Yoncalla’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 3 old photos of Yoncalla. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Settlers first came to the area that would become Yoncalla in a covered wagon in the fall of 1848. Jesse Applegate arrived in 1849, and named the area after the Yoncalla-speaking Native Americans of the region.
In 1920 Yoncalla received attention for electing a female mayor and an all-female city council. Nearly a century later, in 2018, the city elected 18-year old Ben Simons mayor.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Yoncalla’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Yoncalla’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🗓️Date a photo1 archive item has no date+2 🔁Retake an old viewGrain farm. Note how timber has b…, 1939: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Yoncalla, decade by decade
1990s
unknown1 item
1 historic place in Yoncalla
1 place in Yoncalla is on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
Where they are
When they were listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Grain farm. Note how timber has been cut from the ridge. Oregon, near Yoncalla, Douglas County (1939) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (7), the Library of Congress (3) and the National Register (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.