Illahe, Oregon

{{Short description| Unincorporated community in the state of Oregon, United States}}

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Illahe is an unincorporated community and the site of a former post office in Curry County, Oregon, United States. Located along the Rogue River approximately {{convert|8|mi|km}} upriver from Agness, the area was home to Takelma Indians, then to white and Karok settlers, before becoming part of a designated wilderness. The area has a riverside lodge and a nearby campground, both named Illahe.{{cite book| last = Shewey | first = John | title = Complete Angler's Guide to Oregon | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=A_9N9aJyA90C&q=Illahe+Lodge&pg=PA95| publisher = Wilderness Adventures Press| year = 2007 | pages = 95–96 | isbn = 9781932098310 |access-date = June 15, 2009}}

Illahe is located in the Klamath Mountains in the Rogue River – Siskiyou National Forest. The Lower Rogue River Trail, a National Recreation Trail runs roughly parallel to the river between Grave Creek and Illahe through the Wild Rogue Wilderness.Sullivan, pp. 187–93 The {{convert|36|mi|km|adj=on}} stretch of the river between these two points is designated Wild and Scenic and is "one of the best-known whitewater runs in the United States".Giordano, pp. 120–22

Climate

Illahe has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate (Csb) according to the Köppen climate classification system.

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|location = Illahe

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| Jan record high F = 67

| Feb record high F = 76

| Mar record high F = 83

| Apr record high F = 94

| May record high F = 99

| Jun record high F = 111

| Jul record high F = 112

| Aug record high F = 110

| Sep record high F = 111

| Oct record high F = 99

| Nov record high F = 75

| Dec record high F = 68

| year record high F = 112

| Jan high F = 48.9

| Feb high F = 53.8

| Mar high F = 59.1

| Apr high F = 65.3

| May high F = 72.1

| Jun high F = 79.4

| Jul high F = 88

| Aug high F = 88.2

| Sep high F = 83.7

| Oct high F = 68.4

| Nov high F = 54.8

| Dec high F = 49.2

| year high F = 67.6

| Jan low F = 36

| Feb low F = 37.4

| Mar low F = 38.2

| Apr low F = 40.1

| May low F = 44

| Jun low F = 48.6

| Jul low F = 52.1

| Aug low F = 51.8

| Sep low F = 48.7

| Oct low F = 44.1

| Nov low F = 40.2

| Dec low F = 36.8

| year low F = 43.2

| Jan record low F = 14

| Feb record low F = 13

| Mar record low F = 25

| Apr record low F = 28

| May record low F = 29

| Jun record low F = 36

| Jul record low F = 37

| Aug record low F = 32

| Sep record low F = 31

| Oct record low F = 23

| Nov record low F = 17

| Dec record low F = 6

| year record low F = 6 | precipitation colour = green

| Jan precipitation inch = 14.36

| Feb precipitation inch = 11.32

| Mar precipitation inch = 9.98

| Apr precipitation inch = 4.91

| May precipitation inch = 3.2

| Jun precipitation inch = 1.28

| Jul precipitation inch = 0.29

| Aug precipitation inch = 0.71

| Sep precipitation inch = 1.89

| Oct precipitation inch = 6.21

| Nov precipitation inch = 12.83

| Dec precipitation inch = 14.93

| year precipitation inch = 81.9

| Jan precipitation days = 17

| Feb precipitation days = 15

| Mar precipitation days = 16

| Apr precipitation days = 11

| May precipitation days = 8

| Jun precipitation days = 5

| Jul precipitation days = 1

| Aug precipitation days = 2

| Sep precipitation days = 4

| Oct precipitation days = 9

| Nov precipitation days = 14

| Dec precipitation days = 17

| Jan snow inch = 5.1

| Feb snow inch = 2.6

| Mar snow inch = 1.1

| Apr snow inch = 0.2

| May snow inch = 0

| Jun snow inch = 0

| Jul snow inch = 0

| Aug snow inch = 0

| Sep snow inch = 0

| Oct snow inch = 0

| Nov snow inch = 0.2

| Dec snow inch = 1.5

| year snow inch = 10.7

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History

Illahe was the first of three post offices established in the late 19th and early 20th centuries along the canyon of the lower Rogue River between Marial and Agness. After the Rogue River Wars of 1855–56 and the forced removal of most of the Takelma and other native people who lived along the river, a small number of newcomers began to settle along or near the canyon. These pioneers, some of whom were former gold miners married to Karok Indian women from the Klamath River basin, established gardens and orchards, kept horses, cows, and other livestock, and received occasional shipments of goods sent by pack mule over the mountains.Meier, p. 9 Until the 1890s, the settlers remained relatively isolated from the outside world. In 1883, one of them, Elijah H. Price, proposed a permanent mail route by boat up the Rogue River from Ellensburg (later renamed Gold Beach) to Big Bend,Meier, p. 13 about {{convert|35|mi|km}} upstream.{{cite web | author = United States Geological Survey (USGS) |title = United States Geological Survey Topographic Map: Illahe, Oregon, quad | publisher = TopoQuest | url = http://www.topoquest.com/map.php?lat=42.6378314319&lon=-124.045013744&datum=nad83&zoom=4&map=auto&coord=d&mode=zoomin&size=m | access-date = June 19, 2009}} The map includes river mile (RM) markers. The route, Price told the government, would serve perhaps 11 families and no towns. Although the Post Office Department resisted the idea for many years, in early 1895 it agreed to a one-year trial of the water route, established a post office at Price's log cabin at Big Bend, and named Price postmaster. Price's job, for which he received no pay during the trial year, included running the post office and making sure that the mail boat made one round-trip a week.Meier, pp. 18–19 He named the new post office Illahe. The name derives from the Chinook Jargon word ilahekh or iliʼi, meaning "land", "earth" or "country".McArthur, p. 495

In 1897, the department established a post office near the confluence of the Rogue and the Illinois rivers, {{convert|8|mi|km}} downriver from Illahe, at what became Agness.Meier, p. 25 A third post office, established in 1903 about {{convert|20|mi|km}} upriver from Illahe, was named Marial.Meier, p. 28 To avoid difficult rapids, carriers delivered the mail by mule or horse between Illahe and Marial, and after 1908 most mail traveling beyond Agness went to both upriver communities by pack animal.Meier, pp. 27–28 The Illahe post office closed in 1943.Meier, p. 80 Congress established the Wild Rogue Wilderness in 1978.{{cite web|title = Recreation: Wild Rogue Wilderness | publisher = U.S. Forest Service |url =http://www.fs.fed.us/r6/rogue-siskiyou/recreation/wilderness/wild-rogue.shtml |year = 2006| access-date = June 15, 2009}}

References

Works cited

Giordano, Pete (2004). Soggy Sneakers: A Paddler's Guide to Oregon's Rivers, fourth edition. Seattle: The Mountaineers Books. {{ISBN|978-0-89886-815-9}}.
McArthur, Lewis A., and McArthur, Lewis L. (2003) Oregon Geographic Names, seventh edition. Portland: Oregon Historical Society Press. {{ISBN|0-87595-277-1}}.
Meier, Gary and Gloria (1995). Whitewater Mailmen: The Story of the Rogue River Mail Boats. Bend, Oregon: Maverick Publications. {{ISBN|0-89288-216-6}}.

Illahe, Oregon

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