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DRY GOODS LEDGER 1800'S JACKSON CNTY OR.FULL OF HISTORY
Category:   Collectibles / Paper / Documents
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Start Time: 7/5/2008
End Time: 7/12/2008
Location: Grants Pass, Oregon
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HERE IS A RARE ESTATE FIND OUT OF THE HISTORICAL WADE & MORGAN CO. BUILDING IN JACKSONVILLE OREGON.  THIS BOOK IS "LOADED" WITH VERY INTERESTING NAMES OF OLD TIME JACKSON COUNTY OREGON ,SOME OF WHICH HAVE MADE LOCAL HISTORY AND HAVE STREETS NAMED AFTER THEM.UPTON, HANELY, SAGE, ETC...I RESEARCHED THE NAME DOLLARHIDE AND CAME UP WITH SOME VERY INTERESTING HISTORY ON IT.. THIS FAMILY OWNED ACRES OF TIMBERLAND SOUTH OF ASHLAND OREGON  AND EVENTUALLY BUILT AND OPERATED A LUMBERMILL... (LOTS OF FUN TO RESEARCH!!)....OLDEST DATE I SAW IN BOOK WAS 1872....  WELL OVER 200 PAGES OF DIFFERENT NAMES AND GROCERY ORDERS...ALSO IN THE BACK OF THIS BOOK THERE IS A DOCUMENTED ARGUMENT OVER A HORSE (PICTURED)...FAIRLY WELL PRESERVED THRU THE DECADES WITH SOME AGE WEAR AND SOME SPINE SEPERATION.... VERY INTERESTING PIECE OF OREGON HISTORY ... GOOD LUCK AND BE SURE TO CHECK MY OTHER LOTS FOR MORE OLD LEDGERS FROM THIS ERA!

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