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No. 22 – Cottage Grove, Oregon. Circa 1915 – A framed view from Mt. David. The photographer focused on the Catholic Church at the corner of Birch and H Streets. The church building is now the home of the Cottage Grove Museum. It’s a great view between “The Tysting Oaks”.
What are “Tysting Oaks”?
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No. 21 – Cottage Grove, Oregon. Circa 1928 – Looking south near 6th and Main Street. On the left a car is parked by the Service Garage, in the Knickerbocker Building. Across the street facing Main Street is, The Bank Building, recently renovated. On the right, you can see the Kem Building which replaced the Hotel Oregon circa 1923. Claude Kem operated a drug store in the building until he retired in 1954. Leo’s Rexall followed then KC Drugs. Across the street facing Main is the First National Bank of Cottage Grove Building built in late 1911. Looking down South 6th Street on the right, there is a sign for Chestnut Transfer Service.
You can see the sign for Omer Apartments on right hand side of this photo. Do you know how the apartments got this name?
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No. 19 - Cottage Grove, Oregon. September 1912. Grange Parade, Main Street looking East near what is now Main Street and 6th Street. The two ladies in the front L. to R. Mrs. Sophronia Knox McFarland and her older sister, Mrs. Margaret Jane Knox Veatch. Mrs. Veatch [on white horse] is using the same side saddle she rode across the plains to Oregon on in 1853. The Cottage Grove Museum has her side saddle on display.
Cottage Grove has a rich history of celebrating with parades. The streets were lined with families dressed in their finest watching with excitement just like we do now with the Bohemia Mining Days Parade.
The news of Mrs. Margaret Jane Knox Veatch riding her side saddle in this Grange Parade made the news throughout Oregon. What is your most memorable Cottage Grove Parade moment?
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No. 20 - Cottage Grove, Oregon. Circa 1917. Looking East at Main and 5th Street – On the left, in the first block, you can see the Arcade Theater, it moved to this location in 1913, the next two buildings still stand today, then the Stewart Porter Building which at one time was the Crawford Hotel and the Hotel Oregon. In the next block, the Knickerbocker Building, Bartels Meats and the Woodward Building aka McCoy’s Pharmacy building. On the right you see part of the Lurch’s Store sign, then in the first block, the Hemenway Building, Lawson Building, Elite Confectionary, Grable Harness & Shoe Shop, First National Bank of Cottage Grove Building built in 1911. In the next block you see, The Bank Building, recently renovated, built in 1904.
This is another great view of early Main Street. Transportation was in transition from horse and wagon to automobiles. How many forms of transportation do you see in this photograph?
The two buildings on the left are wooden and still stand today, what businesses are in the three storefronts now?
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No. 18 - Cottage Grove, Oregon. Circa 1915. A scene from Reservoir Hill aka Mt. David - Looking northeast. In the middle left of the view, note the steam train approaching the railroad bridge, next to the covered bridge, that crossed the Coast Fork of the Willamette River north of town. David McFarland's home is in the foreground.
This is a wonderful view from Mt. David. We all have seen the iconic views looking southeast over the Northwest Neighborhood from Mt. David. This one gives us a glimpse into what north Cottage Grove looked like over 100 years ago. If you were to stand on the same spot today, you might catch a glimpse of David McFarland’s home on North River Road on a fall day. What else would you see?
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