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44-720: The former Rogue River portion of the Rogue River–Siskiyou National Forest is located in parts of five counties in southern Oregon and northern California. In descending order of land area they are Jackson , Klamath , Douglas , Siskiyou , and Josephine counties, with Siskiyou County being the only one in California. It has a land area of 628,443 acres (254,322 ha). There are local ranger district offices located in Ashland , Butte Falls , Grants Pass , Jacksonville , and Prospect . The former Siskiyou portion of

88-567: A Cook Partisan Voting Index of R+11 and is represented by Republican Cliff Bentz . In the Oregon House of Representatives , Jackson County is divided between four districts, which are together represented by three Republicans and one Democrat ( Pam Marsh of Ashland). In the Oregon State Senate , Jackson County is divided between three districts; the 2nd and 28th Districts, represented by Republicans Art Robinson and Dennis Linthicum , and

132-554: A 21-mile (34 km) paved link between Ashland and Central Point. The bike path is very popular with cyclists and skaters, especially during the warmer spring and summer months. What is believed to be the world's only Bigfoot trap is located in the Siskiyou National Forest in the southern part of the county. The trap was originally built in 1974 by the North American Wildlife Research Team (NAWRT),

176-632: A combined force of regular army and civilians May 29, 1856, at Big Bend on the Rogue River. The Native Americans had received the worse of the fighting throughout this conflict, and as they began to surrender, they were herded to existing reservations, beginning in January 1856 when one group was marched to the Grand Ronde Indian Reservation west of Salem . Over the following months, other groups were forced to leave until by May 1857 almost all of

220-463: A household in the county was $ 36,461, and the median income for a family was $ 43,675. Males had a median income of $ 32,720 compared to $ 23,690 for females. The per capita income for the county was $ 19,498. 8.90% of families and 12.50% of the population were below the poverty line , including 16.30% of those under age 18 and 6.90% of those age 65 or over. As of the 2010 census , there were 203,206 people, 83,076 households, and 53,460 families living in

264-612: A now-defunct organization based in Eugene, Oregon to capture the legendary hominid Bigfoot (or Sasquatch) that is said to inhabit the forests of the Pacific Northwest . In recent years it has become a major tourist attraction. The Oregon Vortex is a roadside attraction that opened to tourists in 1930, located on Sardine Creek in Gold Hill. It consists of a number of interesting effects, which are gravity hill optical illusions , but which

308-408: A number of sclerophyllous shrubs - are found only in southwestern Oregon and northwestern California. The Wilderness is home to a wide variety of animals. Black-tailed deer are common, while American black bears , California Valley coyotes , banded bobcats , ring-tail cats , and North American cougars are less common but still may be seen. A number of small mammals, particularly members of

352-462: A person who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.48 and the average family size was 2.95. The age distribution of the county's population was 24.40% under the age of 18, 8.70% from 18 to 24, 25.50% from 25 to 44, 25.40% from 45 to 64, and 16.00% 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 94.60 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.70 males. The median income for

396-601: A substance used in art sculpture, is mined in Jackson County. According to the Jackson County Board of Commissioners, by 2021 the main cash crop produced within the county was grows of illegal cannabis, with the board declaring a state of emergency. The Bear Creek Greenway is the area on both sides of Bear Creek running from Ashland to Central Point. The Greenway's most popular feature is the bike path which runs from Ashland north towards Medford. Eventually it will be

440-648: Is a wilderness area in the Klamath and Rogue River national forests in the U.S. states of Oregon and California . It comprises 19,940 acres (8,070 ha), approximately 16,190 acres (6,550 ha) of which is located in California, and 3,750 acres (1,520 ha) in Oregon. It was established by the California Wilderness Act of 1984 and the Oregon Wilderness Act of 1984 . Red Buttes Wilderness

484-491: Is a 268.35-foot (81.79 m) ponderosa and is located in the national forest. In 2002, the massive Biscuit Fire burned nearly 500,000 acres (200,000 ha), including much of the Kalmiopsis Wilderness . The Rogue River–Siskiyou National Forest contains all or part of eight separate wilderness areas , which together add up to 565,900 acres (229,000 ha): Jackson County, Oregon Jackson County

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528-473: Is also common along some dry, rocky ridges. Perhaps the most distinctive vegetation community is that found on the peridotite/serpentinite outcrops - Jeffrey pine , western white pine , and Brewer spruce . A small stand of subalpine fir was also recently discovered by Frank Callahan in the wilderness. Some of the plant species in the Wilderness - such as Brewer's spruce, Sadler oak, Siskiyou lewisia , and

572-552: Is in Jackson County. Located entirely within Jackson County is Bear Creek and its watershed , a tributary of the Rogue River . The population centers of Medford , Ashland , Phoenix , Talent , and Central Point are located along the stream . It connects with the Rogue River near the Upper and Lower Table Rock lava formations. As of the census of 2000, there were 181,269 people, 71,532 households, and 48,427 families living in

616-509: Is one of the 36 counties in the U.S. state of Oregon . As of the 2020 census , the population was 223,259. The county seat is Medford . The county is named for Andrew Jackson , the seventh president of the United States . Jackson County comprises the Medford, OR Metropolitan Statistical Area . There are 11 incorporated cities and 34 unincorporated communities in Jackson County;

660-620: Is situated in both Oregon and California and includes the crest of the Siskiyou Mountains between the Rogue River and Klamath River drainages. The wilderness is 13 miles (21 km) long and 6 miles (9.7 km) wide, with elevations ranging from 2,800 feet (853 m) in Butte Fork Canyon to 6,740 feet (2,054 m) at the east summit of the Red Buttes. The main waterways that flow through Red Buttes Wilderness are all part of

704-639: Is typical of southwestern Oregon, Jackson County leans towards the Republican nominee in presidential elections, although the presence of a substantial student body at Ashland means Democrats get a larger proportion of the vote in statewide elections than in any other county south of the Willamette Valley. No Democratic presidential candidate has won an absolute majority in Jackson County since Lyndon Johnson 's landslide in 1964, although Bill Clinton in 1992 and Barack Obama in 2008 obtained narrow pluralities in

748-531: The Lookout Air Raids . It was the second bombing of the continental United States by an enemy aircraft, three months after the air attack by Japan on Dutch Harbor three months earlier on June 3–4. The national forest is home to some stands of old growth , including Port Orford cedar and Douglas fir in the Copper Salmon area. A 1993 Forest Service study estimated that the extent of old growth in

792-779: The Rogue River watershed, including the Butte Fork and the Middle Fork of the Applegate River , as well as Sucker Creek, a tributary of the Illinois River . The Wilderness contains the headwaters of the Illinois River. Red Buttes Wilderness takes its name from the dominant peak along the Siskiyou Crest; because of its high iron and magnesium content, the butte's rock is a reddish-orange color. The Siskiyou Mountains are part of

836-484: The 3rd District, represented by Democrat Jeff Golden . Jackson County is currently one of 11 counties in Oregon in which therapeutic psilocybin is legal. The county's principal industries are healthcare, agriculture , lumber, manufacturing, and tourism. Jackson County has over 10,000 acres (40 km ) of orchards and shares with Josephine County the Rogue Valley and Applegate wine appellations . Soapstone ,

880-656: The Coast Range directly to the Pacific Ocean . The Siskiyou National Forest was established on October 5, 1906. On July 1, 1908, it absorbed Coquille National Forest and other lands. Rogue River National Forest traces its establishment back to the creation of the Ashland Forest Reserve on September 28, 1893, by the United States General Land Office . The lands were transferred to

924-500: The Forest Service in 1906, and it became a National Forest on March 4, 1907. On July 1, 1908, Ashland was combined with other lands from Cascade , Klamath and Siskiyou National Forests to establish Crater National Forest . On July 18, 1915, part of Paulina National Forest was added, and on July 9, 1932, the name was changed to Rogue River. On September 9, 1942, an airplane dropped bombs on Mount Emily in

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968-414: The Illinois River valley and the Rogue River valley near Jacksonville in 1852, and the completion of a wagon road connecting the county with California to the south and Douglas County to the north led to an influx of non-native settlers. Conflict between the miners and Native Americans led to war in 1853, which continued intermittently until the final defeat of the last band under chiefs John and George by

1012-608: The Red Buttes Wilderness most likely came through during the Siskiyou Mountain gold rush in the early 1850s. Prospecting and small-scale mining, along with trapping, hunting, livestock grazing, continued to bring local residents up into the Wilderness during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. In the 1920s and 1930s, the Forest Service built trails and a few cabins in the remote area, and during World War II,

1056-485: The Rogue River–Siskiyou National Forest is located in parts of four counties in southwestern Oregon and northwestern California. In descending order of land area they are Curry , Josephine , and Coos counties in Oregon and Del Norte County in California. It has a land area of 1,094,726 acres (443,020 ha). There are local ranger district offices located in Cave Junction , Gold Beach , and Powers . Nearly all of

1100-654: The Shasta, Takelma, and Latgawas tribes had been relocated to the Siletz Reservation , where they remained. Jacksonville was designated as the first county seat in 1853. However, Jacksonville declined due to diminishing returns in the local goldfields and the construction in the 1880s of the Oregon and California Railroad . This railroad bypassed Jacksonville and instead went through Medford , located five miles (8.0 km) east of Jacksonville. Medford's prospects improved because of

1144-719: The Siskiyou Crest. By late prehistoric times, the Dakubetede Indians of the Applegate Valley used this area, probably sharing it on occasion with their neighbors the Shasta , the Karok , and the Takelma . They hunted deer , bighorn sheep , elk , and grizzly bear . Arrowheads, scrapers, and other stone tools from several thousand years of human prehistory have been found in the Red Buttes Wilderness. The first non-native people to visit

1188-400: The Siskiyou National Forest, turned around, and flew back over the Pacific Ocean . The bombs exploded and started a fire, which was put out by several forest service employees. Bomb fragments were said to have Japanese markings. Stewart Holbrook vividly described this event in his essay "First Bomb". It was later confirmed that the plane was indeed Japanese, and the incident became known as

1232-623: The U.S. government constructed a narrow mining road from the Klamath River to the chromite deposits on the south slope of the Red Buttes. In 1945, a single-engine airplane crashed in the Red Buttes Wilderness. A bronze plaque along the Butte Fork Trail marks the grave of three victims on board. In 1984, the area was designated Wilderness and afforded the protections laid out in the Wilderness Act of 1964. Primary recreational activities in

1276-746: The attraction's proprietors propose are the result of paranormal properties of the area. The attraction was the inspiration for the Mystery Shack , a tourist trap and the main setting for the Disney Channel (later Disney XD ) original series Gravity Falls . The Pacific Crest Trail , officially designated as the Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail (PCT), passes through Jackson County. 42°25′N 122°44′W  /  42.42°N 122.74°W  / 42.42; -122.74 Red Buttes Wilderness The Red Buttes Wilderness

1320-475: The county, in both cases by less than 500 votes. In recent elections, however, the Republican lean in Jackson County has presented some signs of waning. The four most recent instances in which Republicans have been able to win the county had them doing so only by single digit margins. In the United States House of Representatives , Jackson County lies within Oregon's 2nd congressional district , which has

1364-438: The county. The population density was 73.0 inhabitants per square mile (28.2/km ). There were 90,937 housing units at an average density of 32.7 units per square mile (12.6 units/km ). The racial makeup of the county was 88.7% white, 1.2% Asian, 1.2% American Indian, 0.7% black or African American, 0.3% Pacific islander, 4.5% from other races, and 3.5% from two or more races. Those of Hispanic or Latino origin made up 10.7% of

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1408-409: The county. The population density was 65 people per square mile (25 people/km ). There were 75,737 housing units at an average density of 27 units per square mile (10/km ). The racial makeup of the county was 91.65% White , 0.40% Black or African American , 1.09% Native American , 0.90% Asian , 0.18% Pacific Islander , 2.88% from other races , and 2.91% from two or more races. 6.69% of

1452-478: The forest was 345,300 acres (139,700 ha) some of which occurs in the Red Buttes Wilderness . Blue oak , Quercus douglasii , and Canyon live oak , Quercus chrysolepis occur in the Siskiyou National Forest. For the California endemic Blue Oak, the disjunctive stands are occurring near the northern limit of its range, which occur no farther north than Del Norte County. The world's tallest pine tree

1496-424: The forestland-urban interface. This requires homeowners to maintain a 30' or greater firebreak around their structures, and affects 12,000 homeowners. In 2007, this plan becomes mandatory for many landowners, under threat of liability if their property is involved in a fire. On May 15, 2007, residents voted not to reopen the county's 15 libraries , which had been closed since April 6 due to a shortage of funds. This

1540-456: The larger "Klamath Mountains Province" of southwestern Oregon and northwestern California, and they include some of the oldest rocks in the region. The former ocean-bottom sediments that make up most of the Wilderness are several hundred million years old. Over time they were slowly changed by pressure and heat into the complex variety of metamorphic rocks present today: schist, quartzite, gneiss, and several outcrops of white marble. During

1584-666: The largest is Medford, which has been the county seat since 1927. Modoc , Shasta , Takelma , Latgawa , and Umpqua Indian tribes are all native to the region of present Jackson County. Prior to the 1850s, the Klickitats from the north raided the area. The Territorial Legislature created Jackson County on January 12, 1852, from the southwestern portion of Lane County and the unorganized area south of Douglas and Umpqua Counties. It included lands which now lie in Coos , Curry , Josephine , Klamath and Lake Counties. Gold discoveries in

1628-500: The last ice age small glaciers sculpted the Siskiyou basins that now contain lakes and meadows. At the lowest elevations of the Red Buttes Wilderness is found a magnificent old-growth forest of ponderosa pine , sugar pine , Douglas-fir and incense-cedar , with an understory of Pacific madrone , canyon live oak , and chinquapin . On the higher slopes are found white fir , Shasta red fir , and mountain hemlock . Knobcone pine

1672-425: The location of the railroad and the accompanying commerce and development as Jacksonville continued its steady decline. Jacksonville fended off suggestions to move the county seat until 1927 when Medford was finally selected as the county seat. In March 2004, Jackson County became the first of an eventual 35 counties in Oregon to implement a voluntary plan of fireproofing homes situated on properties zoned as part of

1716-851: The national forest is mountainous and includes parts of the Southern Oregon Coast Range , the Klamath Mountains , and the Cascade Range . The largest river in the national forest is the Rogue River , which originates in the Cascade Range and flows through the Klamath Mountains and Coast Range. The Illinois River is a major tributary of the Rogue in the Klamath Mountains, while the Sixes , Elk , Pistol , Chetco , and Winchuck rivers drain

1760-509: The population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. 17.4% were of German , 12.9% English , 10.2% Irish and 8.8% United States or American ancestry. 92.7% spoke only English at home, while 5.6% spoke Spanish . Of the 71,532 households, 30.30% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.20% were married couples living together, 10.50% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.30% were non-families. 25.10% of all households were made up of one individual, 11.00% being

1804-418: The population. In terms of ancestry, 19.9% were German , 14.4% were English, 14.1% were Irish, and 5.3% were American . Of the 83,076 households, 28.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 48.4% were married couples living together, 11.0% had a female householder with no husband present, 35.6% were non-families, and 27.7% of all households were made up of individuals. The average household size

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1848-429: The rodent and weasel families, inhabit the area. Many species of birds can be seen in the Wilderness, including eagles , hawks , falcons , northern goshawks , owls , Steller's jays , and ravens . Unsubstantiated sightings of the infamous Bigfoot or Sasquatch date back over the last century. Beginning perhaps as early as 8,000 years ago, Native American groups traveled and hunted along this portion of

1892-461: Was 2.40 and the average family size was 2.91. The median age was 42.1 years. The median income for a household in the county was $ 44,142 and the median income for a family was $ 53,739. Males had a median income of $ 40,435 versus $ 30,632 for females. The per capita income for the county was $ 24,410. About 9.9% of families and 14.0% of the population were below the poverty line, including 19.0% of those under age 18 and 7.4% of those age 65 or over. As

1936-537: Was the largest library closure in the history of the United States. The libraries were reopened, with reduced hours, on October 24, 2007. According to the United States Census Bureau , the county has a total area of 2,802 square miles (7,260 km ), of which 2,784 square miles (7,210 km ) is land and 18 square miles (47 km ) (0.6%) is water. A portion of the Umpqua National Forest

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