Talk:Ashland, Oregon

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Talk:Ashland, Oregon/archive

Contents 1 Local sources 2 Ashland History and Oregon Trail Discussion 3 New Year's '97 Flood 4 Sister cities

[edit] Local sources

Well, I wanted to synthesize a few more local sources for the History section, which I'm still not entirely happy with. More description/events seemed unwarranted; but it currently doesn't have much flow--each of the paragraphs is independent. Demi ^T/_C 12:50, 2005 Mar 11 (UTC)

[edit] Ashland History and Oregon Trail Discussion

Situated on what is now believed to have been the eastern shoreline of a prehistoric island shoreline, the Ashland area was eventually populated by various native American tribes.

Seeking a safer route to the area, two brothers, Jesse and Lindsay Applegate sought a southern road from the Willamette Valley. They followed much of what is now the I-5 corridor until reaching the southern reaches of the Bear Creek Valley. Turning east towards modern day Klamath Falls, the brothers and their 15-person party founded the Applegate Trail (a.k.a. South Emigrant Road). —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 71.39.4.85 (talk • contribs) 03:51, September 1, 2005 (UTC)

Good stuff. Is there more information about the prehistory of Ashland. I understand that a major mastadon find happenened in town when a restaurant was built. Also that Ashland area was a major native american location and cross roads.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 15:03, September 1, 2005 (talk • contribs) 208.186.200.1.

[edit] New Year's '97 Flood

I'm surprised this article does not talk about the extensive flooding that took place around New Year's Day in 1997. My understanding is that it permanently closed a number of local businesses (including the original Rogue Ales brewpub) and destroyed Lithia Park (the flooding is mentioned in that article but not here). Mike Dillon 01:45, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

The article that you provide a link to doesn't say that the flood of 1997 "destroyed" Lithia Park. It says that it "damaged" the park.So Sylvie 19:16, 5 November 2006 (UTC)So Sylvie

[edit] Sister cities

Can someone verify that Sarlat, France, is still a sister city of Ashland? It's not listed on the Sister Cities International site. Katr67 19:07, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

Sorry, I see the source is this site, but according to this discussion, I believe the cite is no longer valid. Katr67 19:13, 17 June 2006 (UTC)