John Daley and Eber Emory Purchase the Land
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John Daley
John Daley and Eber Emory 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.