Hugo Neighborhood Association & Historical Society
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HUGO EMIGRANT TRAIL MAP QUADS Hugo’s Emigrant Trail Map Quads The goal is for the Hugo Emigrant Trails Committee (Trails Committee) to collect and record information about Hugo’s emigrant trails, especially its two historic 1856 roads (i.e., Applegate Trail), and to share this information (e.g., through Hugo History Day, talks, hikes, group visits, training exercises, workshops, publications, web sites, etc.).1
The Applegate Trail routes of interest are approximately 17-18 miles long from Louse Creek in the south to Grave Creek in the north. Four USGS topographic quadrangles cover the geographic area for emigrants trails in and adjacent to Hugo, Oregon. They are all in Josephine County, Oregon, 7.5 minute topographic series, scale 1:24,000, and contour interval 40 feet.The foundation for Hugo’s map quad codes is the Oregon-California Trails Association’s (OCTA) mapping emigrant trails (MET) program.2 The OCTA’s coding system comprises six letters/numbers: the first two designate the state involved, the second two designate the trail name, and the third two are the sequential number of the map within the state. For example, CA-LA-06 is the sixth map on the Lassen Trail in California. The goal is for the Hugo Emigrant Trails Committee to collect and record information about Hugo’s emigrant trails. The OCTA has not yet assigned map codes for our quadrangles. Until it does the inventory methodology will use "JA" for the Jacksonville Road route, "IV" for the Illinois Valley Road route, and "T" for the Indian trail.JA - Road from Willamette Valley to Jacksonville IV - Road to Illinois Valley via Van Noys Ferry T - Indian Trail The default sequential quadrangle numbers will be "00". The trail Inventory program adds six more letters/numbers to the OCTA’s six codes which identify the township, range, and section the trail segment is located, plus the surname of the property owner. For example, OR-JA-00-35-06-02-Silvestri is an unknown map number on the Jacksonville Road route in Oregon located on Mr. Silvestri’s property in Township 35 South, Range 6 West, Section 2 of the Willamette Meridian. Code Purposes The 12 letter/number surname map code will serve several purposes.1. Computer Database. Every map can be entered into a computer database using the code and quad name, plus any additional relevant information. This will provide a means of storing, cataloging, and retrieving the hundreds of map codes and names that will be used in OCTA’s MET program. 2. Filing Maps. Each completed map can be filed by this code for ready reference and accessed when corrections and revisions are made and when users request photocopies for research or preservation purposes. 3. Monitoring. With the map code, the map database can serve as a ready means for the OCTA’s Trail Mapping Committee and the Trails Committee to monitor the status of each trail being mapped in the Hugo region. Want more information? Contact an officer of the Hugo Neighborhood, or a member of the trails committee on how you can become involved in this project.
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