[or-roots] Casey State Park

[Leslie Chapman]

You hve a tough one there, of course I didn't even manage to locate what you
have in your question, so I didn't cover all the ground obviously. He
doesn't seem to be in either Jackson or Josephine county history bios that I
have saved from HQ, I found no reference to a J. C. Casey in Oregon
searching their books, but there are a lot of them out there, possibly some
of the Illinois or other midweste ones mentioned would be the right ones,
but no way of knowing.

In 1860 Census, Oregon JOSEPHINE  WILLIAMSBURGH PCT

James Casey	55	m  -	Saloon	1000	-	Ireland

no J Casey in 1870 census I could find in Oregon (gone to Cal, lots of items
on J.C. Casey there?)

1900 has half a dozen James, but none in jackson county.

Les c

-----Original Message-----
From: Don & Ev
Sent: Thursday, May 04, 2006 1:25 PM

I am hoping someone out there can give me some additional info....I would
like to know  the full name of this J. A. Casey that the park was named
after...I got the following info, but what does the J. and A. stand for,
John, Jack, Joe or???
 Thank you~
Evelyn

Casey State Park is 80.63 acres located in Jackson County, on Oregon Highway
62, 29 miles northeast of Medford. The area was acquired between 1937 and
1975.

The first track was an 80-acre recreational and park purposes patent from
the U.S. Government and the last a lease of 0.5 acres from the Army Corps of
Engineers.
J.A. Casey, for whom the park is named, was a squatter on the area when it
was government land. He had a small restaurant and other buildings on the
property.

Information taken from:
Oregon's Highway and Park System
         1921-1989
An Administrative History