Rogue Riverfront Property and Home - Rogue River, OR - 11/30/10 12:25 PM
Rogue Riverfront Property and Home - Rogue River, OR

298 FRONT FEET on the Rogue River with 1.91 park-like acres! Beautifully updated home with multiple outbuildings & detached office. Bordered on the north by Foots Creek, adding 100 feet of privacy to this magnificent property! Manicured grounds, mature trees are a horticulturists dream! Across the Rogue is all state owned, securing your privacy. Low flat bank runs the entire riverfront with a gradual rise to the plateau above on the south end, & stairs with railings on the north end. River irrigation permits run with the deed. Full irrigation pumps … (1 comments)

Historic McKee Bridge - Applegate Valley, OR - 11/26/10 12:01 AM
Historic McKee Bridge - Applegate Valley, OR

 We visit the historic McKee Bridge on the Applegate River.


The Applegate River was named after the famous Lindsey Applegate who discovered a southern route across the Cascade Mountains to the fertile valleys of the Rogue, and northward to the Willamette Valley.
The route was well used, as it was feared that in the event of war with Britain, the Columbia River route would be blockaded. 

This irrigation canal runs parallel to the Applegate River.  Note the paddlewheel in the background. 

 The McKee Bridge was built in 1917 by … (4 comments)

Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade - Congratulations Grants Pass High School Marching Band - 11/25/10 03:01 PM
Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade - Congratulations Grants Pass High School Marching Band
Happy Thanksgiving and congratulations to the Grants Pass High School Marching Band for a fine performance at the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade!
Matt Lauer at NBC reported that the Grants Pass High School Marching Band was the first representation from the state of Oregon in decades.
People maybe don't realize how expensive it is for these outstanding students and their teachers to attend this event.  The Grants Pass High School Marching Band, their teachers and the community worked tirelessly to raise the small fortune necessary to give our fine … (4 comments)

Veterans Day - November 11th, 2010 - 11/11/10 12:33 PM
Veterans Day - November 11th, 2010
This year, I'd like to look back in history to pay tribute to a man seldom mentioned in the formation of our great country, but whose name we see all the time!

He was known as "Fat" Henry Knox!
Picture a poorly fed and poorly clothed Continental Army.  George Washington's ragtag army occupied the hills overlooking Boston Harbor, and the British held the city.
A clumsy, 300 pound, pale young man who ran a book store came to General Washington with sketches of how the rebel breastworks could be improved.  Washington was so impressed … (3 comments)

DON'T GO TO O'HARE AIRPORT ON VETERANS DAY! - 11/10/10 11:44 AM
Without Remembering To Pay Tribute To The Man It Was Named For!
November 11th Is Veterans Day!
I flew in and out of Chicago's O'Hare International Airport for years without realizing where it got its' name!

It was named for Lieutenant Commander Edward Henry "Butch" O'Hare.  O'Hare and his wingman "Duff" Dufilho intercepted and shot down five Mitsubishi super bombers, and damaged another to save the U.S. aircraft carrier Lexington off New Guinea in February of 1942.  O'Hare received the Medal of Honor for single handedly saving the carrier.
"Butch" O'Hare went on to further distinguish himself as a true American hero.  … (2 comments)

Gin Lin Mining Trail - Applegate Valley, Oregon - 11/07/10 02:44 PM
Gin Lin Mining Trail - Applegate Valley, Oregon

 Taking the well known Gin Lin Mining Trail our dogs did find the ticks, we did see lots of poison oak, but no rattlesnakes.
This area had already been deemed by the local miners to have been thoroughly mined in 1881, when Gin Lin, a Chinese mining boss, purchased several claims in what was known as the "Palmer Creek Diggings."  The Chinese did not come here with the idea of staying, or of owning land, as it was illegal for them to do so back in those times.  They came here to … (3 comments)