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Local Schools: Exploring Their History

Ronald E. Butchart, 1986

371.01 B98 1986 Library
Stephen Macartney

Obituary.  12/13/1946 to 9/28m 2022

Steve spent 30 years in Law enforcement, and the last 18 years as Assistant Police Chief of…

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Polk Hull, Pioneer

In 1928 Polk Hull lived in Griffin Creek with his son.  both men were widowers.  He was born in 1844, and served in the Civil War with 6…

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Remembering the full life of Dr, Lanita Witt

Dr. Litt was co-founder of the Willow-Witt Ranch outside Ashland.  She passed on December 15 in hospice with her wife of 43 years, Suzanne…

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New Snow Plow, invented here, arrives Sunday

Paul Wright, has invented a plow which will be used to clear the Crater National Park roads of snow.  It was built accoring to specifications…

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Local Architect Accorded Honors

Frank Clark was appointed to a committee to study the Salem Capital building group,  an honor explained in a 1928 Tribune article.

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SOHS, Community Outreach Programs

 

Compiled in the Spring of 2016, the paper lists and explains all of their areas of outreach.

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SOHS Policy Re: Covid Vaccinations

The policy includes guidelines for masks and vaccinations downtown and at the farm.

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On Top Of Old Smoky

The Prospect Rural Fire Protection District received the first new custom-built firetruck in October 2022.  All of their equipment previously…

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Jacksonville Inn Closes Restaurant

MMT 1-10-2023, After 45 years, Jerry Evans, 86, closed his restaurant January 7.   The restaurant has been sold, and the new owners are…

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Hanby Middle School finishes renovation

A 3.5 million dollar renovation pleases students and teachers alike in Gold Hill.  It was school district 57's only high school until 1955,…

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Know Your Britt! The History of SOU's Britt Hall

When the English Department moved to Britt Hall, they took a look back to the beginning when the building was titled to honor Mollie Britt (also…

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Up Close with Peter Sage: Local Newspaper Shuts Down

Political commentator Peter Sage writes about the troubles and demise of the Mail Tribune.

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Mail Tribune moving to online-only format

September 30 is the last day for printed newspapers for the Mail Tribune.  Steven Saslow admitted he made a commitment to print the newspaper…

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How Mail Tribune owner cost Medford its longtime Newspaper

The paper  went out of business on January 13, and Saslow will be remembered as the man who ruined the newspaper he set out to transform.

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The Pathway to Reading Third Reader

Bessie Blackstone Coleman, Willis L. Uhl, James Fleming Hosic, 1925. Stamped "Property of Reese Creek School District .no.47 Jackson County, Eagle…

371.1058 C6 Library
Teaching & Learning in the Elementary School Fifth Edition

John Jarolmek and Clifford D. Foster, Sr.

372.1102 J37 1993 Library
370.97 S68 School Histories V.1 Applegate V.2 Ashland V.3 Jacksonville V.4 Upper Rogue (Incl, Prospect, Gold Hill, Trail, Evan Valley, Shady Cove) V.5 Josephine County, Klamath County, Home, Private Schools

All five volumes located in same box folder.

370.97 S68 Library
[Constitution of Jacksonville Stamm 148, Improved Order of Redmen, 1870]

1870

366 U53 1870 Library
Early History of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows Lodges No. 10 Jacksonville

Raymond Dick, 1961

366.309 D52 1961 Library
Report on the Colony Club Fiero

Grace Andrews Fiero, 1965

367.09 C64 1965 Library
Twelfth Census of the United States 1900 Volume V: Agriculture Part 1

Le Grand Powers, 1902

368.56 M47 1902 Library
Masonry Comes To Southern Oregon

Henry H. Halvorsen, 1950

355. 134 R25 1992Ore. Cab. REF 366.1 HAL VORSEN, H Library
Those Were the Days: Profiles of Americans During the Great Depression and World War II

Mary Catherine Martin, 2014

369.186 M37 2014 Library
Chronology of Oregon Schools 1834-1958

Clifford L. Constance, 1960

ORE CAB REF 370 CONSTANCE, C Library
Personal Survival Letter: Issue 1

1977

355.2305 p47 Library
Crimes' Paradise: The Authentic Inside-story of the Urschel Kidnapping

E.E. Kirkpatrick, 1934

364.154 K59 Library
Human Sterilization: It's Social and Legislative Aspects

B.A. Owens-Adair, 1922

364.42 094 1922 Library
The American Prison: From the Beginning... A Pictorial History

The American Correctional Association, 1983. Comes with Supplement.

365.973 A51 1983 Library
Secret Ritual and Manhood in Victorian America

Mark C. Carnes, 1989

366 C28 1989 Library