More Oregon Historical Society Articles - Josephine County

• Pack Trains - 1/2

Many of the old pack trails are still in existence although greatly fragmented and in disrepair. They are used more today for ...


• Josephine County as a Hydraulic Region

Every stream and gulch contains gold. Even in the valleys, where the soil is rich, there is gold ...


• The Floating Dredges of Southern Oregon

One of the first financially successful dredges to operate in southern Oregon was the ...


• Quartz Mining in Josephine County - 1/2

Both pick and pan method as well as placer uncovered most of the great producing quartz mines of Josephine County ...


• The Completion of the Caveman Bridge - 1/2

The moment in time was the completion of the Caveman Bridge in 1931 and the removal of the three span 1909 steel bridge. The steel bridge was ...


• Platinum in Josephine County, Oregon - 1/1

In my roll as a historian for the Josephine County Historical Society, I have been asked to tell what I have discovered about the metal called Platinum, or white gold.
The following is an article extracted from a mining publication called "The Mining World" and reveals an accurate story of recovering the metal and the attitudes in general concerning it from the early miners of Josephine County.

• The Back of the Beyond:
- A Story about Lewis & Clark

• The Story of Sacajawea:
- Guide to Lewis & Clark
• Sacagawea Dollar Coin
- Sacagawea Coins & Coin Sets

• Oregon Trail Games
- Oregon Trail - Africa Trail Games

• Trail of Tears:
- The Rise & Fall of the Cherokee Nation

• The Dominguez-Escalante Expeditions Journal:

Through Colorado, Utah, Arizona, and New Mexico in 1776

• I Walked to Zion:
- Young Pioneers on the Mormon Trail

• The Gathering of Zion:
- The Story of the Mormon Trail

• National Geographic's Guide to:
- Lewis and Clark Trail

• Hiking Historic Trails
- Utah's Favorite Hiking Trails

• Scenic Driving - Travel guides
- Scenic Driving in Utah

• Historical reading
- The Old Spanish Trail

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