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SOUTHERN OREGON BEER

A Pioneering History

By Phil Busse
Forward by Jim Mills, Founder of Caldera Brewing Company

he origin of brewing in Southern Oregon is a lively tale of mid-nineteenth-century gold rushes,
Tbrawling German immigrants, irrepressible women and hometown pride. In the boomtown of
Jacksonville, two pioneering brewers competed to quench the thirst of miners and ranchers, and soon
breweries began popping up elsewhere. But as railroads spread across the West, they brought rival beer
brands with them, and the onset of Prohibition stifled the industry altogether. Yet resourceful Oregonians
continued to cultivate hops, and by the turn of the twenty-first century, small-town brewers like Caldera
Brewing Company in Ashland and Climate City Brewery in Grants Pass were once again stepping into
the spotlight. Author Phil Busse, longtime Oregon journalist, traces the pioneering spirit of Southern
Oregon’s first brewers to today.
Phil Busse is a Wisconsin-raised and Oregon-based writer. After graduating from Middlebury College in
Vermont, he started his writing career with San Francisco Weekly. He has written for Eugene Weekly and
helped start the Portland Mercury, where he was managing editor. Phil is the executive director for the
Media Institute for Social Change and is the publisher and editor for the Rogue Valley Messenger, which
provides news, entertainment and, yes, beer reviews to Southern Oregon.

Arcadia Publishing & the History Press
www.ArcadiaPublishing.com

GOING GREEN SERIES

Heather Ransom is the author of the Going Green series – Going Green
(2017) and Greener (2018), with Back to Green scheduled for release in
late 2019.

Going Green – In the future, your skin color lets everyone know who
you are. Those who help make the world a better place are Green,
walking GMOs with plant chloroplasts in their cells that no longer
need to eat. Life is good. People are happy. Well, some people. Not
everyone gets to “go Green.” Calyssa Brentwood, a high school senior
who just finished her cellular enhancement, is on her way to society’s
upper ranks—until she finds herself far from the safety of Sci-City, on
a farm, in the middle of a rebel insurgency. Nothing is as simple as it seems, and Lyssa soon discovers that each choice brings consequences, ones that
may turn deadly for those she cares about most.
Greener – Calyssa’s new life is everything she hoped for. She had the Go Green surgery, got into the University of SciCity, and achieved an internship
at her father’s genetic engineering corporation. She should be happy. But Lyssa can’t forget what she witnessed the previous spring, and risks all to
investigate the cover-up. Tragedy strikes, testing her belief in her family, friends, and society. When it really counts, who is Lyssa going to choose to be?

As a middle school science teacher of 26-plus years, Heather Ransom has known thousands of young adults, most of whom are desperate to find their
place in a constantly changing society. Her classes discuss what they read, then discuss and imagine their futures, how they can change their world.
Heather enjoys time with Marv, “the man of her dreams,” and their kids. She also enjoys outdoor opportunities and helping at the family pizza pub
and cigar shop.

www.HeathersRansom.ink

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