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Myrtle Creek (other)
Myrtle Creek may refer to: * Myrtle Creek, New South Wales, Australia, a locality * Tahmoor, New South Wales, a town that was originally called Myrtle Creek * Myrtle Creek (Victoria), Australia, a stream * Myrtle Creek, Oregon, United States, a city * Myrtle Creek (Curry County, Oregon), a stream * Myrtle Creek (South Umpqua River tributary), a stream in Oregon {{geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Myrtle Creek, New South Wales
Myrtle Creek railway station was a regional railway station on the North Coast line, serving the Northern Rivers Northern Rivers is the most northeasterly Regions of New South Wales, region of the Australian state of New South Wales, located between north of the state capital, Sydney, and encompasses the catchments and fertile valleys of the Clarence Ri ... locality of Myrtle Creek. The station was opened on 6 November 1905, with services ceasing in April 1941. No traces of the station remain. NSWrail.net, accessed 1 September 2009. References {{NewSouthWales-railstation-stub Disused regional railway stations in New South Wales[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tahmoor, New South Wales
Tahmoor is a small town in the Macarthur Region of New South Wales, Australia, in Wollondilly Shire. History Originally named Myrtle Creek, it was a farming area on the Great Southern Road, later named the Hume Highway. When the new Main Southern railway line opened in 1919, it included a railway station named Tahmoor. This name was contested by a local businessman, who wished to establish a town called Bronzewing Park, but his claim was rejected. The town had recently been named "Tahmoor", a local Aboriginal word for the common bronzewing, (''Phaps chalcoptera'') a native pigeon often seen in the area. The Bargo River passes just south of the town; the Bargo River Crossing on the Great South Road was so notoriously difficult for travellers, causing many delays and accidents,19th century graffiti cut into the stone bed of the river, perhaps by waiting travellers, can still be seen at this location. that it has even passed into Australian folklore, in the form of the so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Myrtle Creek (Victoria)
Myrtle Creek may refer to: *Myrtle Creek, New South Wales, Australia, a locality *Tahmoor, New South Wales, a town that was originally called Myrtle Creek * Myrtle Creek (Victoria), Australia, a stream *Myrtle Creek, Oregon Myrtle Creek is a city in Douglas County, Oregon, United States. The population was 3,481 at the 2020 census. History Myrtle Creek was named for the groves of Oregon myrtle (also known as California laurel), growing nearby. A Myrtle Creek post ..., United States, a city * Myrtle Creek (Curry County, Oregon), a stream * Myrtle Creek (South Umpqua River tributary), a stream in Oregon {{geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Myrtle Creek, Oregon
Myrtle Creek is a city in Douglas County, Oregon, United States. The population was 3,481 at the 2020 census. History Myrtle Creek was named for the groves of Oregon myrtle (also known as California laurel), growing nearby. A Myrtle Creek post office was established in 1854 with Lazarus Wright as postmaster. In 1862, Wright sold the land for a town site to John Hall, who laid out Myrtle Creek in 1865. The city has two covered bridges. The first, Neal Lane Bridge, carries Neal Lane Road over South Myrtle Creek on the southeastern outskirts of the city. It was built in 1939. At long, it is one of the shortest covered bridges in Oregon and the only one with a kingpost truss. In 1990, the City of Myrtle Creek acquired timbers from the former Horse Creek Bridge in Lane County and used them to build another covered bridge over Myrtle Creek. The bridge connects a parking area to the city's Mill Site Park. Geography Myrtle Creek lies along Interstate 5 south of Roseburg and s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Myrtle Creek (Curry County, Oregon)
Myrtle Creek is a small stream, about long, in Curry County in the U.S. state of Oregon. It arises in the Siskiyou Mountains and flows generally southwest to its confluence with Mussel Creek in the Arizona Beach State Recreation Site. The two creeks flow under U.S. Highway 101 and through the park, where they merge and enter the Pacific Ocean about south of Port Orford. See also *List of rivers of Oregon This is a partial listing of rivers in the state of Oregon, United States. This list of Oregon rivers is organized alphabetically and by tributary structure. The list may also include streams known as creeks, brooks, forks, branches and prongs, as ... References Rivers of Oregon Rivers of Curry County, Oregon {{Oregon-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
