ENLARGE
Mark Tveskov, an associate professor of anthropology at Southern Oregon University, displays a decoration from a tobacco pipe Friday, at the site of Fort Lane, built in 1853 to protect local Indians from gold miners and other pioneers of the Rogue Valley of Oregon. The artifact was found in the remains of a settler's cabin that was burned by Indians before construction of the fort. Tveskov called the fort one of the most important historical sites in the Rogue Valley. (AP Photo/Jeff Barnard)
GOLD HILL, Ore. (AP) — More than 150 years after the Rogue Indian Wars, Fort Lane has melted into a field covered with star thistle, with little but f...
To continue reading this article, a web site subscription is required.




Home
News




