WOLF CREEK

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WOLF CREEK, OREGON

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Wolf Creek is a historical community with local merchants & gift shops. Located 20 miles north of Grants Pass Oregon. Exit 76 -on Interstate 5.
 
The Wolf Creek Inn was formally name Wolf Creek Tavern. The Inn is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. It is among the best preserved and oldest active travelers inns in Oregon.

This quaint little town is also home to some fine gift stores and local merchants. There is a wonderful State Park located here as well.
 
Pictured is a local past Saw Mill, the photo taken in 1953.

Pictured is a Viewpoint of atop London Peak named after Jack London who visited while completing his novel "Valley Of The Moon". This is Southern Oregon's most accessible old growth hiking trail on Hwy 5. ADA approved trail.


More History - There are a number of creeks in Oregon named Wolf Creek, after the wolves that were once abundant in the state. Wolf Creek post office was established 1882, while a railroad station called "Almaden" was located in the same place in 1883. The station was renamed to match the post office in 1888, and in 1895 the post office was renamed to "Wolfcreek" until 1951.

The pioneer-era "Six Bit House" was an inn located on the Applegate Trail that passed through Wolf Creek area long before it had a post office. The original Six Bit House was probably built in 1853, near a hairpin turn of the Southern Pacific Railroad. The inn went through several incarnations until the present Wolf Creek Tavern was built in about 1883. The site, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, is now run by the Oregon State Parks and Recreation Department as the Wolf Creek Inn State Heritage Site and is the oldest continuously operating hotel in the state

Local merchants:

Wolf Creek Inn 
Circle Of Wolves Gallery and gifts.
Select Designs Clothing
Gas & Post Office
State Park

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