Josephine County turns 157 this day, January 22, 2013!
"Josephine county embraces that portion of country lying between Jackson
county on the east and Curry on the west, and extending from Douglas
county to the California line. The boundaries, as given by the act of
legislature of January 22, 1856, creating Josephine county, are as
follows: Beginning at the southwest corner of township 32, range 5,
west; being the south boundary of Douglas county;; thence west along the
dividing ridge separating the waters of Cow creek from those of Rogue
and Coquille rivers, to the northeast corner of Curry county; thence
south along the east line of said county to the summit of the divide
between Rogue and Illinois rivers; thence west along the divide to a
point seven miles east of the junction of those rivers; thence south to
the California state line; thence east to the intersection of the west
boundary of range 4, west; thence north to the southeast corner of
township 36; thence west to the southwest corner of the same township;
thence north to the place of beginning."
The above paragraph comes from the book, History of Southern Oregon by A.G. Walling, published in 1884.
This book is available as a free download in the Internet Archives, courtesy of the Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center.
You have the option of reading it online, downloading it as a PDF, Kindle download, plus several other options.
It's pretty nifty that you can search inside this book for exactly what you are looking for, just by entering a word or phrase. This makes a great genealogy research tool.
Happy Birthday Josephine County and thanks Allen County Public Library!
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