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As It Was episodes
- As It Was: Cow Creek Umpquas Befriend First Southern Oregon SettlersMiwaleta, chief of the Cow Creek band of Umpqua Indians, befriended the Riddle family when they settled in Southern Oregon in 1851. Young George Riddle later wrote about his family’s relations with the band.2 min
- As It Was: Rising Star of Investment Sells Bogus Oregon Mine SharesSouthern Oregon mine produced more than valuable minerals. They also inspired some clever scammers, including James H. McNicholas of Portland.2 min
- As It Was: Medford and Ashland Get Southern Oregon’s Early ElevatorsElevators were a big deal in large cities after the turn of the century, but Southern Oregon buildings tended to sprawl rather than stack.2 min
- As It Was: Eastern Star Chapters Grow Rapidly in Southern OregonIn the 1880s, eleven Eastern Star chapters were established in Oregon, many of them in Southern Oregon.2 min
- As It Was: Town of Merganser Rivals Linkville, Present-Day Klamath Falls, Ore.By 1905, when the book titled “An Illustrated History of Central Oregon” was written, the town of Merganser was dead, lingering only in the memories of the earliest pioneers.2 min
- As It Was: Huge Hot Water Geyser Erupts in Adel, Ore. in 1959Charles Crump had no forewarning of what would come of his contacting the Nevada Thermal Power Co. that was looking for geothermal sources for power plants.2 min
- As It Was: Ohio Cabinet Maker, Abel Helman, Settles in Ashland, Ore.Tales of gold and adventure lured 26-year-old cabinet maker Abel Helman to California, leaving his wife and family behind in Ashland County, Ohio.2 min
- As It Was: Anna and Ida Hargrove Record Ashland, Ore., in PicturesIn the Victorian era, few women owned their own businesses, let alone became photographers, even amateur ones. In Ashland, Ore., sisters Anna and Ida Hargrove did both.2 min
- As It Was: Northern California Mining Towns Spring Up in the 1850sDuring the early 1850s, five gold mining settlements sprang up in Northern California’s Trinity County, including Minersville, Ridgeville, Sebastopol, Diggerville, and the Bates and Van Matre Ranch.2 min
- As It Was: Chetco Bridge on Coastal U.S. Route 101 Collapses in 1925In the early evening of June 15, 1925, Alva Henry noticed a foot-wide gap in the floor boards of the Chetco River Bridge that connected the coastal communities of Harbor and Brookings on U.S. Route 101.2 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.