Phoenix, Oregon | 4k Driving Tour | After the Fire

Phoenix is a city in Jackson County, Oregon, United States. Phoenix is a part of the Medford Metropolitan Statistical Area, in the Rogue Valley, and is 3 miles (5 km) southeast of Medford on Interstate 5.

The area was settled in about 1850 by brothers Hiram and Samuel Colver. Samuel Colver laid out the town in 1854. Early residents included Milton Lindley, who operated a sawmill that provided timbers in 1855 for a blockhouse as well as a flouring mill owned by Sylvester M. Wait. For a time, the settlement was known locally as Gasburg after a talkative employee in the kitchen serving the mill hands. Wait, who was an agent for the Phoenix Insurance Company of Hartford, Connecticut, assigned the official name, Phoenix, to the community and, in 1857, to its post office. Waitsburg, Washington, was later named after Wait.

[larrytarin]

i miss phoenix 😢😥!!moved out this year to LAS CRUCES NEW MEXICO !! ME AND MY WIFE LIVED ACROSS THE TAPATIA IN THE APTS !! MAY COME BACK AND VISIT ONE DAY!!