WEED, Calif. — When old timers sit around on a cold winter’s night and talk about the days past when it was really cold and the weather was bad, talk often turns to the big blizzard of 1938. Jim Gubetta was just a kid 75 years ago, helping deliver milk for his uncle’s dairy in … Continue reading »
Oregon Trails: Ashland City Plaza
ASHLAND, Ore. – A project to re-shape and upgrade the landmark plaza in downtown Ashland is focusing new attention and interest on the popular tourist attraction, but it’s not the first time the plaza has gone through a make-over. For more than a hundred years, the Ashland Plaza has been something of a gateway to … Continue reading »
Oregon Trails: Snow Go
MEDFORD, Ore. – This is the season for snowy weather around our area, and thanks to the efforts of state, county and city crews, getting around is not as tough as it was a few generations ago. It’s also thanks to the creative genius of a couple Southern Oregon men that navigating on or off … Continue reading »
Oregon Trails: Stage Road Trails
NEAR GOLD HILL, Ore. — This month marks the 125th anniversary of the completion of the railroad through Oregon to California. It not only made travel safer, quicker and easier, but it also marked the beginning of the end of stagecoach travel in our region. Along the west side of the Bear Creek Valley, between … Continue reading »
Oregon Trails: A History of Christmas
Christmas is just a little over a week away, and people are busy trying to finish shopping and getting ready for the biggest holiday of the year. It wasn’t always that way, even for many of our parents or grandparents. In this Oregon Trails, NewsWatch 12′s Ron Brown takes a look at how Christmas has … Continue reading »
Oregon Trials: Famous Floods
ASHLAND, Ore. – The heavy rains of the past several weeks has many people flashing back to other wet seasons when the rivers rose and floods caused extensive damage to Southern Oregon and Northern California and while this wet weather pattern is not normal, it’s nothing compared to past storms. For most Southern Oregon residents, … Continue reading »
Oregon Trails: Table Rock’s Tunnels
SAMS VALLEY, Ore. – From the time the first settlers arrived in the Rogue Valley, the Table Rocks have been a source of fascination and mystery. All sorts of rumors and legends surround the Twin Mesas along the Rogue River near Sams Valley and one of the most enduring mysteries involve a series of deep … Continue reading »
Oregon Trails: Medford Radio
MEDFORD, Ore. – This year, 2012, marks the 90th anniversary of many of the first commercial radio stations on the air in the united states and one of those pioneer stations is right in Medford. For those of us who grew up in the 30′s, 40′s, or 50′s, radio was the center of entertainment and … Continue reading »
Oregon Trails: O&C Railroad and Act
MEDFORD, Ore. – This year marks the 125th anniversary of the completion of the first railroad through our area, to connect Oregon and California; it’s also the 75th anniversary of the landmark congressional act creating the O&C Trust Lands that have provided timber revenue for 18 Oregon counties for decades. 160 years ago, when the … Continue reading »
Oregon Trails: Bomber Crash Site
NEAR DENIO, Nev. — It’s more than sixty years since the end of World War Two, and for many Americans, the memories of that war are fading away; so are many of the relics and sites rusting and becoming overgrown as the decades pass. A wind-swept meadow high in the Pueblo Mountains, just north of … Continue reading »
