Pat Harper
As It Was ContributorPat Harper is the archivist for the Southern Oregon Historical Society, where she digitizes records, manages websites and learns more about regional history from the SOHS volunteers. After receiving her Master’s Degree in library science from the University of Illinois in 1980, Harper worked as a reference librarian, then as a library administrator. From 1994 to 2005, she was the Siskiyou County library director and lived in the country near Hornbrook, California. Pat and her husband moved to San Rafael, Calif., in 2005 to begin their sailing adventures, and after three years they took an 18-month voyage on their sailboat, Ecos. Now they enjoy a more settled life in Medford, and cruise the Caribbean during winter months.
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Siskiyou Boulevard Results from Sulfur Springs Development
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Siskiyou Boulevard Results from Sulfur Springs Development -
Michael Hanley IV led a crew of pioneer reenactors from Winnemucca, Nev., to Central Point, Ore., in 1996, to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the…
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This story is either a lost account of a terrible day for the Jacksonville elite, or it might be just a tall tale written by a historian with a sense of…
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On March 7, 1911, President Taft mobilized 20,000 troops on the Mexican border with orders to cross into Mexico if needed to protect 40,000 U.S. residents…
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In 1980, Roseburg, Ore., officials attempted to use enforcement of an ordinance against occult arts to prohibit the opening of a palm-reading shop. When…
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His diary records that Martin Peterson preached, worked hard and suffered painful losses during his life. The Southern Oregon Historical Society has…
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While the concept of the mythical State of Jefferson is popular with some today, a similar separation effort in the 1800’s had more nefarious goals.In…
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Even in 1854, the American Dream was elusive. A Rogue Valley settler warned in a letter to the editor of the Philadelphia Public Ledger that those…
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A teacher at the Wagner Creek School, Willis J. Dean, believed children should be taught science, health and practical skills, but never religion. He was…
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One rainy night in 1912 the Stratton family’s neighbor in West Medford, Ore., Wells Lounsbury, came to their door with a suitcase. He said he had walked…
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In 1892, a group of Methodists at a camp meeting in Central Point agreed to begin a Chautauqua program in Southern Oregon. Their goal was to hold their…
