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Roseburg is a city in the U.S. state of Oregon.〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=2011-06-07 )〕 Located in the Umpqua River Valley in southern Oregon, it is the county seat and most populous city of Douglas County. Founded in 1851, the population was 21,181 at the 2010 census, making it the principal city of the Roseburg, OR Micropolitan Statistical Area. The community developed along either side of the South Umpqua River; the town is traversed by Interstate 5. Traditionally a lumber industry town, Roseburg is the home of Roseburg Forest Products. A landmark is Mount Nebo, a 1200-foot hill west of I-5. A band of angora goats took up residence on the mountain; most were corralled and placed for adoption in the 1980s. ==History== The city was named for settler Aaron Rose, who established a homestead within the current city limits on September 23, 1851.〔Lewis A. McArthur and Lewis L. McArthur, ''Oregon Geographic Names.'' Sixth Edition. Portland, OR: Oregon Historical Press, 1992; pg. 723.〕 Rose was born in 1813 in Ulster County, New York. In 1851, he came to Oregon from Coldwater, Michigan, where he had lived since 1837.〔 Rose constructed the first building in what would become Roseburg, a rough structure made of poles and clapboards with a front room about 16 or 18 feet square; it was used as a grocery store, backed by a dining room and kitchen.〔George W. Riddle, "Annual Address," ''Transactions of the Forty-Seventh Annual Reunion of the Oregon Pioneer Association, Portland, June 19, 1919...'' Portland, OR: Chausse-Prudhomme Co., 1922; pp. 165-166.〕 Originally guests could use the floor of the front room to spread their beds or were able to sleep out of doors under nearby oak trees.〔 Rose built a proper hotel in 1853. His first structure served as a roadside inn and tavern for many years. Rose died in 1899.〔 Roseburg was first known as Deer Creek because it was at the confluence of Deer Creek and the South Umpqua River.〔 In 1854, voters chose Roseburg as the county seat over rival town Winchester. Rose donated of land and $1,000 for the building of the county courthouse, and the important buildings of Winchester were moved to Roseburg before 1860.〔 Deer Creek post office was established in 1852, and the name changed to "Roseburgh" in 1857. The spelling was changed to "Roseburg" in 1894.〔 Roseburg was incorporated by the Oregon Legislative Assembly on October 3, 1872. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Roseburg, Oregon」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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