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0 of 3 Premium Clicks used this month SUBSCRIBE Print + Online Subscriber Activation | Register x Forgot Password | Need an Account? e-edition | subscribe | newsletter | deals Home News Latest Stories Wolf travels hundreds of miles to northern Arizona Odd Fellows hopes to rebuild historic lodge as community center Get Up & Go: Nov. 22 Emergency services Public meetings for Nov. 24-28, 2014 Crime, Courts and Emergency Services Emergency services Monica pens letter to judge Woman says she was abducted while jogging on Johns Peak Road Portland woman struck by vehicle last week dies in hospital Emergency services Politics and Elections Buckley again named Ways and Means Committee co-chairman Latest count shows Measure 92 supporters narrowing deficit Granlund cartoon: GOP wrecking balls Ballot measures played little role in mobilizing voters in state Senate race 'Euphoria' over pot initiative Education Homelessness is growing problem for Medford students Les AuCoin recommended for SOU board Good news for SOU: Enrollment's up Mom gives school lobby a makeover Crater students present play about Thoreau's night in jail Environment Birders sought for bird counts Grow 'em before you plant 'em Since You Asked: Biomass One makes steam-generated power Organic squash creates a bountiful harvest for ACCESS Prospect-area cow death likely not a wolf kill State News Resent ballots, late results likely to trigger GMO recount Nike plans 1.3 million-square-foot headquarters expansion Federal report shows Coos Bay LNG terminal would be large carbon source Oregon GMO measure may be headed for recount Oregon immigrants, activists celebrate Obama plan Nation - World Obituaries Robert C. 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Resent ballots, late results likely to trigger GMO recount ... New 'Alice' has some for kids ... and adults ... Wolf travels hundreds of miles to northern Arizona ... Resent ballots, late results likely to trigger GMO recount ... New 'Alice' has some for kids ... and adults ... Bybee Springs Hotel has long history We have enjoyed your column since we moved here in 2000. We bought the old Bybee Springs Hotel and Health Resort on East Evans Creek Road in Wimer (Rogue River). MailTribune.com Writer Posted Dec. 28, 2012 @ 12:01 am Updated Dec 28, 2012 at 2:50 AM Posted Dec. 28, 2012 @ 12:01 am Updated Dec 28, 2012 at 2:50 AM » Social News We have enjoyed your column since we moved here in 2000. We bought the old Bybee Springs Hotel and Health Resort on East Evans Creek Road in Wimer (Rogue River). We love the area and have been trying to find out anything about its history since we have been here. Someone told us there were several articles written about it in your paper many years ago, and we were wondering if you have any information about this old place. — Ken and Connie, Rogue River Sadly, the writeups our paper may have had about the Bybee Springs Hotel and Health Resort have been lost in the passage of time. That doesn't mean we're empty-handed, though, and we're eager to share what we found thanks to the help of our friends at Southern Oregon Historical Society. Bybee Springs was named after William Bybee, who according to his Nov. 19, 1908, obituary in the Central Point Herald shows that he "was for many years one of the heaviest property owners in the county." (We are not mind-readers here, but we assume from the context, that was a reference to the size of his property holdings and not the size of his waistline.) The obituary states Mr. Bybee was born in Kentucky in 1832, came to Jacksonville in 1854, married Elizabeth Walker in 1864, and served two terms as Jackson County Sheriff starting in 1878. Although we weren't able to find much about the early days of your property, our friends at the historical society were able to dig up the 1940s memories of a Joyce Boulter Purier, who shared her memories of the Bybee Springs Hotel to the Woodville Museum in Rogue River in a document dated March 17, 2000. Mrs. Purrier's family moved to an adjacent property in 1944, and she remembers it was owned by a Frances and George Crawford at the time. Her aunt and uncle, Mary and J.C. Poitivent moved into the hotel in 1945. "They had about 12 children, so it was a big place for them, for as near as I can remember it had about 12 rooms," Purrier wrote. She also shared that the hotel was wired for electricity in 1952, and telephone service in 1953. She remembered that the Crawfords hired Purrier's father, Al Bolton, to remodel the hotel in the 1950s. Send questions to "Since You Asked," Mail Tribune Newsroom, P.O. Box 1108, Medford, OR 97501; by fax to 541-776-4376; or by e-mail to [email protected]. We're sorry, but the volume of questions received prevents us from answering all of them. 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