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No. 27 – Cottage Grove, Oregon. Circa 1912 – Cattle drive down Main Street, looking west. On the left is the Thompson Hotel. On the right you can see part of the Fashion Stable barn, a Pool Hall, Restaurant, Rooms for Rent sign on the old Imperial Hotel building and a Pharmacy where the Bookmine is today. In the next block, the Woodard Building, a Restaurant, Harness Shop, Bartel’s Meat Market and the Knickerbocker building. In the next block across 6th Street, Hotel Oregon.
Do you know a fact about the Bookmine building that sets it apart from the other buildings on Main Street?
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No. 26 – Cottage Grove, Oregon. Circa 1916 – Looking west on Main Street during the annual 4th of July Parade. You can see signs for a Harness & Shoe Shop, The Elite Bakery, a Restaurant & Ice Cream shop and Lurch’s General Store.
Can you name some of the business that are now located in this section on the south side of Main Street?
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No. 24 – Cottage Grove, Oregon. Circa 1911 – This view is looking east down Main Street. On the left you can see an Oil and Gasoline Garage, Harness Emporium and a Restaurant sign. On the right, the brick structure was built in 1906 and was the first home of, The Bank of Cottage Grove. Further down Main Street you can see Lurch’s General Store. If you look closely beyond the Lurch’s sign you can see the scaffolding for the construction of the First National Bank of Cottage Grove building on the southwest corner of what is now 6th and Main Street.
The brick building on the right, was the first home of, The Bank of Cottage Grove. Do you know what is in this building today?
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No. 25 – Cottage Grove, Oregon. Circa 1912 – This view was taken from the orchards at the foot of Knox Butte, looking west towards Mt. David. You can see the early water tower on “Reservoir Hill” aka Mt. David.
Do you know what started the feud between Slabtown and Lemati?
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No. 23 – Cottage Grove, Oregon. Circa 1912 – This view taken from Mt. David looking southeast towards Knox Butte. The large building in the foreground, Westside School built in 1904, directly above it, is the Cottage Grove School built in 1890. In the middle of the photo you can see the spires of the United Methodist Church and Presbyterian Church. If you look closely, you can see the steam coming from the mills on Mill Street, now called South 10th Street.
In between the two schools, if you look closely, you can see a tall narrow structure with a square lighter colored roof. Do you know what this structure was used for? You might even be able to spot the one on the east side of town, it has what looks like small windows on the north and west side with a dark roof. Do you know which park has a replica of the east side hose house?
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