CURRY COUNTY COOS COUNT , 31 DOUGLAS COUNTY 3D port Drfor io.. Marini U 33 4 .k" A 34 Ft 2- In F2 0 op 0 <, `." O 1.41, IV 6,1 0 burn orpentervilie GOLD BEACH CC k!8 • 14 13 4 1I a 12 10 !DEL NORTE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA Curry County Port Orford Don H. Byrd (1996) Oregon Burial Site Guide Curry County Area: 1,648 square miles Population (1998): 21,157 County seat: Gold Beach, Population: 2,115 County established: 18 December 1855 Cemeteries were established after permanent settlement began in 1854. Public cemeteries were established at Port Orford (1854) and the Pioneer Cemetery at Gold Beach (1859). Settlement was slow until the 1930s. Rogue River Dean II. Byrd (1996) 217 Oregon Burial Site Guide Curry County 218 Oregon Bural Site Guide Curry County Name of Cemetery and also known as I Number of Neils I Acres I [menial pate started or earliest Imam burial 1 Township I 'tense I Section ARMPRIEST FAMILY A ? 5 1880 T36S R12W UNS This section is unsurveyed but is projected as Section 13. The Armpriest family is supposed to be located at Armpriest Prairie. NOTE: There is no Armpriest Prairie listed by USGS. There is a camp known as Brandon Camp shown in this area however. The camp is within the Siskiyou National Forest and is reached by Trail #1169. No other information was given in the report. (Not shown on Horse Sign Butte 1989 USGS Quad. map.) BALD RIDGE A ? 5 1917 T33S R9W S8 AKA: 1. CRITESER, MAY Mrs. Wooldridge reported at least two known burials near the airstrip. There are some ruins about 700 feet southeast of this airstrip in land owned by the Criteser Family according to the 1932 Curry County Metsker Land Ownership Atlas. May Criteser, born 1 November 1863, died 21 June 1934 is one of these burials. This may be reached by the Mule Creek-Marial Road (B.L.M. Road 32-9-142) east of Marial. (Not shown on Kelsey Peak 1989 USGS Quad. map.) BARLOW, JIM A 0.01 ? ? T33S RlOW Perhaps in Section 2, located near Marial [Old] Cemetery in an unmarked grave. NOTE: No further information was given in the report. (Not shown on Kelsey Peak 1969 USGS Quad. map.) BATTLE ROCK A 0.01 1 1969 T338 R15W S4 AKA: 1. SUMMERS Located on the rock in the State Park at Port FAMILY Orford. In May of 1969, the 3 graves of the Summers family were reburied here. Ralph Summers, died 1909. He hadparticipated in the battle of Battle Rock. {September 1991) (Port Orford 1986 USGS Quad. map.) BIG MEADOWS A ? 5 Circa 1908 T325 R1OW S36 AKA: 1. BILLINGS Located on the Rogue River Trail about 15 miles above Illahe in the Rogue River Wilderness Area. Reportedly there are no 219 Oregon Bural Site Guide Curry County Name of Cemetery and an known in Naar of basis Acres I Condition Date rated or earliest known burial I Township twinge Section markers. This cemetery is close to the Frye or Fry Cemetery. NOTE: There is another Billings Cemetery. (Not shown on Kelsey Peak 1989 USGS Quad. map.) BILLINGS A 0.01 3 ? T345 R11W S7 Located on a hill on the Big Bend Ranch near the Foster Creek Bridge, between Agness- Illahe Road and Billings Road (private). There are 8 known graves of the Billings and Fry families, but only 2 markers were there in the mid. 1960's. (Not shown on Illahe 1989 USGS Quad. map.) CAPE BLANCO PIONEER A 0.5 6 1878 T31S R16W S36 AKA: 1. CAPE BLANCO Located in Cape Blanco State Park. The old CATHOLIC cemetery is about 1 mile short of the Cape 2. HUGHES Blanco lighthouse and about 200 feet to the FAMILY left (south) of the Cape Blanco Highway as it climbs up onto the plateau that overlooks the Sixes River. In a field there remain 6 headstones, but the bodies were removed to Mt. Calvary Cemetery in Portland in 1938. {September 1991} (Cape Blanco 1986 USGS Quad. map.) CARPENTER A ? ? ? T392 R14W ? AKA: 1. SNODGRASS There are 4 graves at the Snodgrass Farm FAMILY at Carpenterville. This is located on the old alignment of U.S. Hwy. 101, now called Carpenterville Frontage Road 18 miles north of Brookings NOTE: This site is on private property. No other information was given in the report. (Carpenterville 1986 USGS Quad. map shows 1 grave in Section 3.) CLARNO SPRINGS A ? ? 22 Feb 1856 T36S R14W S9 Leave U.S. Hwy. 101 at Wedderburn and drive up river on North Bank Rogue River Road. At the junction with Edson Creek Road ahead, turn right still on North Bank Rogue River Road for another 0.7 of a mile. The mass grave of 12 whites killed by Indians is 220 Oregon Bural Site Guide Curry County Name of Cemetery and also known as Number of burials I Acres I Condition I Date started or earliest known burial I Township I Range I Section located in a meadow near a small creek from Clarno Springs: on the north side of the Rogue River opposite of Jerrys Flat. (Not shown on Signal Buttes 1986 USGS Quad. map.) CLAY HILL A 0.01 ? ? T34S R11W S2 AKA: 1. THOMAS, Located above the Clay Hill Rapids of the ETHEL Rogue River, on the north bank and about 800 feet west of Clay Hill Creek. This is a mother and infant burial. Reportedly one of these burials is Ethel Thomas. (Marial 1989 USGS Quad. map.) COLVIN GRAVE A ? 1 ? T378 R14W Perhaps located in Section 20, up Hunter Creek on the Leith Place (1978). NOTE: This site is on private property. No other information was given in the report. (Not shown on Cape Sebastian 1986 USGS Quad. map.) COOLEY FAMILY A 0.01 5 3 Oct. 1897 T41S R13W S9 Near Harbor, west of U.S. Hwy. 101 and somewhere near Pedrioli Lane there is a 12 foot by 14 foot fenced plot with 3 graves. Reported by Mrs. Wooldridge. On the Thomas Sharp D.L.C. #41, RB #1908. NOTE: This site is on private property. (Not shown on Mt. Emily 1989 USGS Quad. map.) COOPER M.D., ARTHUR A 0.01 5 18 Aug 1903 T4OS R14W S10 AKA: 1. COOPER'S, Doctor Cooper's grave is along the north side DOCTOR of Cape Ferrelo Road, 0.75 of a mile from U.S. Hwy.101. Doctor Cooper was 63. (Not shown on Carpenterville 1986 USGS Quad. map.) COSTELLOE, EDMOND A 0.01 ? 18 Nov 1912 T41S R12W S5 Located about 5.5 miles up the Winchuck River Road, in a field near the riverbank and about 0.6 of a mile inside the Siskiyou National Forest. Edmond Costelloe was 36. (Not shown on Mt. Emily 1989 USGS Quad. map.) 221 Oregon Bural Site Guide Curry County Name of Cemetery and also known as Number of Metals I Acres I Condition I Date started or earliest known burial I TownsNp I Range I Section CREW FAMILY A ? 3 1884-1888 T32S R15W 89 Located about 0.25 of a mile downstream on the Sixes River from the locale of Sixes. This was located on the Piercy Sweet Ranch in 1962. The monument for Mr. and Mrs. Crew was found on the north side of the Sixes River NOTE: This is located on private property. (Not shown on Sixes 1986 USGS Quad. map.) DAVIS'S PLACE, JIMMY A ? 5 ? An old burial site was reported as being on the road going up to Walton Miller's Place. NOTE: No other infomation was given with the report. DENMARK C 3 2 1880 T31S R15W 810 AKA: 1. FLORAS CREEK Located about 0.5 of a mile north of Denmark 2. LANGLOIS and about 3 miles south of Langlois on Floras 3. WILLOW CREEK Lake Loop. If travelling north on U.S. Hwy. 101 from Denmark turn left (west) off of the highway for 0.4 of a mile to a 90-degree turn right (north). The cemetery is on the left. One can continue ahead for a mile, turn right to the highway and then left (north) to Langlois. {26 May 1996) (Langlois 1986 USGS Quad. map.) EDDY, HARRIET A ? 5 1914 T30S R14W AKA: 1. MORRELL [?] Perhaps located in Section 26. Go 12 miles east of Langlois: it is on the H.E. Morrell Place on the East Fork of Floras Creek. Harriet aged 16, was the daughter of Frank and Fanny Eddy. NOTE: This site is on private property. A "Herb Morrill burial on Upper Floras Creek" may be in the same burial ground. Note the variant spelling. No other information was given in the report. (Not shown on Calf Ranch Mountain 1985 USGS Quad. map.) EDGERTON FAMILY A 7 7 7 T35S R12W S12 Located in the vicinity of Agness. Go north from the boat landing on the Rogue River along the main road to Illahe for about 0.5 of a mile. Turn left (westerly) onto a road which skirts the north edge of the Agness 222 Oregon Bural Site Guide Curry County Name of Cemetery and also known as I Number of btrials I Acres I Condition I Date started or earliest known burial I Township I Range I Section Flight Strip, crossing Rilea Creek about 0.25 of a mile from the main road. Continue another 0.25 of a mile past Rilea Creek to the junction of Siskiyou Forest trail #1171 turn right, up hill. It is about 0.35 of a mile along this trail to the graves, which are about 40 yards to the left of the trail.