[or-roots] Roxy Ann Butte

[Jim Irwin]

Bill,
This is what was printed awhile back in the Medford newspaper:

Near their land is Roxy Ann Peak a dominant point directly to the east of
Medford (and visible from most parts of the city) named for Roxy Ann Bowen,
wife of John B. Bowen, after the couple settled near the base of the peak in
the 1850s according to the reference book "Oregon Geographic Names."

Since John B.Bowen was my g-g-grandfather, I'm stickin with this story.
Merry Christmas
Jim in Walla Walla



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill & Chris Strickland" <lechevrier at earthlink.net>
To: <or-roots at sosinet.sos.state.or.us>
Sent: Wednesday, December 24, 2003 11:21 AM
Subject: Re: [or-roots] Roxy Ann Butte


> Good job Jim! Your rememberer is working better than mine today -- the
> renaming of this landmark was mentioned previously on this list along
> with Roxy Ann's story.
>
> McArthur says, "Roxy Ann Peak, Jackson County. Will G. Steel was
> authority for the statemnet that this well-known feature in the Rouge
> River Valley was at one time known as Skinner Butte. He said that the
> present name was bestowed by pioneer packers in 1854 in honor of Roxana
> Baker, an early settler nearby."
>
> Speeling would make a difererence hear - 'Skinner' vs 'Skinner's' - say
> in a USGS GNIS search.
>
> Bill Striclin
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