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As It Was episodes
- As It Was: Backwoods Oregon Teacher Has Her Hands FullIn 1941, Florence Camp Lowery felt fortunate that she was hired as the teacher at the one-room Quosatne schoolhouse, located 15 miles up the Rogue River near the present-day Quosatana Creek and Forest Service campground.2 min
- As It Was: Booming Ashland Sawmills Disappear by mid-1960sFor many years, the prosperity of Ashland, Ore., like other Rogue Valley communities, depended on a booming timber industry for prosperity.2 min
- As It Was: Medford Music Store Cleverly Attracts CustomersThe C. Fridiger building on North Central in downtown Medford was the site of several small businesses during the 1920s and 1930s.2 min
- As It Was: Pistol River School IQ Test Challenges StudentsIn the early days, isolated Curry County settlers built schools that serviced several neighboring homesteads. Students of all ages walked or rode horses on trails to school, often accompanied by their dogs.2 min
- As It Was: Peter Fitzpatrick Family Settles in Burney ValleyIrish immigrant Peter Fitzpatrick did not stay in the East for long before he caught gold fever and headed West with a friend named Henderson.2 min
- As It Was: Isaac Boyle Loses Ornery Mules, Finds ParadiseWhen he came to Southern Oregon in the early 1840s looking for adventure, Isaac Boyle purchased a horse and a string of mules with the idea of entering the fur trade.2 min
- As It Was: Steam Locomotive Carries Limestone to Gold HillLimestone mined from the side of Marble Mountain in Wilderville, Ore., kept a Gold Hill cement factory supplied with some 3.6 million tons of ore between 1917 and 1967.2 min
- As It Was: Girl Lives “Adventure” in Cottonwood, CaliforniaLife was an adventure for Charlotte Rose Henry as a child in Cottonwood, Calif. Her parents, Leland and Gladys Cunningham Rose, both born in 1898, were hardworking, but never stopped having fun.2 min
- As It Was: Brookings, Ore., Honors Japanese Bomber PilotOn Sept. 9, 1942, Japanese pilot Nobuo Fujita dropped incendiary bombs near the town of Brookings, Ore.2 min
- As It Was: Cannery Fishermen Fight Over Rogue River SalmonCannery fish wars came to a head in August 1916 with a fight in the middle of the Rogue River.2 min
About As It Was
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Colorful vignettes dedicated to the regional history of Southern Oregon and Northern California. As It Was is an all volunteer effort -- produced by Raymond Scully and narrated by Shirley Patton in…
partnership with writers from the Southern Oregon Historical Society.If you have a writing background and would like to submit an As It Was essay for consideration, email your written piece to [email protected] collection of As It Was essays is available in a high-quality paperback book at the JPR Online Store. Each episode is also available below.