Grants Pass, Oregon 1946
Here we have a postcard of the City of Grants Pass in southern Oregon, sent February 19, 1946, from Annabelle Evans to William Brown Pinkerton (Annabelle’s father-in-law).
According to the Grants Pass Chamber of Congress, “In the late 1840s, settlers (mostly American) following the Applegate Trail began traveling through the area on their way to the Willamette Valley. The city states that the name was selected to honor General Ulysses S. Grant’s success at Vicksburg [May 14, 1863].”
In 1852, the discovery of rich minerals at Sailor Diggings resulted in a gold rush that brought the first settlers to this region. A few years later in 1859 Oregon was officially admitted into the Union. The Grants Pass post office was established on March 22, 1865, and the city was incorporated in 1887.
At the time of the above picture (1946), Grants Pass had a population of around 7,000. Today, the population is just above 39,000. Of note, Grants Pass is the birthplace of Dutch Bros., Coffee. The company was started in 1992 as a single pushcart vendor in the downtown area.
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Jenny R. Findsen
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