[or-roots] Watkins/Copper Oregon

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Oregon Geographic Names by Lewis McArthur lists both places as being in  
Jackson County. An excellent resource, by the way!
 
Watkins - for nearly 30 years Watkins was a post office in the upper  
Applegate Valley near the mouth of "Squaw" Creek.  Established in March  1893 - 
post office operated in this locality until November 30, 1920, when it  was 
closed out to Jacksonville.
 
Copper is the name of a locality on the Applegate River, near the  mouth of 
Carberry Creek and about a mile north of the Oregon-California  line.  It 
got its name from the copper mining activity in the vicinity,  especially at 
the Blue Ledge mine just over the line in California. The post  office was 
established in November 1924 - discontinued in May  1932.                     
Mimi Stang
 
 
 
In a message dated 6/19/2009 10:13:00 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
james.cook4 at worldnet.att.net writes:

I have  an obituary from 1970 that lists this person's birth place as 
"Watkins,  Ore., which is now known as Copper."  I can't find either name 
on 
my  "DeLorme Oregon Atlas & Gazetteer."

Has the name changed again or  is it a ghost  town?

Jim


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