The COPCO Films - Early Southern Oregon History
Fourth of July Parade, Ashland, Oregon, 1968
SOHS Film 1353
Link to SOHS website film description:
This silent film clip was aired on 7-4-1968 on the regular evening news program of KMED/KOBI in Medford, Oregon.
If you have additional information identifying people, places and events visible in this clip, please contact the Southern Oregon Historical Society at library@sohs.org. Please include film title and the time mark(s) where those items occur.
The Southern Oregon Historical Society has transferred to video over 1500 local films from its vast collection of 16mm film resources. All are available for viewing at the SOHS Research Library, 106 N. Central, Medford, OR 97501. Call 541-773-6536. All are available for purchase or licensing.
This clip shows the 4th of July parade heading down the main street of Ashland. You can see some usual scene that you would find in a forth of July parade, marching bands, Cowboys and Cowgirls, Uncle Sam on stilts, beauty queens, and old cars. You can also see the President of the Southern Oregon College (now Southern Oregon University), Elmo Stevenson, riding in a car with his wife. You can also see the Grants Pass Oregon Cavemen continuing their tradition of kidnapping spectators and putting them in cages for the rest of the parade. The Mark Antony Hotel (now the Ashland Springs Hotel) is displayed prominently in many of the background shots.
For a list of all videos that we have currently have transcribed in our on going digitalization project please, follow this link:
Downtown Medford at Christmas Time and Traffic Safety Video, Oregon, 1967
SOHS Film 1197
Link to SOHS website film description:
This silent film clip was aired on 12-22-1967 on the regular evening news program of KMED/KOBI in Medford, Oregon.
If you have additional information identifying people, places and events visible in this clip, please contact the Southern Oregon Historical Society at library@sohs.org. Please include film title and the time mark(s) where those items occur.
The Southern Oregon Historical Society has transferred to video over 1500 local films from its vast collection of 16mm film resources. All are available for viewing at the SOHS Research Library, 106 N. Central, Medford, OR 97501. Call 541-773-6536. All are available for purchase or licensing.
This clip shows downtown Medford as the busy streets are crowed with cars durring the Christmas rush and an officer does his best to direct traffic. It then shows a clip from a holiday safety video which based off the sign at end may or may not have been sponsored by coffee companies.
For a list of all videos that we have currently have transcribed in our on going digitalization project please, follow this link:
Medford Veterans Day Parade, Oregon, 1968
SOHS Film 1444
Link to SOHS website film description:
This silent film clip was aired on 111-12-1968 on the regular evening news program of KMED/KOBI in Medford, Oregon.
If you have additional information identifying people, places and events visible in this clip, please contact the Southern Oregon Historical Society at library@sohs.org. Please include film title and the time mark(s) where those items occur.
The Southern Oregon Historical Society has transferred to video over 1500 local films from its vast collection of 16mm film resources. All are available for viewing at the SOHS Research Library, 106 N. Central, Medford, OR 97501. Call 541-773-6536. All are available for purchase or licensing.
This clip show the Medford Veterans day parade in 1968, on a rainy day. The parade has many of the usual V-day attractions, marching bands and majorettes (many of whom appear upset, most likely cause they have to preform in the rain), a military color guard, Boy Scouts and Girl Scout, and a whole bunch of cars and floats.
For a list of all videos that we have currently have transcribed in our on going digitalization project please, follow this link:
Police Utterly Destroy Slot Machine, Jacksonville, Oregon, 1966
SOHS Film 0393
Link to SOHS website film description:
This silent film clip was aired on 3-25-1966 on the regular evening news program of KMED/KOBI in Medford, Oregon.
If you have additional information identifying people, places and events visible in this clip, please contact the Southern Oregon Historical Society at library@sohs.org. Please include film title and the time mark(s) where those items occur.
The Southern Oregon Historical Society has transferred to video over 1500 local films from its vast collection of 16mm film resources. All are available for viewing at the SOHS Research Library, 106 N. Central, Medford, OR 97501. Call 541-773-6536. All are available for purchase or licensing.
The Jacksonville PD tear down a slot machine, and they go at it hard. Smashing the outside, and then beating the inside with their hammers until they just have a bulldozer run over what was left. They REALLY wanted to make sure that it could never bee used again.
For a list of all videos that we have currently have transcribed in our on going digitalization project please, follow this link:
The Great Migration of 1843 MEDFORD APPLEGATE JACKSONVILLE GOLD HILL OREGON HISTORY
The Oregon Trail was laid by fur trappers and traders from about 1811 to 1840 and was only passable on foot or by horseback. By 1836, when the first migrant wagon train was organized in Independence, Missouri, a wagon trail had been cleared to Fort Hall, Idaho. Wagon trails were cleared further and further west, eventually reaching all the way to the Willamette Valley in Oregon. What came to be called the Oregon Trail was complete, even as improved roads, cutouts, ferries and bridges made the trip faster and safer almost every year.
On May 1, 1839, a group of eighteen men from Peoria, Illinois, set out with the intention of colonizing the Oregon country on behalf of the United States of America .
In what was dubbed The Great Migration of 1843 or the Wagon Train of 1843,[20][21] an estimated 700 to 1,000 emigrants left for Oregon.
From the early to mid-1830s (and particularly through the epoch years; 1846--1869) the Oregon Trail and its many offshoots were used by about 400,000 settlers, ranchers, farmers, miners, and businessmen and their families.
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Historic Jacksonville Oregon!
Hi guys! We are finally on our way, we stop in historic Jacksonville Oregon and then the small town of Rogue River then a trip to the Wimer Covered bidge. Along the way we discover we have stumbled across an old movie site which we share with you and somehow we manage to hand wash a 40ft motorhome, we'll show you how. Cheers! Dave and Karen @ OE
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Trial Run of the Chair Lift at Mount Ashland, Oregon, 1965
SOHS Film 0024
This silent film clip was aired on 2-19-1965 on the regular evening news program of KMED/KOBI in Medford, Oregon.
If you have additional information identifying people, places and events visible in this clip, please contact the Southern Oregon Historical Society at library@sohs.org. Please include film title and the time mark(s) where those items occur.
The Southern Oregon Historical Society has transferred to video over 1500 local films from its vast collection of 16mm film resources. All are available for viewing at the SOHS Research Library, 106 N. Central, Medford, OR 97501. Call 541-773-6536. All are available for purchase or licensing.
In this clip we see men testing out the Chair lift at Mount Ashland by throwing sandbags onto the chairs to simulate the weight of a human, and seeing if the lift could handle it. I guess no one wanted to be the human test dummy.
For a list of all videos that we have currently have transcribed in our on going digitalization project please, follow this link:
Tagging Rogue River Salmon, Oregon, 1969
SOHS Film 1620
Link to SOHS website film description:
This silent film clip was aired on 8-29-1969 on the regular evening news program of KMED/KOBI in Medford, Oregon.
If you have additional information identifying people, places and events visible in this clip, please contact the Southern Oregon Historical Society at library@sohs.org. Please include film title and the time mark(s) where those items occur.
The Southern Oregon Historical Society has transferred to video over 1500 local films from its vast collection of 16mm film resources. All are available for viewing at the SOHS Research Library, 106 N. Central, Medford, OR 97501. Call 541-773-6536. All are available for purchase or licensing.
Men on at the mouth of the Rouge River pull in a large net that was placed by boat and drag it towards the beach. Among the desired salmon is a bunch of smaller fish and one large sturgeon, all of which are released, while the salmon are placed in holding tanks until it is their turn to get a tag placed on them and returned to the river.
For a list of all videos that we have currently have transcribed in our on going digitalization project please, follow this link:
An Oregon Horror Story
An Oregon Horror Story - Darkwing Manor, Medford Oregon
Produced by students at Southern Oregon University, Fall 2013.
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JESSE LINDSAY APPLEGATE TRAIL MEDFORD JACKSONVILLE HISTORICAL SOCIETY TALENT SOUTHERN OREGON
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Medford Hawthorne Pool Scenes (Slow Motion!), Shakespeare Actors on Ashland Sidewalk, Oregon, 1968
SOHS Film 1382
Link to SOHS website film description:
This silent film clip was aired on 7-8-1968 on the regular evening news program of KMED/KOBI in Medford, Oregon.
If you have additional information identifying people, places and events visible in this clip, please contact the Southern Oregon Historical Society at library@sohs.org. Please include film title and the time mark(s) where those items occur.
The Southern Oregon Historical Society has transferred to video over 1500 local films from its vast collection of 16mm film resources. All are available for viewing at the SOHS Research Library, 106 N. Central, Medford, OR 97501. Call 541-773-6536. All are available for purchase or licensing.
This clips shows kids and adults having fun at the Hawthrone Pool with kids taking swimming lessons, while some more daring adults use the diving board while being filmed in slow motion. It then shows actors from Ashland's famous Shakespeare plays walking down the sidewalk in full costume.
For a list of all videos that we have currently have transcribed in our on going digitalization project please, follow this link:
xxxx PROVIDENCE HOSPITAL MEDFORD OREGON HISTORY
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Unearthing the Past: Archaeology of the Rogue River Indian Wars, 1853-1856 | Mark Tveskov
Tveskov is on the faculty of Southern Oregon University's Sociology and Anthropology Program and is Director of the Southern Oregon University Laboratory of Archaeology. His popular 2013 Windows in Time presentation was taped as an encore presentation for an episode of The Southern Oregon History Show.
Oregon
This state has dramatic landscapes including the deepest lake in the U.S., is the only state with an official nut, and is NOT the rainiest, wettest place in America. Learn more from this video in which Nathan Cooper, Assistant Public Affairs Officer at the U.S. Mission to International Organizations in Vienna, introduces his home state: Oregon. #50states #OR
Transcript:
Hello! My name is Nathan Cooper, I work at the U.S. Mission to International Organizations in Vienna, and I come from the beautiful state of Oregon. It's a state with majestic natural resources and a fiercely independent character.
Before I talk a bit more extensively about the state's history and culture, let me quickly dispel three common misconceptions about my home state: First, many people often guess Oregon is somewhere in the middle of the country. Actually, Oregon is on the West Coast of the United States, just above California.
Second, although you may have heard it called Or-ee-GONE, locals pronounce it ORE-gun.
And last, contrary to what weather maps often depict, Oregon is not the wettest, rainiest place in America (that's actually in Hawaii).
Oregon is perhaps most famous for its dramatic and diverse landscape. Its rugged coastline contains sprawling beaches and a fascinating array of marine life, including noisy sea lions and vibrant tide pools.
The Western half of the state is dominated by the volcanic Cascade mountain range. There you'll find famous peaks like Mt. Hood, dense evergreen forests and rushing rivers. The western Willamette Valley is also home to the state's two largescities, Portland and Eugene, as well as a world-class winemaking region. And a vashigh-elevation desert covers the eastern half of the state.
Southern Oregon's Crater Lake is the deepest lake in the US. It was formed by a collapsed volcano in the Cascades. These kinds of natural resources have attracted explorers and adventurers to Oregon since its earliest days.
Archeologists have found evidence of human settlements in what is now know as Oregon dating back at least 15,000 years. Large numbers of Native American groups, including the Umpqua, Molalla, Klamath, and Chinook called area home in the 1500s when Spanish explorers first encountered the Oregon coast in 1543.
Centuries later, President Thomas Jefferson commissioned explorers Lewis and Clark to cross the continent in search of a commercial route for trade with Asia. In 1806 they reached what is now known as Oregon. Lewis and Clark's successful continental crossing lead to Oregon joining the Union in 1859. They're still considered Oregon's forefathers.
OK, that's probably enough of a history lesson. Now for a bit of trivia: In no particular order, here are a few other things you might find surprising about Oregon: It's the only state with an official nut—the hazelnut, which is also sometimes called a filbert. It's the home of Nike. The global capital of wind surfing is Hood River, Oregon, on the banks of the Columba River. Oregon has more ghost towns than anywhere else in the former Wild West. Oregon also has some strangely-named communities. My favorites include the towns of Weed, Drain, Nimrod, and Boring. Oregon is physically the 7th largest American state, but ranks only 29 in terms of population.
Politically, Oregon is both extremely independent and strongly polarized. Oregonians
pioneered direct legislation by the state's citizens through ballot initiatives and referenda,
a system now used throughout the nation. This democratic device allowed Oregonians
to go against the national grain with policies like banning self-pumping at gas stations
and doing away with sales taxes. Oregon's independent streak comes through clearly in
the state's motto: She flies with her own wings.
Consensus among citizens in Oregon is hard to come by, as recent studies have shown
Oregonians to represent some of the most extremely liberal and conservative voters in
the nation.
Although Oregonians are generally a pretty low-key bunch, more than a few famous
people have come from state, including President Herbert Hoover; the actors Sally
Struthers, Kim Novak, and Ginger Rogers; the track star Steve Prefontaine; and the
writers Ken Kesey and Raymond Carver.
To find out more about the state, including information about its economic base, please
visit Oregon.gov. I hope you've enjoyed this quick introduction to the Beaver State, and
hope you'll have the chance to visit it one day.
Grant's Getaways: Paddle in Southern Oregon
Grant's Getaways: Paddle in Southern Oregon
Southern Oregon History Lesson Two: Jacksonville
This is a four minute blended media history lesson.
New JFK Exhibit at Oregon Historical Society
The Oregon Historical Society unveils a new exhibit focused on the 35th president of the United States, John F. Kennedy.
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