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Chinese New Year 2009



Year of the Ox Parade and Oregon 150th birthday Jacksonville, OR



Jacksonville was founded following discovery of gold deposits in 1851-2.
With the creation of Jackson County, it became the county seat, a role which was transferred to nearby Medford in 1927.



Jacksonville was home to the first Chinatown in Oregon, founded by immigrants from San Francisco, California. Evidence of this chapter of history was uncovered early in March 2004 when road work uncovered artifacts dating to the 1850s and 1860s. Construction was halted while archeologists performed four days of rescue excavations. Their findings included broken Chinese bowls and tea cups, handmade bottles, and fragments of opium paraphernalia and Chinese coins.



When the gold deposits were worked out, and the railway bypassed Jacksonville in 1884, the city's economy slowed. This had the unintended benefit of preserving a number of structures, which led to Jacksonville being designated a National Historic District in 1966, covering over 100 buildings. It was cited as a mid-19th century inland commercial city significant for its magnificent group of surviving unaltered commercial and residential buildings. The city was the principal financial center of southern Oregon until it was bypassed by the railroad.



Jacksonville is noted locally for the visit of Rutherford B. Hayes and his wife "Lemonade" Lucy Hayes, who visited the area in 1880, staying the night in Jacksonville.

Chinese Banner
Chinese Banner
Big Dragon
Big Dragon
Chinese Man Mask
Chinese Man Mask
Chinese Mask
Chinese Mask
Chinese Man
Chinese Man
Lion Head
Lion Head
Peter Britt
Peter Britt
Chinese Lady
Chinese Lady
Chinese lady 2
Chinese lady 2
Little Lions
Little Lions
Littlest Parader
Littlest Parader
Mexican Dancers
Mexican Dancers
Little Dragon
Little Dragon
Tall Guy
Tall Guy
Bag Pipers
Bag Pipers