The Knapp Hotel in Port Orford, Ore., was a lodging landmark for traveling dignitaries and a beacon for sailing ships until it was demolished in 1945 to make room for Highway 101.

When George Putnam took over as editor of the Medford Mail Tribune in 1907, he vowed to speak out against corruption. This soon led to his being thrown in jail for daring to accuse railroad baron W.S. Barnum of attacking Medford’s Mayor, J.F. Reddy, with an axe. The incident became known as the “Barnum-Reddy” fight.

Raised in Beaumont County, Calif., Fred Warren Kelly was described as very modest with a ready smile. In high school, he earned many honors in track and field competition before graduating in 1911.

A Butte Valley native, Erna Evans Franklin, wrote about growing up in the Picard Calif., community east of Yreka on the road to Alturas and Dorris.

A resolution making its way through the Oregon Legislature would commemorate the Modoc War of 1872-73 and express regret for the removal of the Modoc Tribe from ancestral lands. Passed by the Senate, the resolution is in committee in the House of Representatives.

In the fall of 1873, mountain roads from Jacksonville and Ashland to Fort Klamath, Ore., were crawling with people anxious to witness the Army hanging of five Modoc warriors and their notorious leader, Captain Jack.

April 4, 1905, was a day of celebration in Medford, Ore., for the inauguration of the Medford and Crater Lake Railroad that opened access to the rich timberlands on the west slope of the Cascade Mountains. Local citizens had raised $25,000 for the line.

Ancient people etched designs thousands of years ago on southwest-facing basalt boulders some five miles east of Adel, Ore., in the high plateau between Klamath Falls and Lakeview.

A plan to reintroduce California condors in the Redwood National Forest next year could eventually return the giant birds back to the Rogue Valley. Hearings are being held in Oregon and Northern California this month on the plan, proposed by the Yurok Tribe and the U.S. Forest Service and Fish and Wildlife Service.

Almost as soon as Crescent City, Calif., opened its port, Chinese arrived, looking for gold or working for settlers who preceded them.