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WHO’S WHO

WHAT’S WHAT

NEWS | EVENTS | AWARDS | SPOTLIGHTS

AWARDS GRIZZLY PEAK’S WINS

OREGON WINE AWARDS

Grizzly Peak Winery is delighted to share their good news—their 2015 Cabernet Sauvignon earned
96 points and a double gold at this year’s Oregon Wine Awards. The Ashland winery offers concerts on
summer nights, weddings, fundraising events, and of course, wine tasting. The barrel room now hosts
indoor events during the off season.
1600 E Nevada St, Ashland | 541-482-5700 | www.grizzlypeakwinery.com

ABANDONED CHINATOWNS, A UNIQUE

NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
SOUTHERN OREGON
BOOK PICKS Aunique views with readers in other In her second book, LaPlante takes
By Margaret LaPlante
By Margaret LaPlante
uthor Margaret LaPlante has shared
us north to our own backyard—
publications, and she once more helps us
Southern Oregon.
learn more about our region. Her two
Unique Southern Oregon tells
newest books come just in time for some
A why, of the fifty states, Oregon
summer exploration.
Abandoned Chinatowns, Northern California
been proven that money grows on
takes us back a century and a half. It was as if the word gold echoed is unique for many reasons. It has
trees, and the only Bigfoot trap in
around the world in the 1850s as people came in droves to the Pacific the world is located here. The only casualties from enemy attack
Northwest in search of sudden wealth. Thousands of Chinese men during World War II on the U.S. mainland occurred in Oregon.
came to America dreaming of wealth that eluded them in their home- There is a log that has been floating upright in Crater Lake for
land. They traveled far in search of Gum Shan (Gold Mountain). They more than 100 years. The oldest footwear in the world, dating back
worked mining for gold, building railroads, logging, and in agriculture, 9,000 years, was discovered in this state, along with the world’s
and factories. They planted vineyards and cleared the delta, diverting largest mushroom, more than 8,000 years old. Throughout this
water so crops could grow on land where only water had been. They book, discover the things that make Oregon unique.
dug canals so water could be diverted for agriculture, installed irrigation
for orchards, and worked in the fishing industry and in canneries. They
worked as servants in private homes, in hotels and restaurants, and oper-
ated laundries, restaurants, markets, and other businesses. Read about
these essential, sometimes forgotten men who are an integral part of the
region’s history.

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