/tags/ore-0 Ore. en-US Copyright Wed, 11 Mar 2020 07:01:00 GMT /show/as-it-was/2020-03-11/as-it-was-bandon-opens-its-first-golf-course-in-1928 Within a year of tossing around the idea, Bandon had its first golf course.The Chamber of Commerce initiated the idea at a meeting on June 9, 1927, and a… Wed, 11 Mar 2020 07:01:00 GMT /show/as-it-was/2020-03-11/as-it-was-bandon-opens-its-first-golf-course-in-1928 Laurel Gerkman /show/as-it-was/2019-12-24/as-it-was-wedderburn-ore-enjoys-christmas-season-comedy-in-1924 On Dec. 20, 1924, the Wedderburn, Ore., Social Art Club presented the comedy titled “My Friend from India” at the community hall.Most of the audience came… Tue, 24 Dec 2019 08:01:00 GMT /show/as-it-was/2019-12-24/as-it-was-wedderburn-ore-enjoys-christmas-season-comedy-in-1924 Laurel Gerkman /show/as-it-was/2019-09-12/as-it-was-brookings-ore-honors-japanese-bomber-pilot On Sept. 9, 1942, Japanese pilot Nobuo Fujita dropped incendiary bombs near the town of Brookings, Ore.Fujita’s World War II mission was to start massive… Thu, 12 Sep 2019 22:12:19 GMT /show/as-it-was/2019-09-12/as-it-was-brookings-ore-honors-japanese-bomber-pilot Laurel Gerkman /show/as-it-was/2019-08-15/as-it-was-illahe-ore-holds-first-venison-barbecue-in-1914 In August 1914, the Southern Oregon river hamlet of Illahe held its first picnic and venison barbeque at Gold Bar on the Rogue River. It lasted four days… Thu, 15 Aug 2019 07:01:00 GMT /show/as-it-was/2019-08-15/as-it-was-illahe-ore-holds-first-venison-barbecue-in-1914 Laurel Gerkman /show/as-it-was/2019-04-25/as-it-was-post-office-insistence-gives-town-its-name In the late 1800s, William and Irene Willits quit their school teaching jobs to establish a new home in the Cascade Mountains. Near Upper Elk Creek in… Thu, 25 Apr 2019 07:01:00 GMT /show/as-it-was/2019-04-25/as-it-was-post-office-insistence-gives-town-its-name Luana (Loffer) Corbin /show/as-it-was/2019-04-24/as-it-was-newspaper-touts-superiority-of-talent-over-ashland-ore The December 1902 Medford Mail newspaper featured an article touting the superiority of Talent over Ashland, Ore.The article describes Talent as a place… Wed, 24 Apr 2019 07:01:00 GMT /show/as-it-was/2019-04-24/as-it-was-newspaper-touts-superiority-of-talent-over-ashland-ore Maryann Mason /show/as-it-was/2019-03-25/as-it-was-muleskinners-viet-schutz-peter-britt-invest-in-jacksonville-ore When the gold rush town of Jacksonville, Ore., attracted thousands of miners in 1852, two men started a lucrative pack train business to bring supplies to… Mon, 25 Mar 2019 07:01:00 GMT /show/as-it-was/2019-03-25/as-it-was-muleskinners-viet-schutz-peter-britt-invest-in-jacksonville-ore Alice Mullaly /show/as-it-was/2019-03-20/as-it-was-kkk-makes-weird-appearance-in-port-orford-ore In the spring of 1924, rumors began to fly that a Ku Klux Klan organization was being organized in Curry County, Ore.On Sunday, April 29, between 8 and 9… Wed, 20 Mar 2019 07:01:00 GMT /show/as-it-was/2019-03-20/as-it-was-kkk-makes-weird-appearance-in-port-orford-ore Laurel Gerkman /show/as-it-was/2019-03-15/as-it-was-lakeview-ore-celebrates-irish-heritage-on-st-patricks-day Descendants of early Irish immigrants who became sheepherders and cattlemen still live in the Southeastern Oregon town of Lakeview.Thirty-four years ago,… Fri, 15 Mar 2019 07:01:00 GMT /show/as-it-was/2019-03-15/as-it-was-lakeview-ore-celebrates-irish-heritage-on-st-patricks-day Luana (Loffer) Corbin /show/as-it-was/2018-08-07/as-it-was-elmer-bankus-sustains-and-improves-brookings-ore Elmer Bankus was a land developer, businessman, and philanthropist who rebuilt the Brookings community after its mainstay employer, the C & O lumber mill,… Tue, 07 Aug 2018 07:01:00 GMT /show/as-it-was/2018-08-07/as-it-was-elmer-bankus-sustains-and-improves-brookings-ore Laurel Gerkman