Author: Joan Momsen
 
Book Description:
Volume 1 covers 6th Street from I-5 to A Street
This is not a history book, nor is it a book of historical photos. However, as the years pass, it will become history. As the photographer and author of this, the first in a series of books about the streets of Grants Pass, I feel the reason for such an undertaking needs to be explained, and that is to simply record what the buildings looked like in 2014. 
 
At the end of the 19th century, Grants Pass became a small city. It existed in name from 1864 when it got its first post office. Therefore, this book of streets, celebrates the 150th year of the name Grants Pass. The post office was in a private home and by no means indicated there was a town. Grants Pass was a community of wide spread farms with the nearest post office at Rock Point (Gold Hill area) 17 miles from what is now downtown Grants Pass.
 
A suggestion for the people who have old photos- if you convert them to digital images, do not throw out the original. Give it to someone who cares, such as the local historical society. If you have photos you wish to keep, share them. Old photos, all old photos, are part of our history and should be preserved.
 
50 pages
Published by Josephine County Historical Society