Laurelhurst, Oregon
Inset of 1954 map showing structures, which included ranches, displaced by William L. Jess Dam.
About this community
- River
- Rogue River
- Established
- 1867
- Inundated
- 1977
- Population
- 200
Archive artifacts
Photos
- Another Pork Barrel Dam 1963"Opponents of the three-dam Rogue basin project near Medford wanted Pres. Kennedy to see how they felt. So they bulldozed this sign in letters 50 by 35 feet at the site of Lost Creek Dam. It was filled with white lime so he would see it when his plane through over the area last Friday. But he didn't. Haziness obscured it."Portland Reporter · Oregon Historical Society
Sources
- Bill Varble, "Just Memories Remain of Laurelhurst," The Northwest (March 5, 1992).