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DeMoss Springs Park

Coordinates: 45°30′45″N 120°40′58″W / 45.5124°N 120.6827°W / 45.5124; -120.6827
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DeMoss Springs Park
DeMoss Springs Park is located in Oregon
DeMoss Springs Park
DeMoss Springs Park is located in the United States
DeMoss Springs Park
Nearest cityMoro, Oregon
Coordinates45°30′45″N 120°40′58″W / 45.5124°N 120.6827°W / 45.5124; -120.6827
Area2.5 acres (1.0 ha)
Built1897 (1897)
NRHP reference No.07000366[1]
Added to NRHPApril 12, 2007

DeMoss Springs Park is a park located near Moro, Oregon, listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The site was once the settlement of the DeMoss family, a noted family singing group that toured as the DeMoss Lyric Bards during the period 1872 to 1912.[2] The family donated the land to the county as a park in 1897.[3]

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References

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  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Ralph Friedman (1978). Tracking Down Oregon. Caxton Press. pp. 193–. ISBN 978-0-87004-257-7.
  3. ^ "Demoss Springs". Sherman County, Oregon. Retrieved March 5, 2017.