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- As It Was: Store Owner Found Dead During Oregon Range WarsJohn Creed Conn died in Southeastern Oregon in 1904 during a fight over grazing lands between cattlemen and sheep herders. The question is whether it was suicide or murder? Conn owned a store in Silver Lake that sold ammunition to cattlemen who had been raiding large herds of sheep in Christmas Valley.2 min
- As It Was: Early School Districts Consist Mostly of One-Room SchoolsJackson County, Ore., had more than 100 school districts in the 1920s, most consisting of a single one-room school for grade one through eight. One of them was in Climax, an isolated community with just a few families living behind Roxy Ann Peak.2 min
- As It Was: Rachel Taylor Keeps Journal of the 1853 Preachers TrainIn 1853, Rachel Taylor left Illinois with her family, traveling to the Rogue Valley in what became known as the “Preacher Train” because five Southern Oregon preachers came on that same wagon train.2 min
- As It Was: Elementary School Takes Name from Early Teacher Mae RichardsonOne of Southern Oregon’s outstanding teachers, Mae Beatrice Richardson, maiden name Nealon, was born near the Table Rocks in 1884 and lived and worked her entire life in Jackson County.2 min
- As It Was: Reub Long Describes Southeast Oregon’s Lack of WaterThe rancher and co-author of the book titled The Oregon Desert , Reub Long, contributed some folksy humor about the lack of water on Southeastern Oregon’s high desert.2 min
- As It Was: Woodcutter Works Hard; Cheats Even Harder in Curry CountyHere’s a tall tale from Curry County recounted by Bill Wallace for the Curry Historical Society. It goes like this:2 min
- As It Was: Modern Grocery Shopping Comes to Medford, Ore.Today’s shoppers wheel carts through stores and head for the cash register. It wasn’t always that way in Southern Oregon.2 min
- As It Was: Portlanders Find Perfect Spot for Outdoor Music FestivalIn the early 1960s two men decided that Oregon was in need of an outdoor music festival.2 min
- As It Was: Adult Returns to Power House Where He Nearly Died as 6-Year-OldWhen Robert Erway Sr. returned as an adult to the Fall Creek Power House where he played as a 6-year-old, it brought back memories, not all happy ones.2 min
- As It Was: Early 4-H Promoter Assures Good Cattle in Jackson CountyBrownsboro, Ore., rancher Floyd Charley has been described as “the patriarch of 4-H, who like a pebble in the center of a pond, caused a huge ripple effect through Jackson County.”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.