The story of Talent begins in 1852 with the arrival of the first recorded settler, Jacob Wagner. Jacob completed his homestead in 1853 and named his settlement “Wagner”. In 1854 the military came up from Yreka and established a fort on Jacob’s property. Tis fort,...
Talent is in Oregon’s beautiful Rogue River Valley, just off of Interstate 5, seven miles south of Medford and four miles north of Ashland, in Jackson County. The current population is 4,205. Its elevation is 1,635’. Temperatures range from 20 to 65 degrees in the...