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“Back to Nature” - Jacksonville Woodlands Historic Natural Park and Trail System, in Historic Jacksonville, Oregon
The discovery of Gold in the Oregon Territory at Rich Gulch in 1851 created the boom town of Jacksonville, Oregon, like many of those towns established in the California Gold Rush of 1849. The resulting gold rush fever quickly created the prosperity of Jacksonville, the hub of commerce as well as the County seat until it was finally moved to Medford in 1927. With the designation of much of the city of Jacksonville in 1966 as a National Historic Landmark District, the first such district in Oregon, many of the buildings and mansions built as a result of the wealth resulting from this gold rush have been preserved in this living museum we see today. This gold had washed down from the Siskiyou Mountains long ago, deposited in old river gravels until it was discovered,  washed loose, sorted out by the hydraulic miners, until the gold was uncovered and it was gone.
                                     
Jacksonville's boom years lasted until 1884, when the railroad decided to bypass Jacksonville, establishing its area hub in Medford instead, resulting in Medford becoming the center of commerce for the Rogue Valley as many of Jacksonville's residents and businesses moved away. Agriculture replaced mining as the main industry in the 1890's. ... more

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