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As It Was

SOHS and Jefferson Public Radio volunteers wrote over 3000 As It Was stories that were produced by JPR and presented five days a week over many years . This page presents links to the full text of many of the stories, plus links to the JPR audio versions.
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Title Author Episode
Josephine County Cut from Jackson?andits County Seat Dennis M. Powers 1760
Miner-Songwriter Praises Bridge Builders Alice Mullaly 1759
Little Butte Creek Massacre Precipitates Final Rogue River War Kernan Turner 1758
Future of Cape Mendocino Lighthouse Lens Remains Unsettled Shirley Nelson 1757
Ashland Founder Narrowly Misses Yreka Concert Fire Amy Couture 1754
Women Embrace Back-to-the-Land Movement in Southern Oregon Christopher Shockey 1753
Hungarian Immigrant Becomes Mount Shasta Wildlife Artist and Naturalist Gail Fiorini-Jenner 1752
Broadway and Hollywood Dancing Star Calls Oregon Home Kernan Turner 1751
Watch Out: There May Be Ghosts in Those Hallowed Halls! Gail Fiorini-Jenner 1750
Fractured Friendship Leads to Bullet Between the Eyes Christopher Shockey 1749
Curry County Jail Holds Prisoners and Livestock Laurel Gerkman 1748
Farmer Fears Worst as he Rushes Home on Flooding River Christopher Shockey 1747
Newly Found Journal Describes Captain Jack's Execution Amy Couture 1746
Eagle Point Grows and Sells Produce to Hungry Miners Dennis M. Powers 1745
Oregon Pony Express Rider Covers 150 miles in Six Days Shirley Nelson 1744
Rare Flowering Shrub Lends Name to Wilderness Area Kirsten Shockey 1743
Siskiyou County Homes Contain Early Mill's Lumber Gail Fiorini-Jenner 1742
Applegate Daughter Describes Life on the Siskiyou Toll Road Amy Couture 1741
Grants Pass Women's Relief Corps Celebrates Presidents' Birthdays Alice Mullaly 1740
Irish Immigrant Finances Lakeview High School Scholarship Shirley Nelson 1739