HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.P. American 02/27/1947~.
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. «'c httppenocl to Ue `talking tci +~ t
comparath•ely • notl'Goat7er to this
city the__other,_day.~~ii;d~happenedJ:i>_. !
mention xomothitlg: w111~h may be of
interest to others oP tho newE r ]
'generation of aZitlzena. 1'<'e h&~'e rill ]
noticed that there it3 quite a bit of
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t~ulld[ng going on !n the' eastern ~ ~
• part of tho city, just south. of Fine f J
stt•ect. «'e called attention to an
old grape ~•!ne just
north oY a large 1
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housc~ [hero and remarked that thin
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drape ~~iue anCe grew on a trellis r
• attached- it, rtLa F111yt=af~ar_e:._.lattl}dii~
_ in Central Point. In fact the first , ,
central Point postoff~ce «•aq in t'ltis
ytnre. From that storo ,t. road
crossed diagonally ti~ hat is now the
main rlt~•, - ~3ssed tho.-old Amy home ~I
(nbw the He~aolgrave lipartmonts? J t
~~nti alt to connect t1Ith the old Stage ; 1
"ail t~~ Gold Hill. f
This «•as long before the coming
or' the Oregon & 6'alifvrnla railroad
(ao«• the $outhQrn Pacifier «•hich
oming` «-as bitterly opposezl b3 ~Ir.~j
.~-.c~ ~ ~faarudcr, «•ho o«ned t}tie start, an<~ !
`~:' ~Ir. Iiaskeil Amy, ott account at ~
tt~e- tact that the surre}• far' t~r• `.
•racks ran t'ib.ht betvreen his hrluc~• #
~ind ~i~arit. ,The' first dehac in this 1
~it~- aodii almara In the ~•rnt~•r of
'~> ine strec*t eros:~ins. Uut «'1: ~
Dater mo~-ed farther .r;outh. to thi•
~rvvnas where the Pianing nt,il! no« '
tzndy and the old cros_ainl: }•~• •'~~
1 r" `• t'r~'port3' abandoned.
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