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Dorland Robinson: The Talented, Young Artist. Where Past Meets Present, Page 271 |
Miss Robinson is known as a prodigy who accomplished so much in a very short life.
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Dogs for the Deaf. Where Past Meets Present, Page 151 |
Dogs for the Deaf a nonprofit that trains dogs to be service animals for various needs.
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Grants Pass. Where Past Meets Present, Page 404 |
Grants Pass is the third county seat of Josephine County.
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The Old Wood House. Where Past Meets Present, Page 341 |
The "Old Wood House" is the most photographed building in southern Oregon.
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Willie Illingworth's Driftboats. Where Past Meets Present, Page 224 |
Illingworth was the original designer of the aluminum drift boat.
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Angus Bowmer and the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. Where Past Meets Present, Page 368 |
started in 1934 with an idea from Angus Bowmer the "Oregon Shakespeare Festival" has grown to a world reknown festival.
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Mattie"s Nugget and the currency of gold. Where Past Meets Present, Page 45 |
Mattie Collins found a seventeen pound gold nugget
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The Lady of the Woods. Where Past Meets Present, Page 351 |
Dr Earl Russell Bush is credited with carving the "Lady of the Woods" at Crater Lake.
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Chandler Egan: Medford's Famous Golfer and Course Designer. Where Past Meets Present, Page 233 |
Chandler Egan amateur golfer extrodinary, course designer and orchardist
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The Neuman Hotel Group. Where Past Meets Present, Page 99 |
Hoteliers Doug and Becky Neuman.
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The 1962 Columbus Day Storm. Where Past Meets Present, Page 187 |
On October 12, 1962 the west coast of the United States was struck by one of the worst storms in recorded history.
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The Wolf Creek Inn. Where Past Meets Present, Page 349 |
Merchant Henry Smith contracted to have the Inn built in 1883 as a prime stop on the stagecoach trail.
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Ted Adams: Comic Books (and more). Where Past Meets Present, Page 315 |
Ted Adams is a local Grants Pass boy who went on to be CEO of a large entertainment company.
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Ashland. Where Past Meets Present, Page 375 |
Ashland Oregon. A beautiful small city in southern Oregon.
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James Collier: The Patron of the Performing Arts. Where Past Meets Present, Page 293 |
James Morrison Collier is a noted supporter of the arts.
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The Carpenters and Their Foundation. Where Past Meets Present, Page 157 |
Alfred and Leonard Carpenter founded the Carpenter Foundation.
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Kids Unlimited and its Power. Where Past Meets Present, Page 154 |
Founder Tom Cole has gone from a desire, to help to a school to support at risk kids.
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The Creation of ScienceWorks. Where Past Meets Present, Page 356 |
Opened in 2002 ScienceWorks is considered one of the country's best small science museums.
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The Redwood Highway. Where Past Meets Present, Page 31 |
Development of a highway between Grantspass Oregon and Crescent City California
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The Rebuilding of Medford's Downtown. Where Past Meets Present, Page 27 |
Medford Urban Renewal and Lithia Motors work to renovate Medford.
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The 1964 Christmas Flood. Where Past Meets Present, Page 189 |
The Christmas Flood of 1964 was rated as the fifth most destructive in the 20th century.
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Rogue Valley Country Club. Where Past Meets Present, Page 245 |
RVCC from an ilconcieved idea to a well established country club.
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Blackstone Audio. Where Past Meets Present, Page 114 |
Craig and Michelle Black owners of Blackstone Audio. Started as a small business in their living room.
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The Siskiyou Summit (and pass). Where Past Meets Present, Page 123 |
Siskiyou summit from a pack trail to a rail road to a 4 lane freeway.
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Eagle Point. Where Past Meets Present, Page 394 |
James J. Fryer considered to be the "Father of Eagle Point" aquired land on Little Butte Creek in 1852 and the settlement developed around him.
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