We knew Peter Sage was an institution, but that only scratched the surface. The longtime friend and contributor to JPR can trace family on his farm along the Rogue River back to the 1880s.
And several ancestors were highly influential in the valley; his aunt Mae Richardson got a school named after her, for one example.
Stories of Southern Oregon, produced by Maureen Battistella, this month focuses on Peter Sage, his century farm near the Table Rocks, and the family that inhabited that farm over the years. Peter and Maureen join us in the studio.