Featured Photo taken near Edgewood Contributed by Yreka Preservation It took from 1850 until December 16, 1887 before the railroad had the last piece of rail connecting San Francisco with Portland. It was with great angst that the railroad decided to bypass Yreka, the county seat, in favor of a different route via Montague. But, with determination and pluck Yreka set out to build a connecting … [Read more...] about The Shasta Route along the Southern Pacific Railroad
Adventure
Butte Creek Flour Mill, Eagle Point, Oregon
Historic Photo of Butte Creek Flour Mill located in Eagle Point, Oregon Well, very sad news... this lovely, historic and majestic place burned to the ground on Christmas morning, 2015... The history that you will read below was written and published just over a year ago........ there are already plans to re-build this amazing place... if you are interested in offering any support and/or … [Read more...] about Butte Creek Flour Mill, Eagle Point, Oregon
Fort Jones
Ft. Jones plaque. Photograph courtesy E Clampus Vitus. For Fort Jones’ 2010 September sesquicentennial celebration, E Clampus Vitus Humbug Chapter along with Scott Valley Bank commemorated Fort Jones and the bank with a granite plaque. James “Dirt” Ordway, Chapter President, was responsible for leading the charge to get this historical marker completed. James, along with Clampers Dan Weimers … [Read more...] about Fort Jones
Deadwood
1948 Deadwood plaque dedication. Photograph courtesy Ft. Jones Museum. In 2009 I was Humbug (Club president) of the Yreka E Clampus Vitus Humbug No. 73 Chapter. My summer Doin’s was the Scott Summit Saloon and Plaque Tour. One of the stops we made along the Saturday route was the old town site of Deadwood on Greenhorn Road. It was right there, as we viewed the vandalized plaque, that Dan … [Read more...] about Deadwood
Wilderville Post Office
Photo of Modern Day Wilderville Store in Wilderville, Oregon was provided by E Clampus Vitus. In 2009 when I was Humbug of the Yreka Chapter of E Clampus Vitus, our Oregon Umpqua Joe Outpost was searching for a site to plaque. Glenn Hearrell, the founder of Umpqua Joe had recruited John “Dick” Tracey, owner of the Wilderville general store. After talking to John and his wife they hatched a … [Read more...] about Wilderville Post Office
Dardanelles
Historic Map Sketch showing Dardanelles from the 1800s provided by E Clampus Vitus. Oregon’s Umpqua Joe E Clampus Vitus Outpost, under the oversight of sponsoring Yreka Chapter Humbug 73, relocated and rededicated a plaque lost during the 1960s era construction of Interstate 5 and new overpass. Tom Daily, an Umpqua Joe member, brought the idea forward at a meeting about relocating an old … [Read more...] about Dardanelles