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As It Was episodes
- As It Was: Tolman Creek Road Named after Pioneer James Clark TolmanThe present-day Tolman Creek Road connects two major traffic arterials in Ashland, Oregon Route 66, also known as Ashland Street, and Oregon Route 99, also known as Siskiyou Boulevard. At its southern extreme, the road parallels Tolman Creek.2 min
- As It Was: Windy Jantzen Homesteads on Oregon South CoastIn the early 1900s, Herman Jantzen lived in Windy Valley, a remote, serene place where the wind constantly murmurs through the trees. It rests at the foot of Snow Camp Mountain on the Oregon South Coast.2 min
- As It Was: Woman Writes Book about Life in the Trinity AlpsYears later, Ethel Porter recollected traveling at three years of age in 1892 with her father to the Altoon quicksilver mine at elevation 6,800 feet in the Northern California Trinity Alps.2 min
- As It Was: Red Chamberlain’s Horses Pull Power Lines into PlaceIn 1922, Pacific Power and Light Company, better known as Copco, was putting up a high voltage line from Prospect to Springfield, Ore. The 125 miles was steep and rugged country--impassible for trucks and mechanical equipment of the time.2 min
- As It Was: Euphoric Lakeview Builds a Towering Courthouse in 1909Today a modest, one-floor courthouse sits in the center of town in Lakeview, Ore., the Lake County seat of government.2 min
- As It Was: WWI Soldier Writes Thanksgiving Letter from FranceA young soldier in France at the end of the First World War sent a Thanksgiving letter to his family 99 years ago.2 min
- As It Was: Siskiyou County Teacher Takes Kids to Sacramento in 1923In 1923, Miss Mary E. Dickey took her students to see the fair in Sacramento. A group of six adults and nine children set out in September from the Kenyon School in Siskiyou County, Calif., in Mr. Bibbens’ screenside vehicle, an early type of van.2 min
- As It Was: Jackson County Settler Warns Easterners of Scarce LandEven in 1854, the American Dream was elusive. A Rogue Valley settler warned in a letter to the editor of the Philadelphia Public Ledger that those intending to emigrate to Oregon would find scarce land available for farming.2 min
- As It Was: Jacksonville Gold Miner Divines Ancient City Under UC-BerkeleyWhen Joseph Voyle died a pauper in Berkeley, Calif., in 1915, his obituary said he was a mystic and philosopher who had studied geology and electricity much of his life.2 min
- As It Was: Oregon Cavalryman Faces Firing Squad for DesertionWhen pro-slavery Oregon Gov. John Whiteaker stalled after President Lincoln called for volunteers at the outbreak of the Civil War, the president pulled federal troops from the state.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.