CITY OF GOLD HILLGOLD HILL DISCOVERED ON HILL ACROSS ROGUE RIVER IN 1860.
LAND FOR GOLD HILL DONATED BY THOMAS & ROSE CHAYNIR
IN 1884. RAILROAD BUILT IN 1887. TOWN INC. FEB. 12, 1895.
FIRST SCHOOL IN METHODIST CHURCH IN 1889.
ELECTRICITY CAME FROM GOLD REY DAM IN 1904. WATER
PUMPED BY BEAVER PORTLAND CEMENT CO., WHO BUILT A
PLANT IN 1914, WHICH CLOSED IN 1967. FIRE IN 1915
DESTROYED LIVERY STABLES, BLACKSMITH SHOP & OTHER
BUSINESSES. WESTERN UNION, WELLS FARGO, GOLD HILL
NEWS, BANK, THEATER & OTHER STORES, THRIVED.
THIS MARKER FUNDED BY OREGON STATE
AND GOLD HILL BICENTENNIAL COMMITTEES