- Prospect, Oregon
Prospect is an unincorporated community in Jackson County,
Oregon ,United States . It is located alongOregon Route 62 on the Rogue River, in theRogue River National Forest .History
Prospect began as a
logging town, with its firstsawmill operating in 1870.citeweb|title=Upper Rogue Regional Tourism Alliance: Prospect|url=http://www.upperrogue.org/prospect.htm|accessdate=2007-08-31] Prospect had a post office established in 1882 that was first named "Deskins" after the first postmaster.cite book
last = McArthur
first = Lewis A.
authorlink = Lewis A. McArthur
coauthors =Lewis L. McArthur
title =Oregon Geographic Names
origyear = 1928
edition = Seventh Edition
year = 2003
publisher =Oregon Historical Society Press
location = Portland,Oregon
id = ISBN 0-87595-277-1
pages = ] In 1888, there was a mill named Deskins Sawmill. The name of the community was changed to "Prospect" in 1889 because of plans made to run a railroad up the Rogue River, which would ostensibly improve the community's prospects.The
Prospect Hotel , which opened in 1894, was listed in theNational Register of Historic Places in 1980.citeweb|title=Oregon National Register List|url= http://www.oregon.gov/OPRD/HCD/NATREG/docs/oregon_nr_list.pdf |accessdate=2007-08-31]As of 2007, the population of the community was 530.
Local events and sites of interest
Prospect hosts a
bluegrass music festival and an airplane "fly-in"citeweb|title=Upper Rogue Regional Tourism Alliance: Fly In|url=http://www.upperrogue.org/prospect/flyin.html|accessdate=2007-08-31] in July, and a jamboree and timber carnival (a festival that includeslumberjack contests such aslog rolling ) in August.Prospect is the site of the
Prospect State Airport . TheProspect State Scenic Viewpoint is nearby.References
External links
* [http://www.prospecthotel.com/history.html History of the Prospect Hotel]
* [http://www.oregonstateparks.org/park_29.php Prospect State Scenic Viewpoint]
* [http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Diary_of_Miss_Kitty_May_Ellis/6.16.1958#Page_49 Early resident of Prospect mentions "Deskins Sawmill"]
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