Myrtle Creek / Myrtle Creek Historical Society ; foreword by Mayor Dan Jocoy.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Myrtle Creek Historical Society.

Series:

Images of America.

Images of America

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Historic buildings--Oregon--Myrtle Creek--Pictorial works.

Historic buildings.

Myrtle Creek (Or.)--Buildings, structures, etc--Pictorial works.

Myrtle Creek (Or.).

Myrtle Creek (Or.)--History--Pictorial works.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (127 pages) : chiefly illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Charleston, SC : Arcadia Pub., [2012]

Summary:

The Scott-Applegate Trail, the first route through Southern Oregon, crossed Myrtle Creek where it flows into the South Umpqua River. The gold rush of 1849 and the subsequent discovery of gold in Southern Oregon sent waves of miners down this trail in their quest for gold. Attracted by Myrtle Creek’s rich and picturesque valleys, many returned to file their land claims here. Stores and mills were built to supply the gold miners, and the town rapidly grew to be an important stop along the route. Myrtle Creek incorporated as a city in 1893, and prosperity followed. A thriving prune industry, truck farms, gold mines, and lumber mills nurtured the economy until the Depression. Following World War II, a burgeoning population fueled by an exploding timber industry made Myrtle Creek a boomtown for many years. When Interstate 5 bypassed Myrtle Creek in 1965, the area took on the charm of a quiet country town--a safe place to raise children or retire in comfort.

Contents:

For a yoke of oxen, a city is born

A century turns, a city grows

100 valleys of the Umpqua

Prunes and prosperity

Roads and rails

Roaring 1920s and depressed 1930s

Timber boom

Changing times.

OCLC:

885208698