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Applegate VillageMiddle Applegate Valley (Murphy-Ruch)

“Early log bridge on Applegate River” – c1860 “free bridge”

Mbhs #: 0984

Location: Bridge Point

Source: Southern Oregon Historical Society - Ben Truwe

Notes: Glass negative by Peter Britt. Residents of Williams organized to fund and build a "free bridge" to avoid the crossing a couple of miles downstream on the Jacksonville-Crescent City toll wagon road. Jackson County selected Thomas Mee to replace the structure with a covered bridge in 1873; his bid was $1,550.