BUILDINGS, ROADS, AND INSTITUTIONS. Early days of cars in the valley ; Interstate 5 (I-5) ; Orchard boom and bust ; Rogue Community College ; Rogue Valley International-Medford Airport ; Architects who changed the towns ; Cyclical life of SOU ; Rebuilding of Medford?s downtown ; Redwood Highway ; Water systems of Medford (and other towns) ; U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service forensics lab ; When electricity first came to the region ? GOLD, STAGECOACHES, AND RAILROADS. Mattie?s nugget and the currency of gold ; Stagecoaches and their drivers ; D?Autremont brothers and the old west?s last train robbery ; Ghost towns and stories of the Illinois Valley ; Golden bank and house of C. C. Beekman ; Golden Rhoten family of giants ; Story and history of the railroads ? BUSINESSES AND THE ECONOMY. Adroit Construction ; Dutch Brothers Coffee ; KMED and Bill and Blanche Virgin, Southern Oregon?s radio pioneers ; Rogue Creamery ; Rogue Credit Union ; Sid DeBoer and Lithia Motors ; Snider?s Dairy, Medford?s first commercial dairy ; Grange Co-op ; History of Harry and David (and Bear Creek) ; Neuman Hotel group ; Roots, Sabroso, and Tree Top ; Vintners and their wine ; Tucker Sno-Cat ; William B. Smullin, communications pioneer ; Blackstone Audio ; Fire Mountain Gems ; Dagoba Chocolate ? THE OUTDOORS AND LANDMARKS. Siskiyou Summit (and Pass) ; Mt. Ashland ski area ; Table Rocks ; Mt. McLoughlin ; Crater Lake ; Oregon Caves ; Mt. Shasta ?
CREATIVE SCENE (ACTORS, ARTISTS, AND AUTHORS). Chautauqua in Ashland ; Ben Hur Lampman, a man for the ages ; Dorland Robinson, talented, young artist ; Edison Marshall ; Pinto Colvig, Bozo the Clown (and more) ; Eugene Bennett, noted southern Oregon artist ; Holly Theatre ; Craterian ; Camelot Theatre ; James Collier, the patron of the performing arts ; Britt Festival ; Films made in southern Oregon ; Hollywood lives in southern Oregon ; Ashland Independent Film Festival ; Bert Webber, consummate researcher and publisher ; Lisa Rinna, Medford actress who made it ; P. K. Hallinan ; Ted Adams, comic books (and more) ; Kim Novak ; Jim Belushi comes to town ? TOURIST ATTRACTIONS. Jewel of Lithia Park ; Lithia water, in bottles and fountains ; Palmerton Park ; Ashland area mineral springs ; Golden ghost town of the valley ; Old wood house ; Hanleys and Hanley Farm ; Applegate Trail Interpretive Center ; Wolf Creek Inn ; Lady of the woods ; Oregon Vortex ; Creation of Science Works ; Hellgate Jet Boat Excursions ; Eden Valley Orchards ; Del Rio Vineyards ; Angus Bowmer and the Oregon Shakespeare Festival ? TOWNS AND VALLEYS. Ashland ; Talent ; Phoenix ; Central Point ; Medford ; Jacksonville ; Eagle Point ; Gold Hill ; City of Rogue River ; Shady Cove ; Grants Pass ; Sams Valley ; Applegate Valley ? POTPOURRI. Beaver money ; Camp White ; Ghosts, spirits, and other apparitions ; Southern Oregon?s Bigfoot ; Ballot stealing caper ; State of Jefferson ; Two-bits, the World War II hero ; Grants Pass Cavemen ; Susie Jessel, Spiritual healer.
FOUNDATIONS AND NON-PROFITS. Bill and Florence Schneider ; Dogs for the Deaf ; Kids Unlimited and its power ; Carpenters and their foundation ; Record Powerball win ; Wildlife Images ? MEDICAL AND OTHER FACILITIES. Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center ; Providence Medford Medical Center ; Rogue Valley Manor ; Past and present of Mercy Flights ? NATURE?S FURY . 1959 Ashland wildfire ; 1962 Columbus Day storm ; 1964 Christmas flood ; 1997 Ashland New Year?s day flood ; 2002 Biscuit fire ; Lost Creek Lake (and Jess Dam) ? POLITICAL AND COMMUNITY LEADERS. Lincoln Savage of Savage Creek ; Glenn Jackson, Mr. Oregon ; Robby Collins, saving Jacksonville and the world ; Ralph Wehinger, a true visionary ? RIVERS, FISHING, AND RELATED ACTIVITIES. Rogue River ; Glen Wooldridge, Rogue?s premier guide ; Mean, stream machine ; Willie Illingworth?s Driftboats ; Rise and fall of Gold Ray Dam ? SPORTS AND ATHLETES. Andy Mauer, football star and coach from a tiny town ; Chandler Egan, Medford?s famous golfer and course designer ; Danny Miles, winning coach in basketball (and life) ; Dick Fosbury?s ground-breaking flop ; Medford?s Nike connection, Bill Bowerman ; Rogue Valley Country Club ; Southern Oregon?s John Day, larger than life ; Greatest male southern Oregon athletes ; Kyle Singler, one of the valley?s best athletes ; Heyday of Medford football ; Chris Korbulic, paddling the globe ?
