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Vertical File Subjects One-Room Schools

MMT 10-29-1978 article, Elga Abbott, Gill Edmondson, Ernest Smith, Carlos Morris, 

Jackson County, OR, Schools, 1800-1940
Vertical File Subjects Hugo Max Mayer

MMT 1-14-1935 article, Curry county hermit convicted of killing rancher Robert Franz and committed to life in hospital for the insane.

Hermits
Vertical File Subjects The Making of a New Western Hero

The Forest Ranger in Popular Fiction, 1900-1940 by Jeff LaLande published in Journal of Forestry November 2000 pages 43-50 includes a copy of a…

VF Rogue River National Forest
Vertical File Subjects Pacific Northwest Quarterly

April 1992 Vol 83 No 2 includes "Beneath the Hooded Robe: Newspapermen, Local Politics and the Ku Klux Klan in Jackson County, Oregon 1921-1923

Vertical File Subjects - Ku Klux Klan (1922-23)
Vertical File Subjects The Stories We Haven't told: The Evolving Narrative of Historic Hanley Farm

by Emma Walruff - Capstone project Southern Oregon University 2025 

Vertical File Subjects New history center aims for summer opening

Historic Jacksonville is heading a project which will result in a new museum in Jacksonville.  The last museum closed in 2009.  Hoping…

Vertical File Subjects, Jacksonville, OR, Museums
Vertical File Subjects World War ll and Southern Oregon

Dennis Powers page long history of events of World War ll centered on three themes:  Camp White, Japanese Submarine Attacks, and Fire Bombs…

Vertical File Subjects, World War, 1939-1945, World War II
Vertical File Subjects Talent becomes Olivia's Valley

Michael Learned who plays Olivia Walton on the TV series The Waltons was guest of honor at the ribbon cutting ceremonies at the completion of…

Vertical File Subjects, Talent, Or., Planning
Vertical File Subjects A Rich History

Phoenix Pioneer Cemetery marks 150 years and a new metal archway marking the entrance.  Volunteers observed the anniversary with cake and…

Vertical File Subjects, Phoenix, Or, Cemeteries
Vertical File Subjects Furniture Co. leases Store on West Main

Swenson and Peebler Furniture Company of Ashland moves to Medford with employees and entire stock of household Goods.  The building will be…

Vertical File, Subjects, Medford, Or., Businesses, General
Vertical File Subjects The Final Days of Medco

Two pages of articles on the closing of Medco:  Medico Mill's death means higher prices for building supplies explains how the price of…

Vertical File Subjects, Medford, Or, Businesses, Wood Products.
Vertical File Subjects History: Total Loss

North Medford High gym suffers catastrophic damage after Tuesday roof collapse; district says structure will be demolished and rebuilt.  The…

Vertical File Subjects, Medford, Or, Schools, North Medford, HS
Vertical File Subjects The Footlights Theater

Three newspaper clips of plays:  Farewell, Farewell Eugene, photo and cast, The Third Best Sport, cast and photo, and The Monkey's Paw and…

Vertical File Subjects, Theater
Vertical File Subjects 820 years of tree

News photo from 1985 Mail Tribune.  The huge tree was 8 1/2 feet in diameter.

Vertical File, Subjects, Trees
Vertical File Subjects A Cultural Inventory of the Nugget Butte Communications Site Project

These two packets of information from the Butte Falls Field Office describes the arrow and beacon fixtures that illuminated the way for the first…

Vertical File Subjects, Aviation, Air Mail/PAT
Vertical File Subjects Nonnative turkeys gobble up important habitat for native species

The Applegate watershed has a number of wild turkeys that threaten native species.  There are at least 45,000 in Oregon, coming from birds…

Vertical File, Subjects, Birds
Vertical File Subjects The Rogue River: Its History Over Time. Glen Woodridge's work

The Rogue has been a source of drinking water, irrigation, fishing, recreation, from Native Americans to present dayl  It travels 215 miles…

Vertical File, Subjects, Rogue River
Vertical File Subjects Southern Oregon's Collegiate Women's Sports and Athletics

This article is a great overview of the SOU athletic scene from 1995 to 2025.  Dennis Powers writes about directors from Monty Cartwright, to…

Vertical File, Subjects, Sports
Anniversaries MI 150001

MEDFORD/1st nursery in Medford established 4 miles south of town by N. S. Bennett of Eden Valley Nursery/ Date: 1892

Anniversaries MI 150002

ASHLAND/Orlando Coolidge established extensive nursery/ Date: 1868

Anniversaries MI 150003

First commercial orchard planted, 15,000 trees, apple, peach and prune, by Arthur J. Weeks/ Date: 1883

Anniversaries MI 150004

ROGUE VALLEY/ "Governor" George E. Briggs was 1st man to sell fruit in Rogue Valley/ Date: 1859/60

Anniversaries MI 150005

J.H. Stewart planted 200 acres of orchard - pioneer orchardist/ Date: 1885

Anniversaries MI 150006

First hay put up by David Linn, wild hay, 40 tons cut/ Date: 1852

Anniversaries MI 150007

Wagner Ditch established first known water right in Oregon/ Date: 1852

Anniversaries MI 150008

First wheat grown in Rogue Valley/ Date: 1853

Anniversaries MI 150009

UNION CREEK/CCC buildings built/ Date: 1930s

Anniversaries MI 150010

ASHLAND/Original City Hall on the plaza completed/ Date: 1913

Anniversaries MI 150011

JACKSONVILLE/U.S. Hotel restoration completed/ Date: 1965

Anniversaries MI 150012

COLESTIN/Hotel built/ Date: 1881