets, the second at 130 East Main from 1885 to 1891, the third at 206 East Main from 1891 to 1910, and has been located at 231 East Main from 1910 until now."
"Charles Strang, Druggist, Rounds Out Full 50 Years of Business in Medford," Medford News, March 30, 1934, page 1

Sunday School
The building in which Medford's first Sunday school was held, in 1884, survives as part of the Yellow Submarine sandwich shop on South Central.
   "The first Sunday school was held in the little schoolhouse on South Central. Afterwards it was held in different halls, one on Front Street, one about where Strang's [drug] store is now [at 231 East Main], and the last place was in Howard's hall, the present location of the First National Bank [at 118 East Main]."
Jane Snedicor's 1932 history of Medford

A. C. Tayler
The April 15, 1937 Mail Tribune wrote that A. C. Tayler founded his shoe store and repair shop "in the exact location now occupied by [C. M.] Kidd's shoe store," today's Norris Shoes. This is contradicted by the 1892 and 1894 articles below; "opposite the post office" would have been about a block west. Curiously, the 1893 Sanborn map does show a shoe store in the Norris Shoes location.
    "$1.25 will buy a Ladies' Solid Leather Shoe at Tayler's shoe store, opposite post office."
"Local and General," Southern Oregon Mail, September 9, 1892 et seq., page 3
    "Tayler, the foot fitter and shoe doctor, finds his present quarters too small. On the 1st of March, '94, he will move his stock of shoes, etc., to the store next to Wilkinson's meat market." Wilkinson's is adjacent to the Norris Shoes location.
Medford Mail, February 16, 1894, page 3

John Theiss
    In 1884 "John Theiss lived where the Elks Club has its temple" on the northeast corner of Fifth and Central.
"Meader House Built in 1889" [sic], Medford Mail Tribune, June 7, 1937

Vawter House/University Club
    "When a structure having the history possessed by the apartment house on South Holly Street is being given a coat of paint, it sort of comes under the classification of "news." Once the residence of the Vawter family, prominent socially and in business, it later housed the University Club. The building was moved from West Main St. to its present location. Although the third and top story, which contained the ballroom, was destroyed by fire, the structure is still quite imposing, by reason of its architectural style.
Sallie Butler, "Sallying Forth," Medford News, May 26, 1950, page 3
   "University Club, located at the [northwest] corner of Main and Holly in the Vawter mansion. That house, first the home of William Vawter, important banker, and his family, later was moved to the [southeast] corner of Eighth and Holly."
"Recalling a 'Fragment of Time' in the Rogue Valley," Medford Mail Tribune, January 23, 1977, page 2B

Viewers
Viewers were citizens charged by the county commissioners with the task of finding the best route for a new road: one that was the most direct, easiest to maintain, and that impacted least the farmers whose land it was to cross. They also set the monetary "damages" to compensate for that impact.

Isaac Webb
    In 1884 "Ike Webb lived where the Band Box is now" at 223-227 East Sixth.
"Meader House Built in 1889" [sic], Medford Mail Tribune, June 7, 1937

Weeks Furniture
    "S. A. D. Higgins, of Jacksonville, has purchased the building lately occupied by Week's [sic] furniture store, situated on Front Street, and has fitted the place up for a billiard hall, and moved his stock and furniture over here from Jacksonville. Nothing but temperance drinks are sold, and the place is quite attractive."
The 1890 and 1893 Sanborn maps reveal this building to have been at 20 North Front Street.
"Local News," Medford Mail, March 17, 1892, page 3

Western Hotel
The 1888 Sanborn Fire Insurance map labels the structure on the northeast corner of Main and Central as the "Medford Ho[tel]."
    "The Western Hotel [was] on the present Jackson County Bank site [on the northeast corner of Main and Central], with the name changed later to Commercial."
Jane Snedicor's 1932 history of Medford

J. A. Whiteside
"In 1883 they came to this country, before Medford was started, and resided about where Groceteria No. 2 now stands. About 1890 Mr. Whiteside constructed Medford's first water system."
Excerpt, "Pioneer Lady Dies at Son's Home," Central Point American, October 31, 1940, page 1

Wilson Opera House
    "The Wilson Opera [House] was built soon after [the Angle Opera House] on the corner where the Jackson Hotel now stands [southwest corner of Eighth and Central]. . . . Later it was known as the Davis Opera House, the Medford and the Hazelrigg."
Jane Snedicor's 1932 history of Medford
    "Under the oak trees south of the old Wilson Opera House on South Central Avenue, Medford held her first Fourth of July celebration in 1884."
Jane Snedicor's 1932 history of Medford

Isaac Woolf's grocery store
The 1888 Sanborn Fire Insurance map shows only one store near this location, a "variety" store halfway between the northwest corner of Sixth and Central and the alley.
    In 1884 "There was a grocery store on Sixth Street where the Diamond Cafe was [at 127 East Sixth]. . . ."
"Meader House Built in 1889" [sic], Medford Mail Tribune, June 7, 1937
    "Medford Grocery and Provision Store, Corner C and Sixth Streets."
Advertisement, Democratic Times, Jacksonville, February 15, 1884 et seq., page 3

Worman's Livery Stable
The 1888 Sanborn Fire Insurance map--and early photos--show "Edwin Worman's Livery" at the southwest corner of Main and Bartlett, not where described below.
    "Ed Worman came soon afterwards and for a number of years operated a well-known livery stable on the southwest corner of Riverside [sic] and Main streets."
Jane Snedicor's 1932 history of Medford