One autumn in the 1930s, the Colegroves who lived at Mountain Ranch, near Brookings, Ore., took a camping and hunting vacation on the South Fork of Pistol River. They loaded their sedan with supplies and slowly headed toward the canyon with two riding horses in tow.

Most Medford, Ore., residents worked passionately for the war effort in 1918. Red Cross groups formed, young men enlisted in large numbers, and everyone was expected to buy liberty bonds.

In 1944 during the Second World War, two Navy TBF Avenger bombers were flying over the Klamath Marsh area about 70 miles north of Klamath Falls, Ore., on a training mission from Pasco, Wash., to San Diego.

Gardeners facing problems of deer eating their roses might consider how one enterprising farmer in Curry County, Ore., persuaded the munchers to stay out of his oat field 100 years ago.

Gardeners facing problems of deer eating their roses might consider how one enterprising farmer in Curry County, Ore., persuaded the munchers to stay out of his oat field 100 years ago.

Eastern Oregon Rancher William “Bill Kitt” Kittredge was raised by pioneering parents. His mother traveled by wagon on the Oregon Trail and his father emigrated West during the California Gold Rush of 1849.

Charlotte Rose Henry was born in 1922 in Redding, but the first home she recalled later was in Cottonwood, Calif., across from the family’s store.

Getting married in Southern Oregon in the 1800s didn’t always entail a church wedding. Early settlers worked hard to make ends meet and life was spartan. Marriage often meant stopping after a day’s work to be married by a circuit preacher and perhaps to enjoy a meal with family and friends.

To make ends meet during the Great Depression of the 1930s, rural families often lived lives similar to their pioneer ancestors, cooking and heating with wood stoves, using kerosene lamps and hauling water.

A small, bustling community emerged at the Wenger Mill as it reached full operation about 1900 at the upper end of Lake Earl, three miles north of Crescent City, Calif.