Gold Hill City Park - Gold Hill, OR - Municipal Parks and Plazas on Waymarking.com

Located in the heart of downtown Gold Hill along 2nd Ave (also known as historic Hwy 99) is Gold Hill City Park. There is a small boulder with a metal plaque that mentions this park being a Gold Hill Lions Club International project. The park was built in 1960 to commemorate the centennial of Gold Hill's existence from 1860 to 1960. The nearby wooden historical marker reads:

CITY OF GOLD HILL

GOLD 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

Name: Gold Hill City Park Street Location: Main Street (Hwy 99) Local Municipality: Gold Hill State/Province, etc.: OR Country: USA Memorial/Commemoration: Park commemmorates Gold Hill's centennial from 1860 to 1960 Date Established: 1960 Picnic Facilities: Picnic tables Recreational Facilities: Children's Playground Monuments/Statues: Lion's Club International Monument Web Site: Not listed Art (murals/sculpture, etc.): Not listed Fountains: Not listed Ponds/Lakes/Streams/Rivers/Beach: Not listed Special Events: Not listed Traditional Geocaches: Not listed

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