Grants Pass was incorporated 121 years ago on February 18, 1891!
Looking southward on 6th Street.
Here are a few other notables that happened on this date:
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| photo courtesy of: Tedder |
This is a photo of Clatskanie, Oregon, which was also incorporated on February 18, 1891.
George Washington (Zip) Zabel, a relief pitcher for the Chicago Cubs was born on this date.
Henry Hastings Sibley, Union Army officer and the first governor of Minnesota died on this date.
On this date, William H. Appleton was awarded the Congressional medal of honor for extraordinary heroism while serving with Company H, 4th U.S. Colored Infantry on this date. The Civil War had been over for 26 years!
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