Pioneer Profiles
Jean St. Luc DeRoboam and Henrietta Schmidling – The Next Installment – by Carolyn Kingsnorth
Pioneer Profiles – April 2017
Although hotel proprietress Jeanne DeRoboam Laugier Guilfoyle Holt (see Pioneer Profiles, March 2017) was the most prominent of the DeRoboams to settle in early Jacksonville, her brother, Jean St. Luc DeRoboam, […]
Madame Jeanne DeRoboam Laugier Guilfoyle Holt: Hotel Proprietress – by Carolyn Kingsnorth
Pioneer Profiles – March 2017
The small, relatively plain, headstone in the Catholic section of the Jacksonville Cemetery simply reads Jane Holt—an ironic “grand finale” for Madame Jeanne DeRoboam Laugier Guilfoyle Holt, one of the larger-than-life […]
The Winter of 1852 – by Carolyn Kingsnorth
Pioneer Profiles – February 2017
Although a close to record snow fall on January 3, 2017, had local residents digging out from under up to 20 inches of the white stuff, that “storm of the century” […]
Paine Page Prim: Lawyer, Judge, Supreme Court Justice – by Carolyn Kingsnorth
Pioneer Profiles – December 2016/January 2017
With a Supreme Court position and numerous judgeships around the country sitting vacant waiting for U.S. Senate approval of Presidential appointees, this month’s profile focuses on local lawyer, District Judge, […]
Josephine Martin Plymale: Pioneer Feminist and Suffragette – by Carolyn Kingsnorth
Pioneer Profiles – October 2016
Where many states seem to be making voting as difficult as possible, Oregon keeps making it easier. Residents who are U.S. citizens can register to vote by mail or online. If […]
Silas Johnson Day: A “First Comer” to Southern Oregon – by Carolyn Kingsnorth
Pioneer Profiles – September 2016
With the move of Jacksonville’s City offices into Jackson County’s historic courthouse building on North 5th Street, it seems appropriate to focus this month’s Pioneer Profile on Silas J. Day, the […]
The McCullys Part 2: The Next Chapter… – by Carolyn Kingsnorth
Pioneer Profiles – August 2016
When John McCully took the stage out of Jacksonville in the winter of 1861, he closed the door on the town, his home, his marriage, and his family. He left his […]
The McCullys Part 1: When Opposites Attract… – by Carolyn Kingsnorth
Pioneer Profiles – July 2016
The story of Jane and John McCully appears to have been one of opposites attracting. Jane has been described as “courageous, valiant, dauntless, adventuresome, and plucky”—worthy virtues for a pioneer lady […]
Benjamin Franklin Dowell Part 2: Attorney, Packer, Claims Collector, Lobbyist, and Newspaper Publisher – by Carolyn Kingsnorth
Pioneer Profiles – June 2016
Last month we looked at the early years of Benjamin Franklin Dowell, great, great nephew of Benjamin Franklin and a pioneer Jacksonville resident, in his role as attorney, packer, and claims […]
Benjamin Franklin Dowell Part 1: Attorney, Packer, and Claims Collector – by Carolyn Kingsnorth
Pioneer Profiles – May 2016
With the 1861 B.F. Dowell house being a featured home on the Jacksonville Boosters Club’s Historic Home and Garden Tour this month, it seems appropriate to focus our Pioneer Profile series […]