Little Butte Creek is a 17-mile (27 km) long tributary of the Rogue River located in the U.S. state of Oregon. Its drainage basin consists of approximately 354 square miles (917 km2) of Jackson County and another 19 square miles (49 km2) of Klamath County. The north fork of the creek begins at Fish Lake, while the south fork begins near Brown Mountain. The two forks flow generally west until they meet near Lake Creek. The main stem then flows through the communities of Brownsboro, Eagle Point, and White City, finally emptying into the Rogue River about 3 miles (5 km) west of Eagle Point. Little Butte Creek's watershed was originally settled by the Takelma, and possibly the Shasta tribes of Native Americans. In the Rogue River Wars of the 1850s, most of the Native Americans were either killed or forced onto Indian reservations. On October 8, 1855, Major J. A. Lupton gathered 35 men from Jacksonville and attacked the Rogue River Indians near the mouth of Little Butte Creek, killing about 30 of them. Lupton was also killed, and eleven of his men were injured.

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1862:

American Civil War: The Battle of Perryville, one of the bloodiest battles of the war, was fought in the Chaplin Hills west of Perryville, Kentucky. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Perryville

1904:

The Canadian cities of Edmonton, Alberta, and Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, were both incorporated. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Albert,_Saskatchewan

1932:

The Indian Air Force was founded as an auxiliary air force of the Indian Empire. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Air_Force

1952:

Three trains collided (wreckage pictured) at Harrow & Wealdstone station in London killing 112 people and injuring 340. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harrow_and_Wealdstone_rail_crash

1998:

Gardermoen Airport, the main domestic hub and international airport for Norway, opened as Oslo Airport, Fornebu, closed. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oslo_Airport,_Fornebu

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

choreography: 1. The art of creating, arranging and recording the dance movements of a ballet, etc. 2. The representation of these movements by a series of symbols. 3. The notation used to construct this record. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/choreography

___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:

The person who takes the banal and ordinary and illuminates it in a new way can terrify. We do not want our ideas changed. We feel threatened by such demands. "I already know the important things!" we say. Then Changer comes and throws our old ideas away. in --Chapterhouse : Dune https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Dune#Chapterhouse:_Dune_.281985.29