Raft the Rogue Raft Rentals

Matt + Alicea Arnett: Wedding Film at Shady Cove Riverhouse in Shady Cove, Oregon

There's nothing like experiencing a Southern Oregon wedding on the Rogue River. Matt and Alicea were such fun spirits to work with during their wedding on June 3, 2017 at the Shady Cover Riverhouse.

It was gorgious day and such a fun wedding film to be a part of for these two.

Wedding Film created by Rich Templeton of Templeton Productions. Contact us at:

Camera: Canon 6D
Aerial Drone Footage: DJI Phantom 3 Pro

Website:
Facebook:
Instagram:

BLM Rogue River Ranch (1992)

The Rogue River Ranch is on the National Register of Historic Places and is nestled in the heart of the Rogue River's wild section. Once a major Native American habitation site, the area has enjoyed a rich human history of over 9,000 years. After Europeans arrived, the site evolved into a small gold-mining community, with up to 100 residents trying to scratch a living from the gold-bearing gravel bars of the mighty Rogue River.

To learn more about this historic site, check out this historic video from 1992!

The ranch structures remaining today represent the center of the old community, which had a trading post with upstairs lodging, a blacksmith's shop, and numerous outbuildings that filled the early residents' social and commercial needs.

Access: The ranch can be accessed by boating, hiking, or driving. The ranch is 22 river miles and 23 trail miles from Grave Creek. The drive to the ranch is 37 miles from Grave Creek. Most people take two days to float, three days to hike, and two hours to drive to the ranch.

More information on the Rogue River Ranch is at:

Family Fun on the Rogue

King Family camp out on the Rogue River at Valley of the Rogue State
Park

Best Campsite on the Rogue River

This was our best campsite during a five day, four night hike of the Rogue River Trail.

Palmerton Park at Rogue River, Oregon

Evans Creek runs through Palmerton Park before flowing into the Rogue River just west of the Depot Street Bridge at the City of Rogue River in Oregon.

This original treeless land of Palmerton Park was owned by the Skevington family, whose name commemorates the bridge connecting Palmerton and Anna Classick Bicentennial Parks. The park is now owned and maintained by the City of Rogue River.

The land was sold to Mr. Orin F. Palmerton, an avid nurseryman, in the early 1920s. Mr. Palmerton was perhaps one of the first nurserymen in Southern Oregon.

Mr. Palmerton was born on July 2, 1880. The former Rogue River resident was a veteran of the Spanish American War, enlisting in the 15th Cavalry Regiment at Portland in 1901. He turned the land into a plant nursery in the 1920s and ran it as such until 1966, when due to failing health, he sold the property to the county at a nominal price. Palmerton had always envisioned that someday the area would be preserved as a park.

Palmerton Arboretum's five acres feature plant specimens from all over the world, including pines from Japan, cedars from the Mediterranean, and several large coastal redwoods, including a Dawn Redwood thought at one time to be extinct. More than 70 varieties of trees grace the grounds.

The engraved stone plaque on the site was donated to the City of Rogue River in honor of Jim Smith by his three daughters (Barbara Farrow, Joan Ruffatto, and Wendy Conley) in recognition of his ten years of service as Tree City Committee Chairman for the years 1994—2004. It is to thank him for his time and energy spent in selecting and planting new trees to continue the beautification of Palmerton Park.

Rogue River Chamber of Commerce:

Soundtrack: Open Tuning by Prolificarts

Video ©2012 by Johnson ArtWorks
Video and photographs were made May 6, 2012

info@johnsonartworks.com

Redwoods & Oregon Coast

Episode II: Redwoods & Oregon Coast

Big adventure on the John Day River

Fred, Dale, Diane and Deb on our camping trip to Lake Umatilla, camping at Philippi Park