The Applegate Trail Grave Creek Covered More Information Interpretive Center Museum Bridge

The museum offers a glimpse into the colorful history Drive by the very close historical Grave Creek of this rugged area through the stories of the pioneer Covered Bridge and read its history from an settlers, the naming of Grave Creek, the discovery of interpretive sign. You can read how it got it's name gold, the impact of the stage line, and the building of — the Martha Leland Crowley story, in addition to the the railroad. story of Fort Leland, Indian wars, and gold days.

This authentic covered wagon depicts the story of the wagon trail and it's despair, determination and discovery.

Grave Creek Bridge

It is approximately 5 miles from the Hugo I-5 Located in beautiful Sunny Valley, Oregon the interchange to the Sunny Valley I-5 interchange and Applegate Trail Interpretive Center Museum is a from there just spitting distance to the museum. "must see." It is a guarantee that visitors will enjoy visiting the many historical displays. Betty Gaustad & Dennis Gaustad In the fall of 1846, the first emigrant train from Fort Applegate Trail Interpretive Center Museum Want more information? Contact an officer of the Hall, Idaho, to travel the southern route of the Oregon 500 Sunny Valley Loop Hugo Neighborhood on how you can become involved Trail — which would become known as the Applegate Sunny Valley, Oregon 97497 in our project to find and map the trail in our Trail — camped just across the creek from the Toll Free: 1-888-411-1846 community. museum. Martha Leland Crowley, 16 years old, died 541-472-8545 on the trail and was buried on the north side of what Email: [email protected] was to become known as "Grave Creek." You can Web Page: http://rogueweb.com/interpretive/ 1. Hugo Neighborhood. 2005. Public Outreach & Educational Brochure Program: Hugo’s Emigrant Trails. Hugo, OR. visit the museum’s Fireside Theater to see the dramatic re-enactment of this event.

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Hugo Neighborhood INTERPRETIVE Association & Historical CENTER MUSEUM Society’s Mission

This information brochure is one of a series of documents published by the Hugo Neighborhood Brochure 8 in Association & Historical Society (Hugo Neighbor- Emigrant Trails Series hood).1 It is designed to be shared with neighbors for HNA&HS Officers the purpose of helping protect our rural quality of life by promoting an informed citizenry in decision- Wayne McKy, Chair making. The Hugo Neighborhood is an informal 6497 Hugo Road nonprofit charitable and educational organization with Grants Pass, Oregon 97526 a land use and history mission promoting the social welfare of its neighbors. Mike Walker, Education Chair 3388B Merlin Rd #195 Land Use & History Grants Pass, Oregon 97526

The Hugo Neighborhood’s land use mission is to Hal Anthony, Outreach Chair promote Oregon Statewide Goal 1 — Citizen 3995 Russell Road Involvement, and to preserve, protect, and enhance the Grants Pass, Oregon 97526 livability and economic viability of its farms, forests, and rural neighbors. It will act, if requested, as a Jacqueline Hardwick, Treasurer technical resource assisting neighbors to represent 885 Red Mountain Drive themselves. Grants Pass, Oregon 97526

Its history mission is to educate, collect, preserve, Karen Rose, Web Master interpret, and research its local history and to 575 Red Mountain Drive encourage public interest in the history of the Hugo Grants Pass, Oregon 97526 area. Ann Lyneis, Secretary April 25, 2005 Volunteer membership dues are $10.00 annually per 5100 Tunnel Loop Road family and normally used for paper, ink, envelopes, Grants Pass, Oregon 97526 publications and mailings. Make checks to the Hugo Neighborhood and send them to our Treasurer. Send us your e-mail address if you want to know what we Public Outreach & Educational Brochure are doing. Committee for Hugo’s Emigrant Trails

Email: [email protected] Hugo Neighborhood Association & Web Page: http://jeffnet.org/~hugo/ Brochure 8 in Emigrant Trail Series - HNA&HS 2005 - 10 C:\Documents and Settings\mike\My Documents\Genealogy\Applegate Trail Edited by Karen Rose & Jacque Hardwick Brochures\Brochures\BROCHURE_8_Museum_042505.wpd Historical Society