1880 When Junction City was incorporated in 1872 the population was reported to be 600 persons. Over the following years the city grew as stores, boarding houses, homes, schools, churches, a post office, mills, warehouses, a city prison, saloons, and even a beautiful opera house sprung up.  Although it was not located on the Willamette like Harrisburg, the railway yard running through it's eastern edge allowed it to became an important agricultural trade center for local farmers. And, as more and more logs were brought in from lumber camps like Horton in the coast range, the railway continued to be an asset.

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