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Halloween Parade 2023

CREATIVE COSTUME PHOTOS.
SCARY COSTUME PHOTOS.
HUGE ASHLAND PARADE CROWD THIS YEAR.
First photos include Roxanne Platt, Bill…

LINK Walk Ashland website
Spring Way, Spring Hill Drive, Drew Lane, Old Mill Way, Saratoga Lane

FIVE STREETS OFF TOLMAN CREEK ROAD
JUST NORTH OF BELLVIEW SCHOOL.
HAMILTON CREEK FLOWS BY THE NEIGHBORHOOD

LINK Walk Ashland website
Eagle Creek Lane

By Bellview School. This neighborhood of six short streets is on the east side of Tolman Creek Road, just south of the railroad tracks and the…

LINK Walk Ashland website
Western Express Research Journal of Early Western Mails

Vol. 73, No. 3 Whole No. 289 Sept 2023 includes a major article about Adams Express Co. 

M71 C Mezzanine List
Prepare Building for Jacksonville Movie (MMT November 8,1929)

Fenton Frank has carpenters remodeling a building for his new picture theatre.  He presents shows at Butte Falls and Gold Hill and will add…

Vertical File Subjects, Jacksonville, OR, Businesses Vertical File Subjects
Jacksonville's Pinto recognized as original Bozo the Clown

The International Clown Hall of Fame in Milwaukee, WI, inducted Colvig as the one who first played and developed the grinning, red-haired clown in…

Vertical File Biographies, Colvig, Vance DeBar "Pinto" Vertical File Biographies
Old Time fun for kids at Jacksonville Museum

An article in the Mail Tribune about the Museum lists the 2 floors of variety play areas with covered wagons to photo studios, barber shops, and…

Jacksonville, OR, Museums Vertical File Subjects
Puppet Theater builds on Native American culture

The Lomakatsi Restoration Project and Southern Oregon University's Native American Student Union bring storytelling and puppet theater together in…

Vertical File Subjects, Southern Oregon State College/SOU folder 2 Vertical File Subjects
Room at the Inn

The oldest home in Southern Oregon is being restored as a bed-and-breakfast outside Ashland.  Always known as the Mountain House the unique…

Vertical File Subjects, Ashland, OR, Historic Houses Vertical File Subjects
Briscoe Back in Action

Briscoe Elementary is now host to the Oregon Child Development Coalition Migrant Head Start program which assists migrant children in preparing…

Vertical File Subjects, Jackson County, OR, social Services. Vertical File Subjects
Taking Over

ScienceWorks Hands-On Museum hires Christy Wallace Hostetler as its first executive Director.  She replaced Sharon Javna who has been heading…

Vertical File, Subjects, Ashland, OR, Museums Vertical File Subjects
We Are Here Project
  1. Program from the Sesqui-centennial Celebration, Walk, and Sculpture dedication on September 30, 2006.  Speakers included Agnes Baker…
Vertical File Biographies, Agnes Baker Pilgrim Vertical File Biographies
Creativity. One Piece At A Time

There is a Legos event, one of a series of programs aimed at popularizing the A Street Market Place as a center for family and kid activities.…

Vertical File, Subjects, Historic Houses, Miscellaneous Vertical File Subjects
Natorium Sold.

Merrick's ball room and auto camp was sold to Riverside Investment Group reports the 1955 February 1st Mail Tribune.  The building was built…

Vertical File Subjects, Medford, OR, businesses, Natatorium Vertical File Subjects
Beth Heckert

RVT 10-12-2023 Jackson County District Attorney not seeking re-election

HEA- - HEM Vertical File Biographies
Tunnel 13

RVT 10-12-2023, 100th anniversary event

RVT 10-14-2023 , Charles "Coyl" Johnson

D'Autremont Brothers Vertical File Biographies
Big Y

MMT 4-17-1941 Big Y 1st anniversary, Lester F. Nielson, D. H. McCargar, Louis E. Renner, Arnold Kampfer

Med News 11-17-1950 Big Y…

Medford Businesses A-B Vertical File Subjects
Peterson's Ladies National Magazine vol. 57 and 58

Charles J. Peterson, 1870, crochet, embroidery, fashion, clothes, knitting, book reviews, stories, poems

687.05 P48 1870 v.2 Library
Peterson's Ladies National Magazine vol. 63 and 64

Charles J. Peterson, 1873, crochet, embroidery, fashion, clothes, knitting, book reviews, stories, poems

687.05 p48 1873 v.3 Library
The Wonderful World of Ladies Fashion 1850-1920

Joseph J. Schroeder Jr., 1972, dresses, skirts

687.08 S37 1972 Library
The Handbook of Practical Cutting on the Centre Point System (1866)

Louis Devere, 1986, coats, suits 

687.11 D39 1986 Library
Straight Razor Collecting: An Illustrated History and Price Guide

Robert A. Doyle, 1980

688.5 D69 1980 Library
Toys & Games

William C. Ketchum Jr., 1981

688.72 K48 1981 Library
Doll Making and Collecting 2nd ed.

Catherine Christopher, 1971

688.722 C47 1971 Library
4th Blue Book: Dolls & Values

Jan Foulke, 1980

688.722 F69 1980 Library
Those Fascinating Paper Dolls: An Illustrated Handbook for Collectors

Marian B. Howard, 1981

688.722 H69 1981 Library
The Fascinating Story of Dolls

Janet Pagter Johl, 1970 (1941 original copyright)

688.722 J63 1970 Library
Schoenhut Dolls & Toys

Susan Manos, 1976, identification and values

688.722 M35 1976 Library
How to Dress an Old-Fashioned Doll

Mary H. Morgan, 1973, clothes

688.722 M67 1973 Library
Old Dolls

Eleanor St. George, 1950

688.722 S23 1950 Library