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Little Butte Creek is known to be one of the best salmon producing tributaries of the Rogue River,[3] and is also one of only a few streams in the Upper Rogue watershed to support salmon populations.[31] The most common anadromous fish inhabiting the creek include Chinook salmon, Coho salmon, and sea-run cutthroat trout. Coho salmon are federally listed as a threatened species, and are known to spawn in 46 miles (74 km) of streams in the Little Butte Creek watershed.[3][6] The estimated population of Coho salmon in the creek was 35,131 in 2002.[6] Resident fish include cutthroat trout, sculpins, rainbow trout, and brook trout.[3][13]
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The Little Butte Creek area was originally settled by the Takelma,[3] and possibly the Shasta tribe of Native Americans.[32][33] By the 1850s, the land was primarily used for agriculture and lumber in the upper regions. The first European American settlers arrived in the Eagle Point region in 1852.[3] Little Butte Creek was named by the early settlers for its close proximity to Mount McLoughlin (also known as Snowy Butte), as was nearby Big Butte Creek.[34] Due to conflicts with the Rogue River Indians, Major J. A. Lupton gathered 35 men from Jacksonville on October 8, 1855, and attacked the Native Americans near the mouth of Little Butte Creek, killing about 30 of them. Lupton was also killed, and eleven of his men were injured.[35][36] On December 24 of the same year, Captain Miles Alcorn discovered and attacked a Native American camp on the north fork, killing eight.[37] On Christmas the following day, another band of Native Americans were attacked near Little Butte Creek's mouth; some fled, while the rest were either captured or killed.[38]
A sawmill was built on the north fork in the 1870s.[39] In 1901, the Sunnyside Hotel was built by Alfred Howlett on the banks of the creek in Eagle Point.[40] Eagle Point was later incorporated in 1911, and remains the only incorporated town in the watershed.[3] In 1917, manganese ore was discovered near the confluence of the south fork of Little Butte Creek and its tributary Lost Creek. Mined nodules weighed up to 50 pounds (23 kg), consisting of approximately 55 percent manganese. Cinnabar was also discovered in the area.[41][42] In 1922, the 58-foot (18 m) long Antelope Creek Covered Bridge was constructed on Antelope Creek. It was moved to Little Butte Creek in Eagle Point in 1987mobile phone plans
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