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ID: 7014024
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7014024
Record Type:
administrative
Medford (inhabited place)
Note:
Located in SW Oregon in Rogue River Valley on Bear Creek; named for Medford, Massachusetts; from 1836 to 1856 site was repeatedly scene of battles between pioneers & Rogue River Indians.
Names:
Medford
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V
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Oregon
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Jackson
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Medford
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Place Types:
inhabited place (
preferred
,
C
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founded in 1883 as depot for Southern Pacific (formerly Oregon & California) Railroad & incorporated in 1885
city (
C
)
county seat (
C
)
manufacturing center (
C
)
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for lumber, dairy products & for packing & canning of fruits & vegetables
transportation center (
C
)
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especially for pears & other fruit, dairy & truck-farm produce & for lumber
agricultural center (
C
)
tourist center (
C
)
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for Crater Lake National Park, Oregon Caves National Park & Rogue River National Forest & for historic gold town Jacksonville
Sources and Contributors:
Medford..........
[
VP Preferred
]
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Canby, Historic Places (1984)
II, 583
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Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
VII, 998-999
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Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
746
Subject:
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[
VP
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Canby, Historic Places (1984)
II, 583
..................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
VII, 998-999
..................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
746
Note:
English
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[
VP
]
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