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1908 Map of Grants Pass

Name: 1908 Topographic Map of Grants Pass
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1908
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1908

About this map

Grants Pass serves as the primary hub of this 1908 survey, situated where the Southern Pacific RR crosses the Rogue River. The landscape is defined by an intense concentration of early twentieth-century mining activity, particularly in the northern hills where operations like the Granite Hill Mine, Columbia Mine, and Red Jacket Mine are clustered. To the south, the Applegate River valley supports a string of small agricultural and mining settlements including Murphy, Provolt, and Applegate.

Remote extraction points and local industry are visible throughout the Siskiyou Mountains, from Kremans Sawmill on Rock Gulch to the Oregon Caves near the southern border. Notable landmarks like the California Bar on Sucker Creek and the Lucky Strike Mine near Althouse Creek illustrate the wide distribution of prospectors across the Josephine and Jackson county lines. The transition from river-bottom farming to high-mountain timber and mineral claims is clearly documented across the terrain.