Prospect, Oregon

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Prospect is an unincorporated community in Jackson County, Oregon, United States. It is located along Oregon State Route 62 on the Rogue River, in the Rogue River National Forest.

[edit] History

Prospect began as a logging town, with its first sawmill operating in 1870. [1] According to Oregon Geographic Names, Prospect had a post office established in 1882 that was first named "Deskins" after the first postmaster. In 1888, there was a mill named Deskins Sawmill. The name of the community was changed to "Prospect" in 1889 because of plans made to run a railroad up the Rogue River, which would ostensibly improve the community's prospects.

The Prospect Hotel, which opened in 1894, was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. [2]

As of 2006, the population of the community was 530.

[edit] Local events and sites of interest

Prospect hosts a bluegrass music festival [3] and an airplane "fly-in" [4] in July, and a jamboree and timber carnival (a festival that includes lumberjack contests such as log rolling) in August. [5]

Prospect is the site of the Prospect State Airport. The Prospect State Scenic Viewpoint is nearby.