d~~ IIII THE MAGAZ I NE 0 F T 1-1 E SOUTHERN OREGON H I STOR I CAL SOCIETY IIII .!!!!. \ l) I ( I· ~ Volunteer Needs for 2001 by oawna Curler, volunteer manager Many volunteers will be needed to help with public programming this coming year. Does something on the following lists interest you? Can you help? If so, please contact Volunteer Manager/Programs Associate Dawna Curler at 773-6536. The Society counts heavily on its wonderful core of volunteers to accomplish all its activities, events, programs, exhibits, workshops, etc., during the year. them for the house tour. This is a fun and creative way to share local history while meeting many interesting people. Recruitment begins in February. Evening training sessions begin in April. The Beekman House will be open 1-5 p.m., five days a week from Memorial Day through Labor Day. Volunteers are asked to give a minimum of two afternoons a month (one afternoon a week is preferred). Schedules can be adjusted for those with short vacation plans. THE HISTORIC HANLEY FARM will open again this summer Friday through Sunday, Memorial Day through mid-September. Lots of volunteers will be needed to help with ticket sales, house tours, grounds tours, activities, and demonstrations. This is a great opportunity to get in on the ground floor of an exciting new program. Training will begin in April or May. Volunteers are also CHILDREN'S HERITAGE FAIR serves approximately 2,600 fourth needed at Hanley Farm to help with landscape maintenance. This graders over a four week period. Volunteers are needed one day a is an ongoing need and volunteers can start at any time. Other week from 9:00 a.m.-2:00p.m. to guide youngsters through volunteers may find a niche doing Hanley Farm research. hands-on activities. Heritage Fair dates are Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays, February 21 through March 16. ON-SITE SCHOOL PROGRAMS will be offered this spring. Enthusiastic volunteers with good communication skills and ability to work well with children will be trained to lead interpretive programs for youth at the museums in Jacksonville. Must be available during weekdays. Scheduling is flexible. BEEKMAN LIVING HISTORY PROGRAM needs volunteers to give historic house tours while portraying characters who lived or worked in the house during the summer of1911. Volunteer costumed greeters are also needed to welcome visitors and prepare •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• (continued from Members and Donors, page 15) ANNUAL CONTRIBUTORS Southern Oregon Mr. and Mrs. Joe Mussack Rhoda Ralston, D .V.M. Joyce L. Taylor Historical Society Mr. and Mrs. W.B. Myers Ken Rhee Ren Taylor Foundation Beth Ness Jack Rodgers Billianne Thomas Dr. and Mrs. Peter F. Noyes Wayne H. Safley Mrs. Lamar Tooze ENDOWMENT FUND Mr. and Mrs. Michael L. Oaks Robert W. Sage Mr. and Mrs. Paul E. Traver Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Bryden DavidA. Oas Amy Elizabeth Samson Debbie Turpin Randall Lovejoy Mr. and Mrs. Norman Oldson Pam Schiller B.]. Twiss Judson Parsons and Dianna Mr. and Mrs. Pete Paris Dorothea Schulz Norman Vance Gardener Ruth Parker Charles L. Scott Doreen Vaughan Catherine A. Parlier Carolyn Sharrock Edie Vinson CIRCLES OF GIVING Mr. and Mrs. William Deatherage Don Patrick Aleatha Edsall Slater Roy Wade V. Dr. Robert C. Gerber Sharon Pendleton Mr. and Mrs. Marc Smith Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Walker Seely Hall, Jr. Roberta Petrik Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Smith Patricia A. Walls Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Meyerding, Sr. Cynthia Pickering Paula Sohl Mr. and Mrs. Rollin D . Watson Yale Sacks, M.D. Doneva Pickett Mr. and Mrs. Rick Soued Todd Watson Mr. and Mrs. Luddlow Sibley Shiena Polehn Shirley Stanger Marge E. Williams Letha M. Sweet Gary Poole Janis Sterton Carol Wilson Colleen Tokar Diane Probert Kermit Stevens Marian Windell Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Wicklund Mr. and Mrs. Daryl L. Proett Mr. and Mrs. Carl P Strand Helen Harnish Wolgamott Davis M. Young Prospect Historic Hotel, Verna Strickland Aaron Worthington Mr. and Mrs. Mike Turner Doris Sutherlin Dr. and Mrs. Richard Wright Donald L. Pursel, Jr. Betty Swinnerton Louise Zick Dr. Ruth A. Rabinovitch Mr. and Mrs. Jay Tapp Sandra L. Zimmer 2 J a nuary 2001 V ol. 3, N o . SOUTHERN OREGON HERJTAGE TODAY SourHERN OREGON Editorial Guidelines eature articles average 3,000 to 4,000 (pre-edited) words. Other materials range from 500 to 1,000 words. Electronic ..._ submissions arc accepted on 3-1/4-inch disks and shou1d be ~~d0n:~~~ ~~ili~~d~~~~th~i~%~~; 1~fl~{;7~1~ 5•~~ 1{h~~~~~; HERITAG~ is responsible for verification of cited facts. ~ selection of professional, unscreened photographs and/or line art should accompa~l' submissiorl-bl:tck-and-whitc or color. 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Sticky Ballots - Medford's Oregon's only National park captivated early visitors, who vowed by Bill Alley Overnight Mayor to protect its beauty. p. 14 by Bill Miller p . 16 A dministrative Staff Collectio ns/Research Lib rary Staff Brad Linder, E.XECliTIVE DIRECTOR Mary Ames Sheret, CURATOR OF COl.l..ECfiONS AND EXHIBITS 1\tlaureen Smith, HN.J\NCFJOPERATIONS DIRECTOR Jacque Sundstr:md, UBRI\.RY/ ARCHlVES COORDINA.TOR Southern Oregon Historical Society Board ofTrusiees Amelia C hamberlain, PROGRAMS DIRECTOR Carol Harbison-Samuelson, UBRA.RY t.tANAGERIPHOTO ARCI-llVIST Marjorie Overland, Mdford, PRESIDENT D orann Gunderson, DEVE.LOP.NLENT DlRECfOR \ .Villiam Alley, ARCH1VIST/HJSTORLI\N Nancy H amlin, M"lfurd, F1RST IOCE-PRESIDENT Darlene T urncr, MARKETINGIPUBUC RELt\TIONS Bill Miller, UBRARY ASSISTANT Hank H art, Medforrl, SECOND VICE-PRESIDENT Susan C ox-Smith, MElYIBERSHJP COORDINATOR Southern Oregon Heritage Today Nancy M cGrew,]tuksom.tille, SECR0l'ARY is published monthly by the Southern Oregon Historical Society. Judi D r:tis, Mtdfurd, TREASURER Magazine Staff 106 N. Central Ave., Medford, OR 97501-5926. Allen Alsing, Ashland Joyce Hailicka, Butte Falls Cynthia Wicklund, COl-.•IMUNJCJ\TIONS COORDINATOR (541) 773-6536 Bill Powell, GUEST EDITOR Robert Cowling, Mdford Reeve He.nnio n,]achonvi/1~ Cop yright 200 I by Southern Oregon Historical Society, ISSN # 1082- Yvonne Earnest, Mt!4ford B.J. &ed, Mdford Dana L. Hedrick, DESIGNER/PHOTOGRAPHER 2003. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be printed or 3 H. Walter Emori,l:v1.D.,]acksunvil!e Robert Stevens,jochon'i.Ji/le e.lcctronically duplicated ·without the written permission of the Southern Jim Fety, &gue Riwr Neil Thorson, Mtdford Printing, Ram Offset L ithographers Oregon Historical Societv. S Ll l'\ D A Y 0 H I \ ' I N G l by Doug Foster From left, stone mortars, Klamath grinding stones for preparing "wocas" meal, andNativeAmerican basketry from the Southwest are among the many artifacts on display at the Favell Museum. ORl Til\ 100,00( l DL . beauty and artistry of the chipped stone acrylic, and watercolor; wood carvings; artifacts, including 60,000 artifacts in the museum. But as a bronze sculptures; and twenty miniature M arrowheads, are on display at scientist-she is also a graduate student in dioramas ofWestern history by Ray the Favell Museum ofWestern Art and archaeology-she said she disapproves of Anderson. My favorites are the oil Indian Artifacts in Klamath Falls. In one the kind of collecting the museum paintings of waterfowl by Oregon artist wing, visitors can see 5,000 Columbia represents; when artifacts are taken from Don Hummel. River "gem points," ranging in size from a site by private collectors to display as All the artwork in the museum is tiny, delicate arrowheads to large pretty objects, much valuable strategically located for good viewing, spearheads and knives, all of them finely information is lost about native culture. well lit and presented in a striking crafted from agate or jasper. These (Artifact hunting on public land is now setting. Favell, who grew up on a Lake artifacts are presented as works of art: illegal under state and federal law, County ranch and operated a men's many are laid out on milky glass punishable by fines and imprisonment.)2 clothing store for twenty years in illuminated from below, so the partially According to one display, the Klamath Falls, wanted a museum that translucent stones from which the museum's founder, Gene Favell, started would "artistically complement the works artifacts were made reveal mottled collecting arrowheads in his native Lake of artists of past and present," so he patterns: stripes and swirls of red, orange, County when he was about eight years commissioned architect Nina Pence to ocher, white, and brown.