Little Butte Creek is a 17-mile (27 km) long tributary of the Rogue River 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. ( more...)

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