Granite Oregon
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Volcanoguy
N 44° 48.547 W 118° 25.339
11T E 387527 N 4962730
History sign at Granite, Oregon.
Waymark Code: WM2V8D
Location: Oregon, United States
Date Posted: 12/24/2007
Views: 21
History sign at Granite, Oregon. There is also a stone marker here which say “Gold found here July 4, 1862.”
Marker Name: Granite Oregon
Marker Text: Albert G. Tabor first struck gold just below the present town of Granite on the 4th day of July, 1862. Babor named his claim theIndependence since the strike was made on Independence Day, and the Town that sprang up around the strike was also called Independence. However, the name was changed to Granite in 1876 when the people applied for a post office and found there was already and Independence, Oregon. Granite was a center of mining activity for over 80 years, today activity has ceased with nothing remaining but the town and a wealth of history.
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