It's hard to visit Indian Mary Park in the Hells Gate Canyon area along the Rogue River without wondering what life must have been like for Umpqua Joe, Indian Mary's father, and the rest of his family.
Percy T. Booth's book, "The Legend of Indian Mary and Umpqua Joe" does a great job of answering these questions. Mr. Booth weaves the sometimes hearbreaking story of Umpqua Joe, a simple man, who just wanted to raise his family in the best way he knew how.
It was Umpqua Joe who warned the white settlers and miners in this portion of the Rogue Valley about an organized attack by the Rogue Indians.
So was Umpqua Joe a traitor to his people for warning the whites, or was he a peace-loving man who got caught up in circumstances beyond his control?
And what about Joe's daughter Mary? What did she do after her father, Umpqua Joe, and her husband, Albert Peco, murdered each other over a dog?
This thoroughly engrossing, 60 page book will provide the answers to these questions and may give rise to even more questions!
This book plus many others are available at the Josephine County Historical Society. Please come browse the great selection we have in our bookshop, or email us at josephine@historicalsociety.us.
Percy T. Booth's book, "The Legend of Indian Mary and Umpqua Joe" does a great job of answering these questions. Mr. Booth weaves the sometimes hearbreaking story of Umpqua Joe, a simple man, who just wanted to raise his family in the best way he knew how.
It was Umpqua Joe who warned the white settlers and miners in this portion of the Rogue Valley about an organized attack by the Rogue Indians.
So was Umpqua Joe a traitor to his people for warning the whites, or was he a peace-loving man who got caught up in circumstances beyond his control?
And what about Joe's daughter Mary? What did she do after her father, Umpqua Joe, and her husband, Albert Peco, murdered each other over a dog?
This thoroughly engrossing, 60 page book will provide the answers to these questions and may give rise to even more questions!
This book plus many others are available at the Josephine County Historical Society. Please come browse the great selection we have in our bookshop, or email us at josephine@historicalsociety.us.
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