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2 unusual facts about Southern Oregon


Rolling Thunder skate park

Rolling Thunder also hosted the "Best in the West" Skate/BMX contest series in Northern California and Southern Oregon.

Southern Oregon

It includes the Southern Oregon American Viticultural Area, which consists of the Umpqua and Rogue River drainages.


Chambers Communications Corporation

With roots back to 1959, Chambers Communications was founded by Carolyn S. Chambers and owns a chain of ABC affiliates in Western, Central Oregon and Southern Oregon.

Karuk people

Happy Camp, California is located in the heart of the Karuk Tribe's ancestral territory, which extends along the Klamath River from Bluff Creek (near the community of Orleans in Humboldt County) through Siskiyou County and into Southern Oregon.


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April Henry

Born in Portland, Oregon, April 14, 1959, Henry grew up in the small southern Oregon town of Medford where her father, Hank Henry, was a KTVL television newscaster, and her mother, Nora Henry, was a florist.

Binger Hermann

Hermann also served as deputy collector of internal revenue for southern Oregon from 1868 to 1871 and receiver of public moneys at the United States land office in Roseburg from 1871 to 1873 and was a colonel in the Oregon State Militia from 1882 to 1884.

Camp White

The documentary chronicles the stories of the troops that were trained in this "Alcatraz of Boot Camps" and the impact of the military base on the Southern Oregon economy.

Kelvin Underwood

In Ashland, Underwood got involved with the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, and has performed as a drummer during their 2009, 2010 and 2012 seasons, while also collaborating with a variety of artists, including Ashland's Dancing People Company, Rock music artist Frankie Hernandez, the Mackay Project Jazz Quartet, and the Southern Oregon University Percussion Ensemble.

Pinyon mouse

The range of this species extends from southern Oregon and Wyoming in the north, and extends south to roughly the U.S.-Mexico border, with a disjunct population designated as Peromyscus truei comanche which occupies an area in the vicinity of Palo Duro Canyon in the Texas panhandle.

Redtail surfperch

Redtail surfperch can move long distances along sandy beaches and coastlines, however migration around larger headlands like Cape Arago in southern Oregon has not been documented.