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

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bill		08-Feb-2009 20:06
Nice series Marcia. Very colorful. And the historical notes are interesting.

Jess. ( Lady.D.)		08-Feb-2009 16:39
Lovely pictorial Marcia, very colourful and thanks for all the interesting info. Thanks for sharing, all good captures..

Marianne Venegoni		08-Feb-2009 15:22
Nice gallery Marcia, I enjoyed watching the slide show. Lots of color and fun, nice shooting.

Guest		08-Feb-2009 10:12
Great color in these, Marcia!

Raymond Schreeuwer (Rafi)		08-Feb-2009 07:54
Nice series.. thanks for sharing..

Eddie Foley		08-Feb-2009 06:17
Nice gallery Marcia. very colorful, and a tough of fun and lightheartedness. Thanks for sharing.

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