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 City of Gold Hill Centennial Marker - Gold Hill, OR
N 42° 25.886 W 123° 02.985
10T E 495907 N 4697680
This centennial marker commemorates Gold Hill's existence as a community from 1860 to 1960 and is located in Gold Hill City Park along 2nd Avenue, also known as the historic Hwy 99.
Waymark Code: WMKWM4
Location: Oregon, United States
Date Posted: 06/03/2014
Views: 1
Located in the hart of downtown Gold Hill along Main Street (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 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
Subject: City
Commemoration: Founding of City of Gold Hill from 1860 to 1960
Date of Founding: 1860
Date of Commemoration: 1960
Address:
Gold Hill City Park
2nd Avenue
Gold Hill, OR
Overview Photograph:
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Detail Photograph:
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