Artifacts 5: Medicine Bottles from the Booker House – by Sarah Lind
Digging Jacksonville – March 2015
The Booker House was built in 1880 and is a contributing resource to Jacksonville’s National Historic Landmark District. The house is currently owned by long-time Jacksonville resident Carol Knapp, who contacted Southern Oregon University Laboratory of Anthropology (SOULA) in 2009 in preparation for renovations to her historic home. Carol worked in […]
Sarah Lind is a senior at Southern Oregon University majoring in anthropology. Her emphasis is archaeology, and through SOULA she has been able to become involved and engaged with local historical archaeology. Sarah has been researching the Booker House for her senior thesis the past two years, working closely with Carol Knapp to analyze and preserve the Booker House collection. You can reach SOULA by contacting Chelsea Rose at rosec@sou.edu and follow