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Established
in 1937

 

Speed, beer, cash purchased
with Oregon Trail Cards
Employee at GP convenience
store charged. Cont ...

Pot growers said armed,
dangerous
'Mexican Cartels' operating in So. Ore.
forests during summer grow season. Cont ...

Flu vaccine clinic set
for CJ Oct. 17

USFS home
in Gold Beach auctioned
Sale first in planned series of "facility realignments."

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Barter Faire returns to Takilma Oct. 6, 7, & 8
Fourth-annual Dome School benefit features Earth-friendly goods, music, fun . Cont ...

IVFD to host Firefighters Muster Oct. 14

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Wildlife Images benefits
by new Foris wine label

Stephens Family Chapel
provides full-service funeral, cremation assistance

Good prices and quality
service at Tony's Appliance

Selma Community Center Library
'opens a new page' in valley

 

 

 

 

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Historical routes to Oregon Caves
hikable today
Another in a series celebrating Josephine County's sesquicentennial, by Roger Brandt.
Also - Josephine County sesquicentennial
celebration on near horizon;

Josephine Creek a gold nugget of history;

Cold Springs Mountain Trail:
Josephine County's lifeline to the coast;

Artifacts clue to valley visit by Spanish 200 years ago;

Legacy of hydraulic mining leaves lasting imprint on Illinois Valley;

Oregon Cavemen herald JoCo tourism industry;

Early 'Road to the Sea' marked efforts to open valley-coastal trade;

Desperate winter gives meaning to phrase 'worth his salt;'

Historic quake proof of present danger;

Early day Illinois Valley shaped by Chinese immigrants

I.V. 'Chinatown' brief, noisy history little known facet of valley's past

Steam engines without rails mechanized logging transportation

A nugget! ; and

Stage coach route a dusty, bone-jarring trip

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Gilbertson for sheriff; Stop for those school buses;
RFID for livestock is of the Devil; George Bush is the Devil; Anderson for sheriff; Owl Woman bemoans lost forests
Letters to the Editor, your community forum. cont ...

Birth of a Dictatorship
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