The Perkinsville Ferry - Grants Pass, OR
N 42° 25.870 W 123° 19.883
10T E 472741 N 4697703
This historical marker is located in a parking lot just north of Caveman Bridge in downtown Grants Pass, OR.
Waymark Code: WMN6Q4
Location: Oregon, United States
Date Posted: 01/05/2015
Views: 1
Located in the SW corner of a parking lot and just north of Caveman Bridge which spans the Rogue River is an E Clampus Vitus marker that reads:
| THE PERKINSVILLE FERRY Joel Perkins was an ambitious young man looking for
riches. Perkins arrived in Oregon in 1844 at the age
of 23 with his mother, father, and four siblings. In
1851 Joel followed wagon tracks from the Willamette
Valley to one of the best spots to cross the Rogue
River. This location is approximately one mile
upstream from this marker, where Fruitdale Creek
enters the Rogue River. Mr. Perkins established a
ferry business and general store near this site. The
Perkinsville Ferry was used by many traveling from
the Willamette Valley area in search of gold. A
settlement, Perkinsville, grew up along the banks of
the Rogue River. Perkinsville and other settlements
were abolished in favor of Grants Pass in 1885. Plaque placed by
Umpqua Joe Outpst 1859 sponsoring Ch. Humbug 73
In cooperation with Grants Pass
Parks and Recreation Department
April 2010 |
The Umpqua Joe Chapter 1859 has a website that contains a list of their historical markers here. The site where the ferry and general store once existed is now full of private homes on the north and south banks of the Rogue River, but Fruitdale Creek still flows into the river.
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