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Located
5 miles from Highway 58: in Pleasant Hill, drive north 4 miles on
Parkway Rd to Jasper Rd.
Sophronia and Cornelius Hills settled the Middle Fork of the Willamette
in 1847-1848. In 1859, their son Jasper was born, the first white
male in the area. In 1880, the settlement officially was named Jasper,
in honor of the child. In 1876, the first school was established,
the first general store opened in 1880 and in 1884, the post office
was built. A farmer, Adam Horn, introduced Evergreen Berries into
the area, which were sent from the East. People came from all over
to get "starter" plants from him. Today the berries are
seen as bothersome to many.
The Pengra Bridge is located on Place Road off Jasper-Lowell Road.
It was built in 1938 and was named after B.J. Pengra, who built
the Oregon Central Military Road. The covered bridge has two of
the longest timbers ever cut for a bridge in Oregon.
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