Going Rogue! - From Grants Pass, OR (no, not Sarah Palin's book)
The Rogue River was born in Oregon's Cascade Mountains in what is now Crater Lake National Park. It grew up along a winding path through the rugged mountains to the blue Pacific Ocean. It's childhood was a rough one, and it matured with a reputation for being both beautiful and unpredictable, and above all, extremely wild.
The Rogue River is aptly named after the Native American Tribes that lived in its valleys. French Canadians employed by the Hudson's Bay Company, named the area Natives "Coquins," which is French for "Rogue," as the "Indians were known for their rascally ways," so is the river! When you're on this river, you definitely know you're Going Rogue!
Native tribes commonly referred to as the "Rogue Indians" consisted of the Takelma, Shasta, Latgawa, and sub-tribes of the Coquille Indians.
Gold was first discovered on the Rogue about 1851, and Oregon didn't get her statehood until 1859. Statehood was granted on Valentine's Day, but it took until June of that year until Oregonians on the Rogue found out about it!
Looking at this astounding scenery, it is no wonder that such illustrious people as Zane Grey and Clark Gable among hundreds of other celebrities have enjoyed her wonders. It's no surprise that Laura Bush and her "Crawford Five" chose Going Rogue! on her first vacation after the strenuous white house life.
When you're on this river, you forget about everything else and in the moments you're not fighting the rapids and watching out for hazards, you can idly float while you search the banks for the wildlife and the cliffs and treetops for the eagles and osprey who greet visitors with casual surveillance from their lofty refuges.
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