An amendment to the Constitution saying equal rights under the law cannot be denied or abridged on the basis of sex was originally proposed in 1923 and passed by Congress on March 22, 1972.

The National Register of Historic Places has listed a road system in Crater Lake National Park as worthy of preservation. The Army Corps of Engineers built the historic road segments during the summers of 1913 through 1918.

The Grange in Happy Camp, Calif., formed two youth baseball teams in 1924 that played against teams from other towns. A local poet named “Rex” described their enthusiasm:

A school carnival held at the Woodman Hall in March 1924 raised funds to defray the expenses of high school students attending a two-week summer program at the Oregon Agricultural College in Corvallis.

An automobile trip along the Oregon South Coast required stamina and optimism in the early days. Wes Hartman of Jacksonville remembered driving to the coast with his father, Jason, in late June 1923 in their Chevy touring car, camping and fishing along the way.

During the golden age of Hollywood, moving picture theaters were the social center of small towns. In 1940, Merle Alger helped construct an art-deco theater in Lakeview, Ore.

Born in 1817, early Siskiyou pioneer Elijah Steele grew up in New York, where he practiced law for several years before leaving for California in 1849.

One spring in Northern California, a miner known as Smith was preparing to return home to his family in Illinois with $2,000 in gold dust. He kept it on his body during the day and used it as a pillow when he slept at night.

Within a year of tossing around the idea, Bandon had its first golf course.

The Oregon Geographic Names Board will meet in 2020 to consider the naming or renaming of geographic features, including eight in Southern Oregon.