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<DIV><FONT size=2>Exit 61 northbound (north of Grants Pass) on I-5 is marked
Jumpoff Joe. It is an area at the base of Sexton Mountain. We used
to take that exit to visit my aunt until a couple of years ago when we moved her
to an assisted living facility up in Canby. There is an RV park at the
falls on Jumpoff Joe Creek that is accessed via the Hugo exit 66.
Depending on which "history" you read, Jumpoff Joe Creek was named after Joe
McLoughlin who fell over the edge of a bluff into the creek and received very
severe injuries, or that he was being chased by a band of Indians and when
he reached the bluff above the falls, his hunting partners yelled for him to
"Jump off, Joe", which he did, incurring severe injuries that resulted in
his death. The Indians of Jump-off-Joe creek, along with those
of Grave creek & Wolf creek, are mentioned in the <EM>History of
Southern Oregon, </EM>published in 1884. They are identified as
"non-treaty" Indians who did not sign onto the 1853 treaty. A few miles
further (maybe 10) on the road off exit 61 is Merlin. My Dad was working
in a fruit packing plant in Merlin (many, many years ago) where he met my mother
when she got a job at the plant, and the rest, as they say, "is
history". </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Darlene</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=lechevrier@earthlink.net href="mailto:lechevrier@earthlink.net">Chris
& Bill Strickland</A> </DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, February 19, 2010 2:39
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [or-roots] Henry O
Powell</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Nancy Lee Adams wrote:<BR>
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<DIV><FONT face=Calibri>I just found Felix Hogue/Hoge was living Jump
off Joe, Josephine Co., OR. later on.. I know where that is as I lived
in Rogue River, Jackson Co.</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>Could you explain
"Jump off Joe" in terms of what sort of division it was -- city, town,
township, area, and roughly where it was, please? In terms of where in
Josephine County?<BR><BR>"Jump Off Joe" has numerous meanings in the State of
Oregon, from an old rock formation on the beach to a mountain to a creek
in Josephine county where Dr Mcloughlin's son, Joeseph, fell and was fatally
injured. I am not familiar with it as an address.<BR><BR>I ask, because
I think I am looking for a Hiram Simpkins reported in the same area, possibly
with a wife named Catherine. Another Hiram Simpkins can be found with
wife named Mary, and family, in the 1860, 1870, & 1880 census in the
Yamhill and Polk Counties area, and I do not believe this is the fellow I am
looking for. The larger Simpkins family has a plethora of Horatios and
Hirams in it.<BR><BR>Thank you,<BR><BR>Bill Strickland<BR>
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