its the climate: It's The "Fishing" Climate - Grants Pass, Oregon - 07/23/10 12:23 PM
It's The "Fishing" Climate - Grants Pass, Oregon
 
 Zane Grey and Clark Gable were right!

The fish caught  in the "Wild and Scenic" Rogue River do taste better!
A lot of fishing enjoyment of course is in the catching!

Just being out on the breathtaking, "Wild and Scenic" Rogue River is enjoyment enough; but catching a fish that looks as big as a tuna when it hits; indescribable!

Thanks for the reminder Todd!

It's The Climate!
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its the climate: "It's The Climate" - Happy 90th Birthday! - Grants Pass, Oregon - 07/19/10 06:22 PM
"It's The Climate" - Happy 90th Birthday! - Grants Pass, Oregon

The "It's The Climate" sign in Grants Pass is celebrating its' 90th birthday.

First hung on July 20th, 1920, the "It's The Climate" sign is a tribute to a great place to live!

We owe our "now famous" slogan, "It's The Climate", to Mr. John Hampshire, an engineer and road contractor.

Arriving in Grants Pass in 1917, Mr. Hampshire started promoting the slogan he created, "It's The Climate", to all the local businesses.
Mr. Hampshire received permission from the railroad (railroads owned most of the right … (4 comments)