History Highlights

Booth-Kelly buys the mill: increases mill from one to five stacker, employs 300 men working round the clock. 4 trains come into Coburg each day...3 to take finished lumber to other markets, one passenger train...it was called the skunk because it was a steam locomotive ... black train with white plume...looked like a skunk!...Rumor has it that the entire town turned out each day at 10:00 to see who came in on the Skunk!

Booth-Kelly employs a company Doctor, Dr. Milton Emerson Jarnagin starts up practice in Coburg

On June 6, 1906 the city voted George A Drury as the first Mayor of Coburg...city council was formed and water bills were issued!!

Glass Factory starts up...skunk farming too!

Glass Factory closes...skunk farming too!

Springfield dams the McKenzie for hydro-electric energy, effectively eliminating river logging to Coburg.

New School for Coburg...3 stories...includes high school...cafeteria in basement...was built where the current fire hall is

Fire at Springfield Booth-Kelly plant causes management to dismantle Coburg plant and reassemble it to Springfield location. Within 3 weeks, 300 people were without work...folks went to Mable, Wendling, Springfield, Marcola, Vaughn to find work...others moved their houses onto bottom land and returned to their farming pioneer roots.

Mint planted for the 1st time...has been planted every year since!

Fire destroys 4 blocks of downtown Coburg...

Census places Coburg at 291

Fire destroys IOOF Hall.

IOOF Hall fund raisers provide enough money to complete hall rebuild

Coburg annexes into School District 4J...new school built for grades 1-6...older students bussed to Cal Young and Sheldon

Heritage Committee formed

August (I think!) Comprehensive Plan accepted by State of Oregon

January 12, 1986 Coburg receives National Historic District Status