In Memory Of Charles Palm

Charles Palm was the son of Gottlieb Palm and the half-brother of Jim's grandfather, Ernest O. Palm.  Apparently Charles and his wife, Callia (Eifert) Palm, made an impact on the town of Medford, Oregon.


The fountain donated by Callie Palm in memory of her husband, Charles:

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 In 1935, Callie Palm replaced the original fountain with a statue depicting a “youth, strong, happy and hopeful” along with two dogs, “his loving companions.” The Palms were early Medford land owners, who developed much of downtown during the first fifty years.

An article written in 2000 elaborated on the fountain in Medford:



Charles and Callie Palm came to Medford from Ohio back in 1888, when the little railroad town counted barely 200 residents. The Palms knew a good thing when they saw it. Charles immediately went into the real estate business and prospered as the city grew.

Charles loved dogs. The couple had been planning to give the city a statue/dog watering hole, but Charles died (on June 17, 1933) before the statue could be dedicated. His obituary mentions his two cocker spaniels, so it shouldn’t come as much of a surprise that the statue features a boy and two cockers.