Taken atop Upper table rock. There are 2 of these U shaped mesas at the north end of the Rogue Valley in Oregon. Upper Table Rock was a sanctuary for the Takelma Indians. In 1850 a gold strike at Jacksonville attracted so many miners and settlers to the Rogue Valley that the local Takelma Indians launched an attack in 1853 to reclaim their homeland. When the U.S. Army retaliated, the Takelmas retreated to Upper Table Rock, a natural fortress with it's 125 foot cliffs that defied capture.