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What archaeologists found inside this frozen-in-time railroad tunnel will change how you see Oregon history
What archaeologists found inside this frozen-in-time railroad tunnel will change how you see Oregon history
What archaeologists found inside this frozen-in-time railroad tunnel will change how you see Oregon history

Published on: 05/13/2026

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Salix Scoresby of the Friends of Cascade Siskiyou National Monument co-organized a tour of Buck Rock Tunnel site May 9, 2026.Southern Oregon University archaeologist Chelsea Rose has spent 10 years studying the workers at the 1884 Buck Rock Tunnel.Cuts, benches and piles of blasted sandstone and shale can be seen at Buck Rock Tunnel.Archaeologist Chelsea Rose explains theVisitors who enter the south portal of Buck Rock Tunnel need lights to see to the end, about 100 yards from the opening.Chelsea Rose, second from left, and field school students in the Southern Oregon University Laboratory of Anthropology gave visitors information about Buck Rock Tunnel on May 9, 2026.Tatiana Watkins, center, a BLM archaeologist and Southern Oregon University Laboratory of Anthropology alum, used her tablet to show animations of the south portal created with Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) data.Field school students in the Southern Oregon University Laboratory of Anthropology (SOULA) and Bureau of Land Management staff displayed documents on the trail to Buck Rock Tunnel.Field school students in the Southern Oregon University Laboratory of Anthropology (SOULA) and Bureau of Land Management staff displayed documents on the trail to Buck Rock Tunnel.Buck Rock Tunnel was covered in the news during its construction.Visitors to the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument park at the gravel Buck Rock parking lot and cross the monument’s dirt road (designated 39-2E-34) to reach the gated access road to the Buck Rock Tunnel trail.Allie Cornett of the Friends of Cascade Siskiyou National Monument, wearing a biodiversity hat, led the group from to and from the Buck Rock Tunnel site May 9, 2026, .

The unfinished Buck Rock Tunnel, an abandoned 1884 rail passage in the mountains southeast of Ashland, is a hard-to-find time capsule.

News Source : https://www.oregonlive.com/history/2026/05/what-archaeologists-found-inside-this-frozen-in-time-railroad-tunnel-will-change-how-you-see-oregon-history.html

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