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For a girl on the Oregon Coast in 1895, Francis Hofsess, her most prized possession was a plaster of Paris effigy of a lovely woman’s head and bust. The…

Wake up. Go to sleep. Run away. Stay and fight. Have you figured out the common connection yet? It's hormones, which influence these and many of our…

Adella V. Weaver spent her childhood in Yreka, Calif., where her father mined. In a memoir, she shared some interesting episodes, noting that she and…

Congress passed a law last year to shield patients from surprise out-of-network medical charges. But many doctors in the House now say the way the law is to be implemented unfairly favors insurers.

Just a year after establishment of the mining camp of Sailors' Diggings in a remote forested area of Southwestern Oregon near the California border, the…

Lorane, Ore, a Lane County community established in the early 1850’s by settlers seeking free land, was connected to Southern Oregon by the Applegate…

In 1879, famed science-fiction writer Jules Verne wrote a book about a utopian city called Ville-France, run by a French doctor, and a German city run by…

Railroad history in Southern Oregon is often thought to have had its beginnings in the 1880s, but the groundwork began nearly 20 years earlier. A…

Worst Christmas present ever for Eagle Point: the fire that burned down the historic Butte Creek Mill in 2015. The old mill is listed as the last…

Brad Meltzer is a busy guy. He continues to crank out mystery novels, often with historical and/or political themes, and he hosts "Lost History" on…