Editing Eagle Point, Oregon (section)

==History==
In the mid-19th century, a rocky cliff near the location of what later became Eagle Point was a favored nesting place for eagles. An area resident, John Mathews, is said to have suggested "Eagle Point" as the name for a proposed post office in the community. The post office was established in 1872; Andrew McNeil was the first postmaster.<ref name="OGN">{{cite book |last=McArthur |first=Lewis A. |author-link=Lewis A. McArthur |author2=Lewis L. McArthur |author2-link=Lewis L. McArthur |title=Oregon Geographic Names |orig-year=1928 |edition=7th |year =2003 |publisher=[[Oregon Historical Society]] Press |location=Portland |url=https://archive.org/details/oregongeographic0000mcar_7edi/mode/2up?q=%22eagle+point%22 |isbn=978-0-8759-5277-2 |page=312}}</ref>

A water-powered [[gristmill]], Butte Creek Mill, has operated in Eagle Point for more than 125 years. Built in 1872 along Little Butte Creek, it was added to the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1976.<ref name="OGN"/> The mill burned to the ground Christmas Day 2015. The Butte Creek Mill has been rebuilt, with its first batch of grain sold in December 2020. On May 15, 2016, Actor [[Jim Belushi]] performed at an outdoor benefit concert for the Butte Creek Mill.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://mailtribune.com/news/top-stories/jim-belushi-concert-will-benefit-butte-creek-mill |title=Jim Belushi concert will benefit Butte Creek Mill |newspaper=[[The Mail-Tribune]] |location=Medford |date=April 25, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190513020016/https://mailtribune.com/news/top-stories/jim-belushi-concert-will-benefit-butte-creek-mill |archive-date=2019-05-13 |access-date=2024-10-30}}</ref> In 2018, Actor [[Patrick Duffy]], a longtime Eagle Point resident signed-on as the Advisory Director for the Butte Creek Mill Foundation in an effort to rebuild the Butte Creek Mill. He joins actor Jim Belushi who has been a supporter of the mill since the fire.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://mailtribune.com/news/top-stories/stars-align-for-butte-creek-mill-rebuild |title=Stars align for Butte Creek Mill rebuild |newspaper=The Mail-Tribune |location=Medford |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180528221627/http://mailtribune.com/news/top-stories/stars-align-for-butte-creek-mill-rebuild |archive-date=2018-05-28}}</ref>

 
In 2018, Eagle Point Police Officer Daniel Cardenas shot and killed Matthew Graves. According to attorneys Kelly L. Anderson and David Linthorst, the “arrest” of Graves on mere suspicion alone is not grounds to detain him. “After making an unlawful arrest,” attorneys said, “Cardenas compounded the problem by using excessive force. In doing so, Cardenas himself created the very crisis for which he later claimed to have needed to use deadly force.”. Cardenas also made multiple discrepancies during his Grand Jury testimony which went against his protest of innocence. The City had to pay 4.5 Million Dollars for wrongful death.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://kobi5.com/news/4-5-million-settlement-reached-in-shooting-death-of-matthew-graves-120247/ |title=$4.5 million settlement reached in shooting death of Matthew Graves |date=21 January 2020 |work=[[KOBI (TV)|KOBI News]] |access-date=2024-10-30}}</ref>