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Browse publications written by local historians, politicians, and superstar community members to dig deep Santa Cruz County History.

Since 1994, the MAH has partnered with local historians to write and research publications covering a breadth of Santa Cruz County history.

These publications bring together local historians, politicians, and superstar community members to dig deep into certain topics or areas of interest. View a comprehensive list of the publications HERE .

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By Frank Perry. **Updated March 2024** How postcards were used as an archiving tool, starting with an iconic image of Natural Bridges, which would later be altered. Read now .

by Daniel P. Gregory. The Pasatiempo neighborhood is situated on rolling hills at the northern city limits of Santa Cruz, California, as planned by developer Marion Hollins in the late 1920s. Top-flight designers helped to realize Hollins’ visions for the master planning, golf-course layout, architectural style, and gardens. Read Now

Editor’s note: This is an adaptation for the Online History Journal of a chapter from the second (1979) and third (2005) editions of The Sidewalk Companion to Santa Cruz Architecture, by John Leighton Chase

by Dana Bagshaw. In the early 1860s Joseph Boston, a forty-niner entrepreneur and tannery owner in Santa Cruz, met and married recent arrival from upstate New York, Eliza Bull. Together, they founded a church and produced five offspring. Persevering through both success and tragedy, they became notable leaders in a fast-growing pioneer community. Read Now

Editor’s note: a new 2023 Addendum has been added to this article, an update by the author of an article that originally appeared in Santa Cruz County History Journal, Issue Number 8 (Do You Know My Name?), 2016.

by Deborah Osterberg. When one first thinks of Capitola, teeming summer beach crowds come to mind. But it was an annual off season event in the early 20th century which helped raise the profile of the small, seaside resort. Each spring from 1900 through 1911, hundreds of coeds from western colleges descended upon Capitola for the Young Women’s Christian Association (YWCA) Pacific Coast Students’ Conference. The week-long conference provided young women the opportunity for Christian study, leadership training, networking and recreation. Taking up residence at F.A. Hihn’s Hotel Capitola and supported by fundraising and the generosity of Phoebe Apperson Hearst, the annual Students’ Conference at Capitola became the YWCA’s most popular event. When the conference’s popularity finally outstripped available accommodations, organizers formulated plans for their own, larger venue. In 1913 the YWCA officially opened the Asilomar Leadership Camp in Pacific Grove. The framework and eventual success of what became Asilomar, developed over the twelve years when earnest, young college women annually met in search of spiritual enrichment and fellowship in the charming seaside resort of Capitola. Read Now

Compiled by Frank Perry, Barry Brown, Rick Hyman, and Stanley D. Stevens. Several wharves were constructed in Santa Cruz during the second half of the nineteenth century and early part of the twentieth century, of which only one remains. It has often been written that the Railroad Wharf, used by the Santa Cruz and Felton Railroad starting in the middle 1870s, was originally the wharf built by David Gharky in the 1850s. The evidence presented here shows that the Railroad Wharf was an entirely new wharf and not a conversion of the Gharky Wharf. Read Now

By Frank Perry. Over 260 books on the history of people, places, and events in Santa Cruz County history were published between 1879 and 2022. Here, for the first time, is a list of these books arranged by year with a brief analysis of the reasons for the increase in rate of publication starting in the 1960s. Read Now

By Frank Perry. Learn more about postal cachets, aka the designs placed on a cover (usually an envelope) commemorating a postal event, and the ones designed specifically for Santa Cruz County events. Read Now

By Frank Perry. Photographs published in old books and on postcards can be useful and easily accessible sources of historical information. But publishers sometimes made mistakes in the captions. Presented here are examples of images with captions that are either in error or misleading as to location. Read Now

By Frank Perry. When in the late 1800s woodsman James K. Holcraft of Santa Cruz, California, posed in the notch of a giant redwood tree, little did he know that the resulting photograph would attract so much attention. During the picture postcard craze of the early 1900s, postcards of the photograph were printed and sold by the thousands. Tourists mailed them to destinations throughout the United States, giving Holcraft’s picture wider distribution than that of any other Santa Cruzan of that era. Read Now

By Frank Perry. Imagine a 260-foot-high dam across the Soquel Valley, a submarine port at Santa Cruz, a 13-story apartment building on the beach at Capitola, or a giant nuclear power plant near Davenport. These are just a few of many projects that were proposed for our town, but never built. Read now.

By Joan Martin. Possibly more talented than Georgia O'Keefe, Henrietta Shore's paintings have been lost in the dark. Surprisingly, outside the MAH collection, the only place in Santa Cruz where you can find them today is at the Santa Cruz Post Office. Read now.

By Frank Perry. How many stories can a single postcard tell? An early postcard of a tree named “Jumbo”—mailed from Santa Cruz in 1917—was found to contain over twenty topics for investigation. These include explorations of the image, message, sender, receiver, postmark, stamp, and publisher. Careful observation and the use of a wide variety of research tools helped illuminate this postcard’s many historical features. Read now.

By Greg Gardner. Did you know that an influenza epidemic in 1918/1919 was the most important medical emergency in modern history? The city of Santa Cruz was plagued by the worst ravages of the epidemic, although Watsonville was the most beaten, as approximately one percent of its population died from this epidemic. Read now.

By Various Authors. Explore how to investigate historical properties in Santa Cruz, research techniques and sources of material. Read now.

By Greg Gardner. Immerse yourself in the history of the strongest defender of Santa Cruz in the cause of public works and women at work. Read now.

By Jill Ramar. Records the history of these popular contests during a time when poultry was the main industry in Santa Cruz. Read now .

By Norman Poitevin. Biography of architect Lee Dill Esty (1876-1943) who designed at least twenty-three homes and other buildings in the Santa Cruz area, some of which still remain in the city. Read now.

by Rev. Charles Volney Anthony (1831-1908), transcribed and commented on by Stanley D. Stevens. Elihu Anthony, who came to Santa Cruz from the north of the state of New York in 1847, was a blacksmith by profession who became much more than that: Methodist minister, elected local and state official, first head of the Post Office of Santa Cruz, inventor, and builder. Read now.

by Frank Perry. Get to know local photographer Harry A. Kay who's work provides an important visual record of Santa Cruz County during the Great Depression. Read now.

by Frank Perry. In 1933 the Chamber of Commerce in Santa Cruz, California, paid laborers for a public works project with trade warrants instead of cash. Learn how the innovative program was widely successful but not without disadvantages and setbacks. Read now.

by Frank and Jill Perry. Located beside Monterey Bay in central California, Santa Cruz has long boasted of its year-round mild climate. In the early 1900s, a large rose growing in a Santa Cruz garden was used to promote tourism and attract potential home buyers—not just for Santa Cruz, but for California in general. Read Now.

by Frank Perry. In 1954 two entrepreneurs founded a tourist attraction in Santa Cruz County, California, called Curious Canyon. Nearly identical to the nearby and already popular attraction called The Mystery Spot. Learn more about this short-lived, largely forgotten attraction. Read Now

by Frank Perry. The City of Capitola, California, began as “Camp Capitola”—a seaside resort established on the north shore of Monterey Bay in the late 1860s or early 1870s. Historians have long disagreed on the year of the resort’s founding, the origin of the name Capitola, who named it, and when it was named. Did the people in nearby Soquel want the area to be the capital of California? Was it named for the character in a popular novel of the era? Or did the name originate in some other way? This essay is an attempt to sort through the conflicting evidence. Read Now

by Carey Casey. A nearly-forgotten Victorian-era home witnessed over fifty years of Santa Cruz County, California, history in the area now known as Pasatiempo. Read Now

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The islands of Louisville: How to visit and what to know about these Ohio River spots

The Ohio River is a relentless force, shaping and reshaping the landscape in its path.

Despite billions of gallons flowing by each day, persistent dredging and engineering of the waterway and the steady wake of recreational and commercial traffic, several riverine islands have stuck around near Louisville.

The islands on the Ohio River hold significant natural heritage and local history. And some are publicly accessible, offering recreational opportunities for boaters, paddlers and anglers.

Here’s what to know about the riverine islands closest to Louisville, starting upstream:

18 Mile Island

This island sits just downstream from Westport, carved out of the Kentucky bank of the Ohio in Oldham County. It's named for being roughly 18 miles upstream of Louisville, similar to 12 Mile Island and Six Mile Island.

Unlike most of the islands closer to Louisville, it's privately owned by Wood Island Inc., a business registered to Laura Lee Brown, according to state filings. Brown also co-owns nearby Woodland Farm and Hermitage Farm .

“Only disembark with permission from the farm manager,” says the Ohio River Way’s digital guide of the waterway .

18 Mile Island has a sandy beach facing Indiana, and a narrow channel separates it from the Kentucky shore. When it went up for sale along with the 900-acre Clifton Farm in the 1990s, a Courier Journal column described its allure to potential buyers:

“Marlon Brando owns an island in Tahiti. You could own an island, too, right here in the Ohio River.”

12 Mile Island

This island, also known as Embry Island, is split in the middle by the Jefferson-Oldham border and is publicly owned by Louisville Metro and Oldham County governments.

Camping is allowed on the island, according to the Ohio River Way guide, and “it gets crowded on weekend summer nights.”

It’s been a popular swimming, fishing and boating spot for decades, and there are wooden steps on the side of the island facing the Kentucky shoreline for access. The commercial marine highway runs on the Indiana side.

In 1992, The Courier Journal described ongoing local efforts to combat soil erosion on the island — and “the fear that the river will someday carry off their islands to Paducah” — including intentionally sinking barges on either end of the island to shield its banks, and planting trees and vegetation.

The island was also the setting of a Civil War clash in 1863 resulting in the capture of 20 Confederate soldiers, according to a recounting by Oldham County historian Nancy Stearns Theiss.

Six Mile Island

Six Mile Island is publicly owned and was established as a Kentucky nature preserve in 1979. It's open to the public during daylight hours, but overnight camping is prohibited.

It’s “noted for its variety of waterbirds,” according to the state , and “was protected so that it would be allowed to return to its original natural state.”

The island sits in a popular stretch of the river, downstream from Party Cove on the Indiana side and the mouth of Harrods Creek on the Kentucky side.

It was owned and farmed by the Ash family for about a century before it was purchased by Kentucky in the late 1900s. Goose Island once sat between Six Mile Island and the Kentucky shoreline, but vanished in the 1920s when the construction of the locks and dam downstream raised the river level.

Six Mile Island also marks the halfway point in the Great Steamboat Race, a long-standing annual tradition and part of the Kentucky Derby Festival. This year's race is May 1.

Recently, a proposed shipyard near Six Mile Island on the Indiana side of the river drew criticism from waterway and conservation advocates , who said the industrial development would endanger sensitive protected habitat on the island.

Some residents also provided public comment opposing the proposal, pointing to the island’s local recreational, cultural and environmental value.

Shippingport Island

Before the McAlpine Locks and Dam were built, the Falls of the Ohio marked the most treacherous stretch of the entire 981-mile river. The falls were a “series of rapids, waterfalls, and chutes,” dropping 26 feet over about 3 miles.

“When there was enough water, boats could attempt to run one of three chutes, or passages through the Falls,” according to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers , “but this required expertise and boats often wrecked during the attempt.”

The Corps’ infrastructure at the falls now carries vessels through smoothly, from barges to kayaks, under the authority of the lockmaster. And the nearby hydroelectric dam, built nearly a century ago, helps generate more than 100 megawatts of power from the falls, according to LG&E and KU .

Shippingport Island acts as the fulcrum of the Corps’ civil works in the area. At one time, people lived on the island — The Courier Journal previously described “a bustling mix of wharfs, brick houses, taverns, an old mill (and) small farms.”

In the 19th century, "Big Jim Porter," an ostensibly 7-foot-8-inch-tall horse-drawn cab driver, "presided over several taverns in the wharf areas of Portland and Shippingport," according to a history of Portland published by The Courier Journal.

Flood risk eventually drove residents off Shippingport Island. Now, it’s a mix of industrial uses supporting the locks and dam and forested land, with a narrow head forming the entrance to the locks through the Louisville and Portland Canal.

The Corps restricts access to much of the island, but allows fishing along a beach on the western bank. It's accessible from 6 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day, across the bridge to the island and through a security gate.

Other Louisville islands

Past Shippingport Island and the locks, 5-acre Lewis and Clark Island was named to commemorate the start of the explorers’ expedition, which began at the Falls of the Ohio in 1803, according to the Louisville Historical League .

It neighbors Sand Island, a larger strip of land to the west also managed by the Corps. Both are popular fishing spots and are open to the public during daylight hours, accessible by boat.

High water and weather conditions, as well as discharges from the nearby locks and hydropower station, warrant caution for boaters. According to a Corps spokesperson, local fire departments and dive teams use the area for swift water rescue training.

And the nearby Falls of the Ohio State Park boasts 390-million-year-old Devonian fossil beds, among the largest of their kind in the world, and offers close access to the river without a boat. Nearly 300 species of birds have been observed near the falls and surrounding islands, which are designated as a national wildlife conservation area, and John James Audubon "studied and painted numerous birds at this spot," according to the Corps.

There's also Towhead Island just upstream of downtown Louisville, between Waterfront Park and Beargrass Creek. It's a thin strip of land typically lined with barges and owned by a company associated with nearby Nugent Sand Co.

And in the mouth of Beargrass Creek is a small dot of land, less than 200 feet from end to end. It’s nameless, but you can change that — the U.S. Geological Survey accepts name proposals for unnamed natural features .

Preserving the islands of the Ohio

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service established the Ohio River Islands National Wildlife Refuge more than 30 years ago to protect islands all along the Ohio, but most of the preserved land is along the West Virginia stretch of the river.

David Wicks, a local waterway advocate and educator, said the initiative ran out of steam, and no islands downstream of Maysville have joined the refuge. He hopes to see it renewed, to bring protections to more Ohio River islands.

“Louisville has some of the most concentrated area of islands” starting with 18 Mile Island, Wicks said on a paddle trip from Westport to Louisville last year. “The dream is to get U.S. Fish and Wildlife to get this, 12 Mile, Six Mile, Towhead, Shippingport, Sand Island, Lewis and Clark Island, all part of our wildlife management area for these migratory birds.”

Waterway advocates have also called for a National Water Trail designation for the Ohio River between Portsmouth, Ohio, and West Point, Kentucky — hoping to redefine the river as a recreational asset, not just a barge highway.

With more recreational value attached to the river, some local groups hope to bring economic momentum to river towns and protect the natural resources of the waterway in the process.

Connor Giffin is an environmental reporter for The Courier Journal and a corps member with Report for America, a national service program that places journalists in local newsrooms to report on under-covered issues. The program funds up to half of corps members’ salaries, but requires a portion also be raised through local community fundraising. To support local environmental reporting in Kentucky, tax-deductible donations can be made at courier-journal.com/RFA .

Learn more about RFA at reportforamerica.org . Reach Connor directly at [email protected] or on X @byconnorgiffin .

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Salem students reflect on washington d.c. trip.

SALEM–Salem students reflected on a recent trip to Washington D.C. in April’s board of education meeting.

The three-day trip, which was funded by an anonymous donor, saw 46 students, who participated in Mr. Graham’s AP Government, and CCP U.S. History classes over the last two years visit the nation’s capital and surrounding historical sites including Mount Vernon, and Old Town Alexandria in March. Graham explained that these students were chosen to participate as it was felt they could best connect the experience with and enrich their studies.

“Both of those classes are pretty well attended, but in order for us to make it count and get as many students as possible onto the trip, we tried to ensure we included students from multiple years. We figured this was the perfect group of students to take on this trip, we knew they’d appreciate it and could attach all their experiences directly to the curriculums we explored over the course of the year,” said Graham.

Graham said that the trip was organized in co-operation with the offices of Ohio’s elected officials who he said were “really instrumental in putting every phase of the trip together,” community members like George Spack, and school administration including High School Principal Todd McLaughlin “to put together a really fantastic trip.”

Graham said that on the first day students visited the Flight 93 memorial prior to arriving in D.C., which included “a personalized tour by one of the park rangers,” which was organized by Spack, which was followed by a walking tour of national monuments at the national mall. The second day, which Graham said was most student’s favorite, began with students touring the whichever Smithsonian museums most interested them in groups, students then left the city to visit Mount Vernon to “see a window into the life of George Washington and his estate,” after which they visited Old Town Alexandria where they were able to get dinner, shop, and “visit other historical sites along the Potomac [River].” The third and final day saw students receive tours of the Supreme Court and Congress, which Graham said fell on the same day as a visit from then Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar and was organized with the assistance of Senator J. D. Vance’s Office.

Three students who participated in the trip were at the meeting and shared their favorite aspects with the board, discussing its impact on them.

Chase Poffenberger, an AP Government student said the trip itself was probably “the most fun thing,” he had done in high school and that his “favorite part of the trip by far” was visiting the Smithsonian museums; particularly being able to view and appreciate significant artworks and their history not only from the United States, but from around the world, emphasizing the importance of sharing the experience with his friends. Poffenberger also said that the trip was illustrative of the sheer scale and organization of the U.S. Government.

“Walking in downtown D.C. near the White House every building has a purpose and every building participates in our government. It was really cool to see that everywhere you go in D.C. has a reason to be there,” said Poffenberger.

William Panteleris, another current AP Government student, said that his favorite part of the trip was the student’s visit to the Flight 93 Memorial. Panteleris explained that it was his favorite part of the trip as it was “one of those things that teaches you what you really can’t learn in a classroom environment,” emphasizing the direct emotional impact of seeing the monument in person and the reminder it provides of the choice made by the passengers, and the lives lost to save others.

“To be there and to see how low it was flying, to know that there were people fighting on the plane, and to see a wall of names of people that died that day, it’s not easy, and it’s not pleasant, but I do feel its important because it makes you grateful to be here, and it fills you with a sense of pride to know you live in the same country as those people that died so that so many other people didn’t have to,” said Panteleris.

The final student to speak was Annika Murray, who was part of Graham’s AP Government class last year. Murray said that she had two favorite parts of the trip, visiting the Vietnam War Memorial, and visiting Mount Vernon. Murray explained that visiting the Vietnam War Memorial was important to her as she was able to send a photo to her grandfather of his late friend’s name on the memorial.

“I was able to take a picture of my grandfather’s friend who died in the Vietnam War and share that with him, and I felt that it was a really moving and sentimental for him,” said Murray.

Murray said that she enjoyed visiting Mount Vernon as she had been there previously, and that visiting again at an older age provided her with a new perspective. Murray also said that she had learned interesting facts about Washington which she hadn’t known previously.

“I feel like I was able to see it from a different perspective since I’m older now, and I really enjoyed seeing how George Washington lived. I also learned he was an engineer and built a chair where he could fan himself when he was hot. It was a really fun experience, and I hope future classes get to do this trip,” said Murray.

The board of education will meet next 7 p.m. May 20.

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Oregon Outback: Summer Lake area has hot springs, dark skies, adventure and thick steaks

Everything feels just a little bigger in the Oregon Outback.

The mountains are steeper, history deeper, night skies darker and cuts of steak thicker than anyone has a right to expect in remote southcentral Oregon.

And don’t get me started on the birds.

I’ve seen vast flocks on rivers and wildlife refuges. But the scale and sound of migration season at Summer Lake Wildlife Area boggles the senses.

Over spring break I returned to the Oregon Outback for the first time in a few years to explore just a few of the places I’d missed, including Summer Lake. It reminded me how great this area is for a spring road trip.   

Here’s a few ideas for places to stay, explore and eat near Summer Lake.

Summer Lake and Winter Ridge

On Dec. 16, 1843, Capt. John C. Frémont and a mapping expedition were trekking across a snow-covered plateau when they came to a cliff and saw a remarkable sight.

“More than a thousand feet below, we looked into a green prairie country, in which a beautiful lake, some twenty miles in length, was spread along the foot of the mountain,” Frémont wrote. “Shivering on snow three feet deep, and stiffening in a cold north wind, we exclaimed at once that the names of Summer Lake and Winter Ridge should be applied to these proximate places of such sudden and violent contrast.”

The name is fitting, especially in the spring. It can feel sunny and pleasant along Summer Lake while almost directly overhead, it’s snowing on 30-mile long Winter Ridge.

The dynamic scenery is the the first thing you notice upon driving here. It has the “whoa” factor as much as any place in Oregon.

The interesting thing is that while Summer Lake looks cool — 15 miles long and sparkling — it’s not a recreation spot itself. The lake is alkaline and shallow — not a place to boat, swim or explore. It’s really the places around its edges that create the magic.

Base camp: Summer Lake Hot Springs

This has become one of Oregon’s more beloved hot springs, but what struck me most in visiting was it’s still a small, low-impact site. You would never refer to this as a resort.

You can rent funky and cool cabins here, with geothermically warmed floors, along with RV spots and campsites. But the entire compound blends into the landscape so well it’s hard to spot it from a distance. It’s a place that lets the scenery and hot springs do the work.

Speaking of the hot springs. It has three outdoor pools open all night. By day, you can soak and enjoy views of the aforementioned Winter Ridge. At night, you can view one of the world’s darkest skies, part of the newly-established Oregon Outback International Dark Sky Sanctuary .

By mid-May, an indoor swimming pool bathhouse opens up that allows for a little bit more space and access for hot springing.

Nearby gem: Summer Lake Wildlife Area

Nothing quite prepares you for the number of birds here during migration season at this wildlife area on the north side of the lake. The sky and wetlands are packed, and the sound is a chaotic symphony of chirps and trills as hundreds of thousands of birds migrate through here each year on the Pacific Flyway.

The wildlife area is 18,941 acres of wetlands and streams that becomes a temporary home for all manner of shorebirds and waterfoul, from tundra swans to western sandpipers to sandhill cranes.

The area has three main seasons for visitors, according to manager Jason Journey. There is the spring migration (March to May) and fall migration (August to September). Both times are good for birdwatching, hiking, photography and canoeing around the streams and wetlands. Apparently, mosquitoes and flies make it unpleasant during peak-summer.

The third option is hunting season, which runs from October to late January.

Ana Reservoir

The water in the wildlife area and Summer Lake comes directly from Ana Reservoir, a scenic place good for boating, swimming and fishing.

For anglers, the area is probably most famous for its population of hybrid striped bass — often known as “wipers.” They were stocked years ago to control the population of invasive tui chub, and the largest wiper on record was caught here in 2009.

Deepest history in North America

The history near Summer Lake goes deeper than just about anywhere else in North America.

Summer Lake is now about 15 miles long, which seems large, but it was once far larger. Prehistoric Lake Chewaucan once covered 461 square miles at depths of up to 375 feet.

The waves from that ancient lake cut a series of caves, now famously known as the Paisley Caves, which are home to the oldest evidence of human habitation in North America — up to 14,300 years ago.

Evidence of those ancient people can be found at Picture Rock Pass Petroglyphs Site, just north of Summer Lake on the side of Highway 31, likely created between 7,500 and 12,000 years ago.

Fort Rock Cave tours

The Paisley Caves aren’t the only famous historical site. Head to Fort Rock State Park, and you’ll not only be treated to a hike through a massive colosseum of stone, but you can also tour caves where the earliest known footwear on Earth was discovered.

Fort Rock Cave tours offered throughout spring and early summer cost $20. This is the site where the famous sagebrush sandals were discovered and dated to 9,350 to 10,500 years old.

Eat at the Cowboy Dinner Tree

The best restaurant in Oregon is a little place nestled deep in the Oregon Outback, about an hour from Summer Lake, called the Cowboy Dinner Tree . Their menu is simple: A gigantic top sirloin steak or a whole roasted chicken, plus salad, soup, sweet rolls and dessert.

It’s a place you don’t order your meal or make requests. There’s no vegetarian options, you can’t pick your dressing or even how your steak is cooked. You eat what you’re given. And they only take cash.

That model would seem to doom a restaurant, but the simplicity allows the restaurant to focus on doing what they do really well. The steak was the best I’ve ever eaten, cooked to that perfect spot that's rare but not raw. The chicken was flavorful and delicious.

The restaurant opened in 1992, but legend is that it goes back to the early 1900s. The place where the restaurant is located used to be a little shack where cowboys would seek shade under a juniper tree. Sometimes a chuckwagon would park there and cowboys and ranchers would gather to eat. Before it was the Cowboy Dinner Tree it was originally called the dinner tree.

The inside is rustic and packed with character, including lots of $1 bills tucked into the corners of pictures and tables. People started putting them there around a decade ago. The restaurant collects them every now and again and donates them to local charity.

From the setting to the scene, there is no place quite like it. Just make sure to make reservations way ahead of time by calling 541-576-2426 .

Ride the Christmas Valley sand dunes

Riding ATVs is popular at the Christmas Valley sand dunes, but there is some hiking as well.

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Fly-fish the Chewaucan

If you’re fly-fishing, check out the much beloved Chewaucan River for rainbow trout. I’m saving this adventure for my next trip to the Oregon Outback, but there's a decent amount of information out there about it.

Hike Winter Ridge or Hager Mountain

For those looking to get into the alpine regions of the area, there are hikes on Winter Ridge, right above Summer Lake, that typically open up in late May. There is also Hager Mountain, a challenging mountain that climbs to a lookout. I wrote about staying overnight in the lookout back in 2016.

With this much possible adventure — and food — there’s good reason to visit, and keep coming back.

Zach Urness has been an outdoors reporter in Oregon for 15 years and is host of the Explore Oregon Podcast . Urness is the author of “ Best Hikes with Kids: Oregon ” and “ Hiking Southern Oregon .” He can be reached at [email protected] or (503) 399-6801. Find him on X at @ZachsORoutdoors.

Will Detroit Lions trade up for Alabama CB Terrion Arnold? 'That's classified'

Update: The Detroit Lions traded up five spots in Thursday's NFL draft and selected Terrion Arnold with the No. 24 overall pick . This story was originally published Wednesday evening.

When the Lions brought Alabama cornerback Terrion Arnold in for a pre-draft visit, it was understood they likely would have to trade up if they wanted to take him in the first round of Thursday's 2024 NFL draft in downtown Detroit .

Asked Wednesday what the Lions told him about their desire to do that, Arnold smiled and said, "That's classified information."

Arnold was one of 13 draft prospects who took part in a Play Football clinic Wednesday with Special Olympics Michigan athletes at the Corner Ballpark.

Most of the prospects attending this week's draft expect to go in the first 15 picks, including quarterbacks Caleb Williams, Jayden Daniels and Drake Maye.

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That likely is out of range for the Lions, who hold the 29th pick in Round 1, but the team did extensive work on this year's cornerback crop and could be interested in moving up in the draft if Arnold or Toledo's Quinyon Mitchell slides.

Arnold said he had a "great" visit with the Lions and can see himself as part of the team's revamped secondary. The Lions traded for Carlton Davis and signed Amik Robertson in free agency, but still are in the market for help at cornerback and safety in the draft.

"When I was there, just as far as going over schemes, being around the coaching staff, they have a very great team developing," he said. "Obviously, they were just on the borderline of making it to the Super Bowl and they’re trying to get back to that."

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A part-time starter at Alabama in 2022, Arnold led the Tide and tied for the SEC lead with five interceptions in his first season as a full-time starter last year. He said playing for head coach Nick Saban has him ready to make "an immediate impact" in the NFL.

“I’m feeling great," he said. "I just want to stay calm and steady, even-keeled mindset, but I'm ready. Whatever organization selects me, I'm ready to get to work."

Trade down coming?

Lions coach Dan Campbell in an appearance Wednesday on WXYT-FM (97.1) reiterated the team's desire to trade down from Pick No. 29 if a player they covet is not available.

While that may elicit boos from Lions fans gathered at the draft in Campus Martius Park, Campbell said he'd tell them, "It’s one sleep and then you get two picks."

"That’s what I would have told the kids when they were young," he said. "You got one sleep. So look, anything can happen. We’re prepared to do whatever we need to do. And look, if our guy’s not there, we’re sitting there and our guy’s not there, we will move back. So I’m just preparing the fans. Be ready, you never know what’s gong to happen here."

Asked about the depth of the draft, Campbell indicated there is a group of about 15 players atop the Lions' ranking, then another group of potential starters.

"I know that you get one of these players in the top 15, you’re going to get a heck of a player," he said. "There's a couple areas that are heavier than others, but we also know those will go pretty fast. This is an offensive draft. I mean, there’s more offensive players than defensive players overall at the top of this, so it’s just – it’s interesting every year. You go through this process, you find these guys you really like. Man, they fit you, and then we’re going to be sitting there and you’re just going to watch them fly right off the board.

"When it’s all said and done, you look and all the legwork you did and you realize it’s like, 'Man, all these guys you thought you really liked, there’s not as many as you thought after the other 31 teams pick through every draft.' So that’s the nature of it and all we got to do is find the guys that we like when it comes time for us to pick."

Contact Dave Birkett at  [email protected] . Follow him @davebirkett .

Rivertown schools closing early Thursday as Biden visit could jam roads, create traffic

Schools in several Hudson River communities will close early Thursday as President Biden's visit to Irvington for a fundraiser is expected to generate road closures and traffic during late afternoon rush hour.

The president is expected to attend a high-profile campaign fundraising event hosted by actors Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones on Thursday in the Hudson River village. It will be his third time visiting the county since he was elected president in 2020.

The Irvington, Ardsley, Dobbs Ferry, Tarrytowns and Hastings-on-Hudson school districts said they will implement early release schedules ahead of the president's arrival, which they indicate will be in the late afternoon. All after-school programs in these districts will be cancelled April 25.

"While there will not be road closures within Hastings, all access highways and parkways will be affected, likely making travel in and out of the Village problematic," William S. McKersie, superintendent of the Hastings-on-Hudson school district, said in a statement to the community.

The Irvington Police Department in a statement Monday advised residents to avoid traveling in the village after 2 p.m.

"Significant traffic impacts are expected from mid-afternoon through rush hour," the statement said. "In addition, there will also be several major thoroughfares subject to long-term closures in Westchester County, which will add to the traffic impacts on secondary roads."

Both the Irvington and Westchester County police said they cannot release information about which roads will be impacted because of security concerns.

Metro North's Hudson Line service will not be impacted by the potential traffic.

Shelby murder case of Alec Blair to be featured on A&E series in May

SHELBY — A Shelby police detective remembers Alec Blair's casual attitude during an intense interview about a brutal murder.

"He was smiling the whole time, even when he was talking about the graphic elements of the crime," Adam Turner said. "It was like a walk in the park for him. I didn't see any remorse."

Blair, now 25, was sentenced in January 2021 to 45 years to life in prison for the stabbing death of his estranged wife, Gaberien Clevenger, 22.

Blair stabbed his wife of eight months 14 times and dumped her body in a field on Feb. 10, 2020.

His crime and the process of getting a confession will be featured on the A&E series " Interrogation Raw " on May 16.

A&E series takes viewers inside interrogation room

According to A&E's website, "Criminal cases can be won or lost in the interrogation room. Success can bring justice for the victims; failure can lead to the guilty person walking free. 'Interrogation Raw' is an all-new true crime series that explores the delicate twists and turns of some of the most fascinating interrogations ever done. Each episode will reveal every tactic, every make-or-break moment that occurs within those four walls.

"Armchair detectives will feel like they are in the room as the very detectives involved share play-by-play commentary on what is often a high-stakes game of cat and mouse. The tension is palpable since, by law, no suspect needs to talk at all. Those who do can stop at any time. On 'Interrogation Raw' it’s a race against the clock and everything is on the line."

Turner recalled being contacted by the show's producers.

"They came last fall, I believe," he said. "Me and a couple of others from here that were involved gave interviews.

"They wanted a walk-through from beginning to end. They were interested in Alec's statements during the interview process."

Producers also talked to Shelby police Officer John Reed and Andrew Knee, a deputy with the Richland County Sheriff's Office.

Turner said he employed a "soft touch" with Blair.

"You know the old saying: You get more bees with honey than vinegar," he said.

In October 2020, Blair pleaded guilty to aggravated murder, three counts of murder, four counts of kidnapping, two counts of felonious assault, two counts of abduction and single counts of tampering with evidence and gross abuse of a corpse.

Less than a week before her death, Clevenger had been denied a protection order by a domestic relations court magistrate.

A friend of hers became concerned when she did not show up for work at a local restaurant.

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Blair led authorities to Clevenger's body in field

Authorities have only Blair's word for what happened. He led them to a field on Bowman Street Road, near a cell tower in Jackson Township, where Clevenger's body was found.

"Had he not confessed, I'm sure that she would've been found eventually, but it would have been a while," Turner said. "He still was not giving us everything. We didn't know about the stabbing until we got out there."

Initially, Blair said he had beaten Clevenger and smothered her.

Blair had lured Clevenger into his vehicle with the promise they would go to the Richland County Courthouse about a divorce.

The stabbing happened in the driveway of Blair's home in the 900 block of Taylortown Road, east of Shelby.

Blair went inside his house to pick up his lunch before work. While inside, he also grabbed a knife. He told authorities he never considered calling 911.

After dumping her body, Blair went to his job. A ping on Clevenger's phone linked it to an area near Blair's place of employment.

"He led us to his car," Turner said, recalling seeing cleaning supplies and blood.

At the sentencing hearing, defense attorney Terry Hitchman read a letter from Blair.

"I wish it wasn't real," Blair wrote. "I have to deal with this every day for the rest of my life."

He claimed he tried to let go of Clevenger but could not.

"Every little thing reminded me of her, and it drove me crazy," Blair wrote.

Prosecutor Gary Bishop, who died in 2023 , had detailed the savagery of the crime, noting Blair almost severed Clevenger's head from her body.

"This was a simple case of rage brought on by petty jealousy," Bishop said.

Judge considered life without parole for sentence

Judge Phil Naumoff said he agonized over the sentence and whether to give Blair life in prison without the possibility of parole.

"This is hard, and I have to put my feelings aside," Naumoff said. "I have to temper my anger with what is just. I gave you what I feel is the just sentence in this matter based on the law."

In a phone call with the News Journal, Turner called the case "such a tragedy."

"She was a beautiful, young lady," the detective said of Clevenger. "She thought she had gotten away from the situation.

"He's just a monster."

Blair is an inmate at Madison Correctional Institution. He will be eligible for parole in December 2064.

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