| Notes | Published Jan. 11, 1862. Report from Fort Umpqua dated Dec.12-14, 1861 on the Umpqua Valley's version of the Great Flood of 1861. "We have had the greatest freshet in the Umpqua river, ever known.""The water has been ten to fifteen feet higher at Scottsburgh than the freshet of 1853, which was then higher than ever before in the memory of the local Indians.""[I]f floating houses, barns, and produce of every description are an indication, the entire country has been indundated by the element." |
