John Daley and Eber Emery Purchase the Land

Eber Emery (1819-1891) and his wife, Sophia Hoover Emery, arrived in Oregon in 1850–before Oregon had become a state. At the end of their pack train journey, Eber and Sophia established their home and, at the same time, established the area for a new community. Eber was a millwright and used his skills to build Ashland’s first mills: a flour mill in 1851 and a sawmill in 1851-52. He continued to develop the city of Ashland by building and operating the Ashland House hotel.

Eber Emery and John Daley purchased the land in what is now Eagle Point, along Little Butte Creek, for a flour mill site in February 1872. They named it Snowy Butte Mill, with the picture of Snowy Butte (or Mt. McLoughlin) on their flour sacks.

Emery continued to reside in the area until his death in Gold Hill in 1891.

John Daley

Eber Emery