Ashland, Oregon
Encyclopedia
Ashland is a city in Jackson County
, Oregon
, United States
, near Interstate 5
and the California border, and located in the south end of the Rogue Valley
. It was named after Ashland County
, Ohio
, point of origin of Abel Helman
and other founders, and secondarily for Ashland, Kentucky
, where other founders had family connections. It officially became a town with the name Ashland Mills in 1855. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 20,078. It is the home of Southern Oregon University
and the internationally renowned Oregon Shakespeare Festival
.
Indians lived in the valley along the creek approximately where Ashland is located. Early Hudson's Bay Company
hunters and trappers, following the Siskiyou Trail
, passed through the site in the 1820s. In the late 1840s, settlers (mostly American) following the Applegate Trail
began passing through the area. By the early 1850s, the Donation Land Act brought many white settlers into the Rogue Valley
and in conflict with its native people. These often violent clashes continued until 1856.
In 1851, gold was discovered at Rich Gulch, a tributary of Jackson Creek, and a tent city developed on its banks, the area now known as Jacksonville
. Settlers soon arrived to the Ashland area in January 1852, including Abel Helman, Eber Emery and his brother James Emery, Robert Hargadine and others. In order to capitalize on mining in nearby Jacksonville, Helman and the Emerys established a lumber mill on Ashland Creek.
During the 1860s and 1870s the community grew, establishing a school, churches and other businesses. In 1871, the Post Office dropped "Mills" from Ashland's name. On November 4, 1872 Reverend J. H. Skidmore founded the Ashland Academy—it eventually became Southern Oregon University
.
In December 1887, Portland, Oregon
, and San Francisco, California
, were joined by rail at Ashland. Until 1926, when most rail service began taking a different route (east through Klamath Falls
to avoid the steep grade through the Siskiyou Mountains
) Ashland thrived on rail trade. This was especially the case with orchard products, such as the famous Ashland peach, which won top honors at the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago
.
In 1908, the Women's Civic Improvement Club petitioned for the creation of a park—Ashland Canyon Park—along Ashland Creek. The discovery of Lithia
water around the same time led to a plan to establish a mineral spa at the park. Using the resulting funding, the town engaged John McLaren
, landscape architect of San Francisco's Golden Gate Park
, to design the park. This also resulted in a name change, first to Lithia Springs Park and then to Lithia Park
.
The oldest working telephone booth in Oregon, made of wood with a tin ceiling, is located in downtown Ashland in the Columbia Hotel. The Columbia Hotel, built in 1910 as part of the Enders Building, is the oldest hotel in Ashland and continues to flourish today. The building was originally home of the largest mercantile establishment between Sacramento and Portland in the period 1910 to 1928.
During the Fourth of July
celebration in 1935, Angus L. Bowmer
arranged the first performances of what would become the Oregon Shakespeare Festival
. The festival grew during the 20th century, and has become an award-winning and internationally-known regional theater company.
ranges, about 15 miles (24 km) north of the California
border on Interstate 5
.
The city is 350 miles (560 km) north of San Francisco and 285 miles (459 km) south of Portland in an area once proposed to become the State of Jefferson. It is 90 miles (145 km) from Crater Lake National Park
and Oregon Caves National Monument
.
According to the United States Census Bureau
, the city has a total area of 6.5 square miles (16.8 km²), none of which is water.
of 2000, there are 19,522 people in the city organized into 8,537 households, and 4,481 families. The population density
is 3,003.1 people per square mile (1,159.6/km²). There are 9,050 housing units at an average density of 1,392.2 per square mile (537.6/km²). The racial makeup of the city is 91.55% White, 1.87% Asian, 1.02% Native American, 0.60% Black or African American, 0.13% Pacific Islander, 1.71% from other races, and 3.11% from two or more races. 3.56% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
Of the 8,537 households 25.3% have children under the age of 18, 37.4% have married couples
living together, 11.7% have a female householder with no husband present, and 47.5% are non-families. Thirty-three percent of all households are made up of individuals and 10.9% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.14 and the average family size is 2.72.
The age distribution of residents is 18.8% under the age of 18, 17.5% from 18 to 24, 23.3% from 25 to 44, 25.5% from 45 to 64, and 14.8% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 38 years. For every 100 females there are 85.6 males; for every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 82.7 males.
The median income for a household in the city is $32,670, and the median income for a family is $49,647. Males have a median income of $36,825 versus $30,632 for females. The per capita income
for the city is $21,292. 19.6% of the population and 12.5% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total population, 22.0% of those under the age of 18 and 8.5% of those 65 and older are living below the poverty line.
s and restaurants thrive on revenue generated from visitors who see plays at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival
.
The town's five largest employers are (in order) Southern Oregon University
, the Oregon Shakespeare Festival
, Ashland Public Schools
, Ashland Community Hospital
and the City of Ashland.
The Bathroom Readers' Institute and Bathroom Readers' Press, which release the popular Uncle John's Bathroom Reader
books, are based in Ashland.
Ashland is also home to Brammo, Inc.
, maker of the Enertia
and Empulse
electric motorcycles, and a former North American manufacturer of the British Ariel Atom
supercar.
Ashland is well-known for its annual Oregon Shakespeare Festival
(OSF), which brings thousands of visitors to the city every year. The festival has grown from a summer outdoor festival in the 1930s to a season which stretches from February to October, incorporating Shakespeare and non-Shakespearean plays in repertory at three theaters. OSF sells more tickets to more performances of more plays than any other theater in the country. In a typical year, OSF sells more than 350,000 tickets and attracts about 100,000 tourists.
There is also Oregon Cabaret Theatre which features musicals throughout the year in a converted church.
which shows international and domestic films of almost every genre since 2001 takes place in April of each year. Previous guests and directors have included actress Helen Hunt
, Indie director Henry Jaglom
and others.
The annual Ashland New Plays Festival
is a week-long event that focuses attention on playwrights and the development of new work for the American stage.
, located in Ashland, is the world's only crime lab dedicated to wildlife, and serves law enforcement both within and outside the United States
.
The Ashland City Band (ACB) was organized in 1876 as the Ashland Brass Band. John McLaren
, designer of San Francisco's Golden Gate Park
, designed Lithia Park and included an octagonal gazebo-style bandstand which was used by the ACB until a bandshell was built in 1949.
Ashland is also the setting for the movie version
of Neil Gaiman
's Coraline
.
is a 93 acres (37.6 ha) park, including 42 acres (17 ha) on the National Register of Historic Places
, that extends upstream along Ashland Creek near the center of the city. It includes two ponds, a Japanese garden
, tennis courts, two public greens, a bandshell (outdoor stage) and miles of hiking
trails. The name Lithia comes from the natural mineral water in Ashland, Lithia water. It has a strong mineral taste and slight effervescence, and the Lithia water fountains found on the town plaza are frequently tasted by unsuspecting tourists (often at the behest of residents or frequent visitors who use the fountains as a cheap, humorous Ashland initiation rite). Lithia water can be sampled from a fountain near the bandshell in Lithia Park as well.
oversees three elementary schools, one middle school, one high school, one magnet school and a community learning center. Ashland High School
was named in U.S. News & World Report
's top 3% of national public high schools in 2007 and 2009.
Southern Oregon University
, a public four-year university, offers programs in science and liberal arts. With an enrollment of over 6000 students, Southern offers undergraduate- and graduate-level programs in business, education, and the arts and sciences.
The Ashland Daily Tidings
publishes on weekday afternoons and Saturday mornings. The Mail Tribune
, a regional morning daily newspaper from Medford
, also serves Ashland.
Radio
Television
is a general medical and surgical hospital operated by the city. As of 2010, it has 36 inpatient beds.
. In 2003, the historic Carnegie portion of the library was restored. In 2006, Jackson County budget problems led to the closing, in April 2007, of the Ashland Library and 14 others in Jackson County. The event, which lasted until October 2007, was the largest library closure in U.S. history.
(RVTD) Route 10 and Route 15 provides bus service to much of the city, both routes running every thirty minutes providing a combined service frequency of 15 minutes. Route 10 also provides service to Medford
, where passengers can connect to any of the other six RVTD routes as well as to Southwest P.O.I.N.T., a daily shuttle operated by the Oregon Department of Transportation
(ODOT) carrying passengers between Brookings
and the Amtrak
station in Klamath Falls
. The Klamath Falls Amtrak Station
serves the Coast Starlight
long-haul passenger train.
A hiking and biking path, the Bear Creek Greenway
, begins in Ashland near the intersection of West Nevada Street with Helman Street, close to the confluence
of Ashland Creek (which flows through Lithia Park
) with Bear Creek. The 25 miles (40.2 km) path follows Bear Creek between Ashland and Central Point
and passes through Talent
, Phoenix
, and Medford
.
in 1999 by creating the Ashland Fiber Network (AFN), which built a $8.5 million fiber optic ring inside the city boundaries. This supports 3,700 cable modem customers (an estimated three-quarters of the market), and splits the local cable television
market with Charter Communications
. However, in 2006, the city faced difficulties servicing AFN's debt load, which was approaching $15.5 million. The city hired a new AFN director, Joe Franell, who suggested scrapping cable television service while retaining the more-profitable high-speed Internet access. In October, 2006, the cable television service was transferred to a local company, Ashland Home Net, while the City retained both the infrastructure and the wholesale Internet business. AFN has also added telephone and wireless Internet service to its offerings.
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Jackson County, Oregon
-National protected areas:* Cascade–Siskiyou National Monument* Crater Lake National Park * Klamath National Forest * Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest * Umpqua National Forest -Demographics:...
, Oregon
Oregon
Oregon is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is located on the Pacific coast, with Washington to the north, California to the south, Nevada on the southeast and Idaho to the east. The Columbia and Snake rivers delineate much of Oregon's northern and eastern...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, near Interstate 5
Interstate 5
Interstate 5 is the main Interstate Highway on the West Coast of the United States, running largely parallel to the Pacific Ocean coastline from Canada to Mexico . It serves some of the largest cities on the U.S...
and the California border, and located in the south end of the Rogue Valley
Rogue Valley
The Rogue Valley is a farming and timber-producing region in southwestern Oregon in the United States. Located along the middle Rogue River and its tributaries in Josephine and Jackson counties, the valley forms the cultural and economic heart of Southern Oregon near the California border. The...
. It was named after Ashland County
Ashland County, Ohio
Ashland County is a county located in the state of Ohio, United States, and was formed in 1846 from parts of Huron, Lorain, Richland and Wayne Counties. As of the 2010 census, the population was 53,139. Its county seat is Ashland...
, Ohio
Ohio
Ohio is a Midwestern state in the United States. The 34th largest state by area in the U.S.,it is the 7th‑most populous with over 11.5 million residents, containing several major American cities and seven metropolitan areas with populations of 500,000 or more.The state's capital is Columbus...
, point of origin of Abel Helman
Abel Helman
Abel Helman was an American pioneer of Ashland, Oregon.-Early life:Helman was born in Wayne, Ashland County, Ohio on April 10, 1824. He was of German descent. He was the fourth of seven children. His youth was divided between work on the farm and education through a subscription school, which was...
and other founders, and secondarily for Ashland, Kentucky
Ashland, Kentucky
Ashland, formerly known as Poage Settlement, is a city in Boyd County, Kentucky, United States, nestled along the banks of the Ohio River. The population was 21,981 at the 2000 census. Ashland is a part of the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH, Metropolitan Statistical Area . As of the 2000 census, the...
, where other founders had family connections. It officially became a town with the name Ashland Mills in 1855. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 20,078. It is the home of Southern Oregon University
Southern Oregon University
is a public liberal arts college located in Ashland, Oregon, United States. Founded in 1926, it was formerly known as Southern Oregon College and Southern Oregon State College . SOU offers criminology, natural sciences, including environmental science, Shakespearean studies and theatre arts programs...
and the internationally renowned Oregon Shakespeare Festival
Oregon Shakespeare Festival
The Oregon Shakespeare Festival is a regional repertory theatre in Ashland, Oregon, United States. The festival annually produces eleven plays on three stages during a season that lasts from February to October...
.
History
Prior to the arrival of settlers in mid-19th century, ShastaShasta (tribe)
The Shasta are an indigenous people of Northern California and Southern Oregon in the United States. They spoke one of the Shastan languages....
Indians lived in the valley along the creek approximately where Ashland is located. Early Hudson's Bay Company
Hudson's Bay Company
The Hudson's Bay Company , abbreviated HBC, or "The Bay" is the oldest commercial corporation in North America and one of the oldest in the world. A fur trading business for much of its existence, today Hudson's Bay Company owns and operates retail stores throughout Canada...
hunters and trappers, following the Siskiyou Trail
Siskiyou Trail
The Siskiyou Trail stretched from California's Central Valley to Oregon's Willamette Valley; modern-day Interstate 5 follows this pioneer path...
, passed through the site in the 1820s. In the late 1840s, settlers (mostly American) following the Applegate Trail
Applegate Trail
The Applegate Trail was a wilderness trail through today's U.S. states of Idaho, Nevada, California, and Oregon, and was originally intended as a less dangerous route to the Oregon Territory.-Background:...
began passing through the area. By the early 1850s, the Donation Land Act brought many white settlers into the Rogue Valley
Rogue Valley
The Rogue Valley is a farming and timber-producing region in southwestern Oregon in the United States. Located along the middle Rogue River and its tributaries in Josephine and Jackson counties, the valley forms the cultural and economic heart of Southern Oregon near the California border. The...
and in conflict with its native people. These often violent clashes continued until 1856.
In 1851, gold was discovered at Rich Gulch, a tributary of Jackson Creek, and a tent city developed on its banks, the area now known as Jacksonville
Jacksonville, Oregon
Jacksonville is a city in Jackson County, Oregon, United States, a few miles west of Medford. It was named for Jackson Creek, which runs through the community and was the site of one of the first placer gold claims in the area. It includes Jacksonville Historic District which was designated a U.S....
. Settlers soon arrived to the Ashland area in January 1852, including Abel Helman, Eber Emery and his brother James Emery, Robert Hargadine and others. In order to capitalize on mining in nearby Jacksonville, Helman and the Emerys established a lumber mill on Ashland Creek.
During the 1860s and 1870s the community grew, establishing a school, churches and other businesses. In 1871, the Post Office dropped "Mills" from Ashland's name. On November 4, 1872 Reverend J. H. Skidmore founded the Ashland Academy—it eventually became Southern Oregon University
Southern Oregon University
is a public liberal arts college located in Ashland, Oregon, United States. Founded in 1926, it was formerly known as Southern Oregon College and Southern Oregon State College . SOU offers criminology, natural sciences, including environmental science, Shakespearean studies and theatre arts programs...
.
In December 1887, Portland, Oregon
Portland, Oregon
Portland is a city located in the Pacific Northwest, near the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2010 Census, it had a population of 583,776, making it the 29th most populous city in the United States...
, and San Francisco, California
San Francisco, California
San Francisco , officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the financial, cultural, and transportation center of the San Francisco Bay Area, a region of 7.15 million people which includes San Jose and Oakland...
, were joined by rail at Ashland. Until 1926, when most rail service began taking a different route (east through Klamath Falls
Klamath Falls, Oregon
Klamath Falls is a city in Klamath County, Oregon, United States. Originally called Linkville when George Nurse founded the town in 1867, after the Link River on whose falls this city sat, although no falls currently exist; the name was changed to Klamath Falls in 1892...
to avoid the steep grade through the Siskiyou Mountains
Siskiyou Mountains
The Siskiyou Mountains are a coastal mountain range in the northern Klamath Mountains in northwestern California and southwestern Oregon in the United States. They extend in an arc for approximately from east of Crescent City, California northeast along the north side of the Klamath River into...
) Ashland thrived on rail trade. This was especially the case with orchard products, such as the famous Ashland peach, which won top honors at the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
.
In 1908, the Women's Civic Improvement Club petitioned for the creation of a park—Ashland Canyon Park—along Ashland Creek. The discovery of Lithia
Lithium
Lithium is a soft, silver-white metal that belongs to the alkali metal group of chemical elements. It is represented by the symbol Li, and it has the atomic number 3. Under standard conditions it is the lightest metal and the least dense solid element. Like all alkali metals, lithium is highly...
water around the same time led to a plan to establish a mineral spa at the park. Using the resulting funding, the town engaged John McLaren
John McLaren
John McLaren is the name of:*John McLaren , built Golden Gate Park*John McLaren, Lord McLaren , Scottish Liberal MP and judge*John McLaren , Australian cricketer...
, landscape architect of San Francisco's Golden Gate Park
Golden Gate Park
Golden Gate Park, located in San Francisco, California, is a large urban park consisting of of public grounds. Configured as a rectangle, it is similar in shape but 20% larger than Central Park in New York, to which it is often compared. It is over three miles long east to west, and about half a...
, to design the park. This also resulted in a name change, first to Lithia Springs Park and then to Lithia Park
Lithia Park
Lithia Park is the largest and most central park of Ashland, Oregon. It consists of of forested canyonland around Ashland Creek, stretching from the downtown plaza up toward its headwaters near Mount Ashland...
.
The oldest working telephone booth in Oregon, made of wood with a tin ceiling, is located in downtown Ashland in the Columbia Hotel. The Columbia Hotel, built in 1910 as part of the Enders Building, is the oldest hotel in Ashland and continues to flourish today. The building was originally home of the largest mercantile establishment between Sacramento and Portland in the period 1910 to 1928.
During the Fourth of July
Independence Day (United States)
Independence Day, commonly known as the Fourth of July, is a federal holiday in the United States commemorating the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, declaring independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain...
celebration in 1935, Angus L. Bowmer
Angus L. Bowmer
Angus L. Bowmer was the founder of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland, Oregon, United States. During his tenure as artistic director, he produced all 37 of William Shakespeare's plays and performed 32 Shakespearean roles in 43 separate stagings.-Biography:Angus Livingston Bowmer was born...
arranged the first performances of what would become the Oregon Shakespeare Festival
Oregon Shakespeare Festival
The Oregon Shakespeare Festival is a regional repertory theatre in Ashland, Oregon, United States. The festival annually produces eleven plays on three stages during a season that lasts from February to October...
. The festival grew during the 20th century, and has become an award-winning and internationally-known regional theater company.
Geography
Ashland is located in the foothills of the Siskiyou and CascadeCascade Range
The Cascade Range is a major mountain range of western North America, extending from southern British Columbia through Washington and Oregon to Northern California. It includes both non-volcanic mountains, such as the North Cascades, and the notable volcanoes known as the High Cascades...
ranges, about 15 miles (24 km) north of the California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
border on Interstate 5
Interstate 5
Interstate 5 is the main Interstate Highway on the West Coast of the United States, running largely parallel to the Pacific Ocean coastline from Canada to Mexico . It serves some of the largest cities on the U.S...
.
The city is 350 miles (560 km) north of San Francisco and 285 miles (459 km) south of Portland in an area once proposed to become the State of Jefferson. It is 90 miles (145 km) from Crater Lake National Park
Crater Lake National Park
Crater Lake National Park is a United States National Park located in southern Oregon. Established in 1902, Crater Lake National Park is the sixth oldest national park in the United States and the only one in the state of Oregon...
and Oregon Caves National Monument
Oregon Caves National Monument
Oregon Caves National Monument is a national monument in the northern Siskiyou Mountains of southwestern Oregon in the United States. The main part of the park, including the marble cave and a visitor center, is located east of Cave Junction, on Oregon Route 46. A separate visitor center in Cave...
.
According to the United States Census Bureau
United States Census Bureau
The United States Census Bureau is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census. It also gathers other national demographic and economic data...
, the city has a total area of 6.5 square miles (16.8 km²), none of which is water.
Demographics
2000 Census data
As of the censusCensus
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...
of 2000, there are 19,522 people in the city organized into 8,537 households, and 4,481 families. The population density
Population density
Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and particularly to humans...
is 3,003.1 people per square mile (1,159.6/km²). There are 9,050 housing units at an average density of 1,392.2 per square mile (537.6/km²). The racial makeup of the city is 91.55% White, 1.87% Asian, 1.02% Native American, 0.60% Black or African American, 0.13% Pacific Islander, 1.71% from other races, and 3.11% from two or more races. 3.56% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
Of the 8,537 households 25.3% have children under the age of 18, 37.4% have married couples
Marriage
Marriage is a social union or legal contract between people that creates kinship. It is an institution in which interpersonal relationships, usually intimate and sexual, are acknowledged in a variety of ways, depending on the culture or subculture in which it is found...
living together, 11.7% have a female householder with no husband present, and 47.5% are non-families. Thirty-three percent of all households are made up of individuals and 10.9% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.14 and the average family size is 2.72.
The age distribution of residents is 18.8% under the age of 18, 17.5% from 18 to 24, 23.3% from 25 to 44, 25.5% from 45 to 64, and 14.8% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 38 years. For every 100 females there are 85.6 males; for every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 82.7 males.
The median income for a household in the city is $32,670, and the median income for a family is $49,647. Males have a median income of $36,825 versus $30,632 for females. The per capita income
Per capita income
Per capita income or income per person is a measure of mean income within an economic aggregate, such as a country or city. It is calculated by taking a measure of all sources of income in the aggregate and dividing it by the total population...
for the city is $21,292. 19.6% of the population and 12.5% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total population, 22.0% of those under the age of 18 and 8.5% of those 65 and older are living below the poverty line.
Economy
Income from tourism composes a significant portion of Ashland's economy. A large number of hotels, bed and breakfastBed and breakfast
A bed and breakfast is a small lodging establishment that offers overnight accommodation and breakfast, but usually does not offer other meals. Since the 1980s, the meaning of the term has also extended to include accommodations that are also known as "self-catering" establishments...
s and restaurants thrive on revenue generated from visitors who see plays at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival
Oregon Shakespeare Festival
The Oregon Shakespeare Festival is a regional repertory theatre in Ashland, Oregon, United States. The festival annually produces eleven plays on three stages during a season that lasts from February to October...
.
The town's five largest employers are (in order) Southern Oregon University
Southern Oregon University
is a public liberal arts college located in Ashland, Oregon, United States. Founded in 1926, it was formerly known as Southern Oregon College and Southern Oregon State College . SOU offers criminology, natural sciences, including environmental science, Shakespearean studies and theatre arts programs...
, the Oregon Shakespeare Festival
Oregon Shakespeare Festival
The Oregon Shakespeare Festival is a regional repertory theatre in Ashland, Oregon, United States. The festival annually produces eleven plays on three stages during a season that lasts from February to October...
, Ashland Public Schools
Ashland School District (Oregon)
The Ashland School District is a public school district that serves the city of Ashland, Oregon, United States. As of 2009, there were approximately 3,000 students and 300 employees in the district.-Elementary schools:*Bellview Elementary School...
, Ashland Community Hospital
Ashland Community Hospital (Oregon)
Ashland Community Hospital is a hospital in Ashland, Oregon, United States. Founded in 1907, it is owned by Ashland Community Healthcare Services, a not-for-profit organization....
and the City of Ashland.
The Bathroom Readers' Institute and Bathroom Readers' Press, which release the popular Uncle John's Bathroom Reader
Uncle John's Bathroom Reader
Uncle John's Bathroom Readers are a series of books containing trivia and short essays on miscellaneous topics, ostensibly for reading in the bathroom. The books are credited to the Bathroom Readers' Institute, though Uncle John is a real person, and are published by Portable Press, an imprint of...
books, are based in Ashland.
Ashland is also home to Brammo, Inc.
Brammo
Brammo, Inc. is an electric vehicle company based in Ashland, Oregon, United States. Its first production electric motorcycle, the Enertia, is assembled in Sárvár, Hungary and is selling online via the company's website and is available for sale and service at select motorcycle dealers throughout...
, maker of the Enertia
Brammo Enertia
The Enertia is an electric motorcycle designed and sold by Brammo, Inc. It uses a Lithium iron phosphate battery, and is intended as a commuter vehicle. Enertia motorcycles first went on sale in late July 2009, and began selling at Best Buy in August 2009....
and Empulse
Brammo
Brammo, Inc. is an electric vehicle company based in Ashland, Oregon, United States. Its first production electric motorcycle, the Enertia, is assembled in Sárvár, Hungary and is selling online via the company's website and is available for sale and service at select motorcycle dealers throughout...
electric motorcycles, and a former North American manufacturer of the British Ariel Atom
Ariel Atom
The Ariel Atom is a high performance sports car made by the Ariel Motor Company based in Somerset, England and under licence in North America by TMI Autotech, Inc. at Virginia International Raceway in Alton, Virginia....
supercar.
Arts and culture
Oregon Shakespeare Festival
The Oregon Shakespeare Festival is a regional repertory theatre in Ashland, Oregon, United States. The festival annually produces eleven plays on three stages during a season that lasts from February to October...
(OSF), which brings thousands of visitors to the city every year. The festival has grown from a summer outdoor festival in the 1930s to a season which stretches from February to October, incorporating Shakespeare and non-Shakespearean plays in repertory at three theaters. OSF sells more tickets to more performances of more plays than any other theater in the country. In a typical year, OSF sells more than 350,000 tickets and attracts about 100,000 tourists.
There is also Oregon Cabaret Theatre which features musicals throughout the year in a converted church.
Annual cultural events
The Ashland Independent Film FestivalAshland Independent Film Festival
The Ashland Independent Film Festival is a film festival in Ashland, Oregon, United States that has been presented by the non-profit Southern Oregon Film Society since 2001. Founded by D.W. and Steve Wood, the festival is held each spring over five days at the Varsity Theatre in downtown Ashland...
which shows international and domestic films of almost every genre since 2001 takes place in April of each year. Previous guests and directors have included actress Helen Hunt
Helen Hunt
Helen Elizabeth Hunt is an American actress, film director, and screenwriter. She starred in the sitcom Mad About You for seven years, before being cast in the romantic comedy As Good as It Gets...
, Indie director Henry Jaglom
Henry Jaglom
- Life and career :Born January 26, 1941 in London, England to Simon and Marie Jaglom, Henry Jaglom trained with Lee Strasberg at the Actors Studio in New York, where he acted, wrote and directed off-Broadway theater and cabaret before settling in Hollywood in the late 1960s...
and others.
The annual Ashland New Plays Festival
Ashland New Plays Festival
Founded in 1992 and managed by a volunteer board of directors and artistic board, ' is a nonprofit organization that encourages playwrights in the creation of new works through public readings...
is a week-long event that focuses attention on playwrights and the development of new work for the American stage.
Museums and other points of interest
The National Fish and Wildlife Forensics LaboratoryNational Fish and Wildlife Forensics Laboratory
The National Fish and Wildlife Forensics Laboratory is located in Ashland, Oregon, United States. Founded in 1988 and run by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, the forensics laboratory is the only such laboratory in the world devoted to wildlife law enforcement...
, located in Ashland, is the world's only crime lab dedicated to wildlife, and serves law enforcement both within and outside the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
.
The Ashland City Band (ACB) was organized in 1876 as the Ashland Brass Band. John McLaren
John McLaren (park superintendent)
Dr John Hays McLaren served as superintendent of the Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, CA for 53 years.Born at Bannockburn, near Stirling in Scotland, and worked as a dairyman before studying horticulture at the Edinburgh Royal Botanical Gardens where he worked as an apprentice gardener's helper...
, designer of San Francisco's Golden Gate Park
Golden Gate Park
Golden Gate Park, located in San Francisco, California, is a large urban park consisting of of public grounds. Configured as a rectangle, it is similar in shape but 20% larger than Central Park in New York, to which it is often compared. It is over three miles long east to west, and about half a...
, designed Lithia Park and included an octagonal gazebo-style bandstand which was used by the ACB until a bandshell was built in 1949.
Ashland is also the setting for the movie version
Coraline (film)
Coraline is a 2009 stop-motion 3D fantasy/horror children's film based on Neil Gaiman's 2002 novel of the same name. It was produced by Laika and distributed by Focus Features. Written and directed by Henry Selick, it was released widely in US theaters on February 6, 2009, after a world premiere at...
of Neil Gaiman
Neil Gaiman
Neil Richard Gaiman born 10 November 1960)is an English author of short fiction, novels, comic books, graphic novels, audio theatre and films. His notable works include the comic book series The Sandman and novels Stardust, American Gods, Coraline, and The Graveyard Book...
's Coraline
Coraline
Coraline is a horror/fantasy novella by British author Neil Gaiman, published in 2002 by Bloomsbury and Harper Collins. It was awarded the 2003 Hugo Award for Best Novella, the 2003 Nebula Award for Best Novella, and the 2002 Bram Stoker Award for Best Work for Young Readers...
.
Parks and recreation
Lithia ParkLithia Park
Lithia Park is the largest and most central park of Ashland, Oregon. It consists of of forested canyonland around Ashland Creek, stretching from the downtown plaza up toward its headwaters near Mount Ashland...
is a 93 acres (37.6 ha) park, including 42 acres (17 ha) on the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
, that extends upstream along Ashland Creek near the center of the city. It includes two ponds, a Japanese garden
Japanese garden
, that is, gardens in traditional Japanese style, can be found at private homes, in neighborhood or city parks, and at historical landmarks such as Buddhist temples, Shinto shrines and old castles....
, tennis courts, two public greens, a bandshell (outdoor stage) and miles of hiking
Hiking
Hiking is an outdoor activity which consists of walking in natural environments, often in mountainous or other scenic terrain. People often hike on hiking trails. It is such a popular activity that there are numerous hiking organizations worldwide. The health benefits of different types of hiking...
trails. The name Lithia comes from the natural mineral water in Ashland, Lithia water. It has a strong mineral taste and slight effervescence, and the Lithia water fountains found on the town plaza are frequently tasted by unsuspecting tourists (often at the behest of residents or frequent visitors who use the fountains as a cheap, humorous Ashland initiation rite). Lithia water can be sampled from a fountain near the bandshell in Lithia Park as well.
Education
The Ashland School DistrictAshland School District (Oregon)
The Ashland School District is a public school district that serves the city of Ashland, Oregon, United States. As of 2009, there were approximately 3,000 students and 300 employees in the district.-Elementary schools:*Bellview Elementary School...
oversees three elementary schools, one middle school, one high school, one magnet school and a community learning center. Ashland High School
Ashland High School (Oregon)
Ashland High School is public high school in Ashland, Oregon, United States near the Southern Oregon University campus.-Academics:In 2008, 81% of the school's seniors received their high school diploma. Of 296 students, 239 graduated, 53 dropped out, 1 received a modified diploma, and 3 are still...
was named in U.S. News & World Report
U.S. News & World Report
U.S. News & World Report is an American news magazine published from Washington, D.C. Along with Time and Newsweek it was for many years a leading news weekly, focusing more than its counterparts on political, economic, health and education stories...
's top 3% of national public high schools in 2007 and 2009.
Southern Oregon University
Southern Oregon University
is a public liberal arts college located in Ashland, Oregon, United States. Founded in 1926, it was formerly known as Southern Oregon College and Southern Oregon State College . SOU offers criminology, natural sciences, including environmental science, Shakespearean studies and theatre arts programs...
, a public four-year university, offers programs in science and liberal arts. With an enrollment of over 6000 students, Southern offers undergraduate- and graduate-level programs in business, education, and the arts and sciences.
Media
NewspapersThe Ashland Daily Tidings
Ashland Daily Tidings
The Ashland Daily Tidings is an afternoon newspaper serving the city of Ashland, Oregon, United States. Like its sister publication, the Medford-based Mail Tribune, it is part of the Dow Jones Local Media Group chain, a subsidiary of Dow Jones....
publishes on weekday afternoons and Saturday mornings. The Mail Tribune
Mail Tribune
The Mail Tribune is a seven-day daily newspaper based in Medford, Oregon, United States that serves Jackson County, Oregon, and adjacent areas of northern California....
, a regional morning daily newspaper from Medford
Medford, Oregon
Medford is a city in Jackson County, Oregon, United States. As of the 2010 US Census, the city had a total population of 74,907 and a metropolitan area population of 207,010, making the Medford MSA the 4th largest metro area in Oregon...
, also serves Ashland.
Radio
- Jefferson Public RadioJefferson Public RadioJefferson Public Radio is a regional public radio broadcasting network serving a mostly rural area of Southern Oregon and Northern California. As of 2004, it reaches over 700,000 potential listeners via the largest translator network in public radio...
, a public radio network owned and operated by Southern Oregon UniversitySouthern Oregon Universityis a public liberal arts college located in Ashland, Oregon, United States. Founded in 1926, it was formerly known as Southern Oregon College and Southern Oregon State College . SOU offers criminology, natural sciences, including environmental science, Shakespearean studies and theatre arts programs... - KSKQ-LPKSKQ-LPKSKQ was a low power community FM radio station licensed by the United States Federal Communications Commission to Eagle Point, Oregon, United States, until it was upgraded to a full-power station in June 2011. Its studio is located in Ashland. The original transmitter was just southeast of the...
89.5 FM, low power community radio
Television
- Rogue Valley Community TelevisionRogue Valley Community TelevisionRogue Valley Community Television is a Public-access television cable TV station based at Southern Oregon University in Ashland, Oregon. The interim director is Nena Scuderi-Fox and the program director/operations manager is Joe Brett...
, cable TV Public-access televisionPublic-access televisionPublic-access television is a form of non-commercial mass media where ordinary people can create content television programming which is cablecast through cable TV specialty channels...
station based at Southern Oregon University
Healthcare
The Ashland Community HospitalAshland Community Hospital (Oregon)
Ashland Community Hospital is a hospital in Ashland, Oregon, United States. Founded in 1907, it is owned by Ashland Community Healthcare Services, a not-for-profit organization....
is a general medical and surgical hospital operated by the city. As of 2010, it has 36 inpatient beds.
Public library
The Ashland Public Library building was expanded from the city's original Carnegie libraryCarnegie library
A Carnegie library is a library built with money donated by Scottish-American businessman and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. 2,509 Carnegie libraries were built between 1883 and 1929, including some belonging to public and university library systems...
. In 2003, the historic Carnegie portion of the library was restored. In 2006, Jackson County budget problems led to the closing, in April 2007, of the Ashland Library and 14 others in Jackson County. The event, which lasted until October 2007, was the largest library closure in U.S. history.
Transportation
Rogue Valley Transportation DistrictRogue Valley Transportation District
Rogue Valley Transportation District is a transportation district serving the greater Jackson County area. The district serves the cities of Medford, Ashland, White City, Phoenix, Talent, Jacksonville, and Central Point...
(RVTD) Route 10 and Route 15 provides bus service to much of the city, both routes running every thirty minutes providing a combined service frequency of 15 minutes. Route 10 also provides service to Medford
Medford, Oregon
Medford is a city in Jackson County, Oregon, United States. As of the 2010 US Census, the city had a total population of 74,907 and a metropolitan area population of 207,010, making the Medford MSA the 4th largest metro area in Oregon...
, where passengers can connect to any of the other six RVTD routes as well as to Southwest P.O.I.N.T., a daily shuttle operated by the Oregon Department of Transportation
Oregon Department of Transportation
The Oregon Department of Transportation is a department of the state government of the U.S. state of Oregon responsible for systems of transportation. It was first established in 1969. It had been preceded by the Oregon State Highway Department which, along with the Oregon State Highway...
(ODOT) carrying passengers between Brookings
Brookings, Oregon
Brookings is a city in Curry County, Oregon, United States. It was named after John E. Brookings, president of the Brookings Lumber and Box Company, which founded the city in 1908. As of the 2010 census the population was 6,336. The total population of the Brookings area is over 13,000, which...
and the Amtrak
Amtrak
The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, doing business as Amtrak , is a government-owned corporation that was organized on May 1, 1971, to provide intercity passenger train service in the United States. "Amtrak" is a portmanteau of the words "America" and "track". It is headquartered at Union...
station in Klamath Falls
Klamath Falls, Oregon
Klamath Falls is a city in Klamath County, Oregon, United States. Originally called Linkville when George Nurse founded the town in 1867, after the Link River on whose falls this city sat, although no falls currently exist; the name was changed to Klamath Falls in 1892...
. The Klamath Falls Amtrak Station
Klamath Falls (Amtrak station)
Klamath Falls is a station on Amtrak's Coast Starlight service in Klamath Falls, Oregon. The station is located at 1600 Oak Avenue. The station building, which was built in 1916, has a waiting room with a ticket agent...
serves the Coast Starlight
Coast Starlight
The Coast Starlight is a passenger train operated by Amtrak on the West Coast of the United States. It runs from King Street Station in Seattle, Washington, to Union Station in Los Angeles, California. The train's name was formed as a merging of two of Southern Pacific's train names, the Coast...
long-haul passenger train.
A hiking and biking path, the Bear Creek Greenway
Bear Creek Greenway
The Bear Creek Greenway is a biking/hiking path that, when complete, will extend from Central Point to Ashland. It roughly parallels Bear Creek, a tributary of the Rogue River...
, begins in Ashland near the intersection of West Nevada Street with Helman Street, close to the confluence
Confluence
Confluence, in geography, describes the meeting of two or more bodies of water.Confluence may also refer to:* Confluence , a property of term rewriting systems...
of Ashland Creek (which flows through Lithia Park
Lithia Park
Lithia Park is the largest and most central park of Ashland, Oregon. It consists of of forested canyonland around Ashland Creek, stretching from the downtown plaza up toward its headwaters near Mount Ashland...
) with Bear Creek. The 25 miles (40.2 km) path follows Bear Creek between Ashland and Central Point
Central Point, Oregon
Central Point is a city in Jackson County, Oregon, United States. The population was 17,165 as of July 1, 2009 The city shares its southern border with Medford and is a part of the Medford metropolitan area...
and passes through Talent
Talent, Oregon
Talent is a city in Jackson County, Oregon, United States. The population was 5,589 at the 2000 census and 6,680 as of July 1, 2009.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all of it land....
, Phoenix
Phoenix, Oregon
Phoenix is a city in Jackson County, Oregon, United States. The population was 4,060 at the 2000 census and has grown to 4,855 people as of July 1, 2009.-History:...
, and Medford
Medford, Oregon
Medford is a city in Jackson County, Oregon, United States. As of the 2010 US Census, the city had a total population of 74,907 and a metropolitan area population of 207,010, making the Medford MSA the 4th largest metro area in Oregon...
.
Utilities
Ashland's city-owned electric company moved to improve the city's Broadband Internet accessBroadband Internet access
Broadband Internet access, often shortened to just "broadband", is a high data rate, low-latency connection to the Internet— typically contrasted with dial-up access using a 56 kbit/s modem or satellite Internet with inherently high latency....
in 1999 by creating the Ashland Fiber Network (AFN), which built a $8.5 million fiber optic ring inside the city boundaries. This supports 3,700 cable modem customers (an estimated three-quarters of the market), and splits the local cable television
Cable television
Cable television is a system of providing television programs to consumers via radio frequency signals transmitted to televisions through coaxial cables or digital light pulses through fixed optical fibers located on the subscriber's property, much like the over-the-air method used in traditional...
market with Charter Communications
Charter Communications
Charter Communications is an American company providing cable television, high-speed Internet, and telephone services to more than 4.7 million customers in 25 states. By revenues, it is the fourth-largest cable operator in the United States, behind Comcast, Time Warner Cable, and Cox Communications...
. However, in 2006, the city faced difficulties servicing AFN's debt load, which was approaching $15.5 million. The city hired a new AFN director, Joe Franell, who suggested scrapping cable television service while retaining the more-profitable high-speed Internet access. In October, 2006, the cable television service was transferred to a local company, Ashland Home Net, while the City retained both the infrastructure and the wholesale Internet business. AFN has also added telephone and wireless Internet service to its offerings.
Sister city
Ashland has one sister city:Guanajuato
Guanajuato, Guanajuato
Guanajuato is a city and municipality in central Mexico and the capital of the state of the same name. It is located in a narrow valley, which makes the streets of the city narrow and winding. Most are alleys that cars cannot pass through, and some are long sets of stairs up the mountainsides....
, Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
Notable people
- Les AuCoinLes AuCoinWalter Leslie "Les" AuCoin , is an American politician and the first Democrat elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from since it was formed in 1882. The seat has been held by a Democrat ever since....
, former U.S. Representative - John BackusJohn BackusJohn Warner Backus was an American computer scientist. He directed the team that invented the first widely used high-level programming language and was the inventor of the Backus-Naur form , the almost universally used notation to define formal language syntax.He also did research in...
, computer scientist who created FortranFortranFortran is a general-purpose, procedural, imperative programming language that is especially suited to numeric computation and scientific computing... - Angus L. BowmerAngus L. BowmerAngus L. Bowmer was the founder of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland, Oregon, United States. During his tenure as artistic director, he produced all 37 of William Shakespeare's plays and performed 32 Shakespearean roles in 43 separate stagings.-Biography:Angus Livingston Bowmer was born...
, founder of the Oregon Shakespeare FestivalOregon Shakespeare FestivalThe Oregon Shakespeare Festival is a regional repertory theatre in Ashland, Oregon, United States. The festival annually produces eleven plays on three stages during a season that lasts from February to October... - Ty BurrellTy Burrell- External links :*...
, actor - Erskine CaldwellErskine CaldwellErskine Preston Caldwell was an American author. His writings about poverty, racism and social problems in his native South like the novels Tobacco Road and God's Little Acre won him critical acclaim, but they also made him controversial among fellow Southerners of the time who felt he was...
, author, never lived in Ashland, but is buried there. - Gretchen CorbettGretchen CorbettGretchen Corbett is an American actress most noted for the role of Beth Davenport on the television series The Rockford Files from 1974 to 1978.-Early Life in Oregon:...
, actress, debuted as Desdemona at the OSF. - Chad CotaChad CotaChad Garrett Cota is a former professional American football strong safety in the NFL. He attended Ashland High School followed by the University of Oregon. He was drafted by the Carolina Panthers in the 1995 NFL Draft and went on to play for the Carolina Panthers, New Orleans Saints,...
, former National Football LeagueNational Football LeagueThe National Football League is the highest level of professional American football in the United States, and is considered the top professional American football league in the world. It was formed by eleven teams in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association, with the league changing...
player - Alex CoxAlex CoxAlexander Cox is a British film director, screenwriter, nonfiction author and sometime actor, notable for his idiosyncratic style and approach to scripts...
, film director - Ann CurryAnn CurryAnn Curry is an American television news journalist and co-anchor on NBC's morning television program Today. She is the former news anchor on Today, a role she began in March 1997, and was the host of Dateline NBC from 2005-2011.Curry is a Board Member at the IWMF .-Biography:Curry was born in...
, anchor on The Today Show - Gay Jacobsen D'AsaroGay Jacobsen D'AsaroGay Kristine Jacobsen D'Asaro is an American Olympic foil fencer.She attended and fenced at the University of California at Santa Barbara from 1972–74 and fenced for San Jose State University in late the 1970s and early 1980s. She holds a record for two National Titles, and was a 1-rated Referee....
, fencing champion - Emilio DelgadoEmilio DelgadoEmilio Delgado is an American actor. He is best known for his long-running role as Luis, the friendly Fix-it Shop owner, on the children's television series Sesame Street. Delgado joined the cast of Sesame Street in 1971 and recently completed Season 41 with the show. He began his professional...
, actor: Luís from Sesame StreetSesame StreetSesame Street has undergone significant changes in its history. According to writer Michael Davis, by the mid-1970s the show had become "an American institution". The cast and crew expanded during this time, including the hiring of women in the crew and additional minorities in the cast. The... - Alice Di MiceleAlice Di MiceleAlice Di Micele is a folk music and environmental singer/songwriter from Ashland, Oregon. She was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey, in 1965, to a pianist mother and a school teacher father. Alice grew up playing the recorder, flute, and finally the guitar. At 15 she was the lead singer of a local...
, musician - Jack ElamJack ElamWilliam Scott "Jack" Elam was an American film actor best known for his numerous roles as villains in Western films and, later in his career, comedies .-Early life:...
, actor - David FincherDavid FincherDavid Andrew Leo Fincher is an American film and music video director. Known for his dark and stylish thrillers, such as Seven , The Game , Fight Club , Panic Room , and Zodiac , Fincher received Academy Award nominations for Best Director for his 2008 film The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and...
, film director - GangajiGangajiGangaji is an American born spiritual teacher and author. She currently lives in Ashland, Oregon with her husband, fellow spiritual teacher Eli Jaxon-Bear.-Early life:...
, spiritual teacher - Johnny GruelleJohnny GruelleJohnny Gruelle was an American artist, political cartoonist, children's book author and illustrator . He is known as the creator of Raggedy Ann and Raggedy Andy...
, creator of Raggedy AnnRaggedy AnnRaggedy Ann is a fictional character created by American writer Johnny Gruelle in a series of books he wrote and illustrated for young children. Raggedy Ann is a rag doll with red yarn for hair and has a triangle nose... - Jeremy GuthrieJeremy GuthrieJeremy Shane Guthrie is a Major League Baseball right-handed starting pitcher for the Baltimore Orioles.-Early life and education:...
, pitcher for the Baltimore Orioles - Anthony HealdAnthony HealdPhilip Anthony Mair Heald, known professionally as Anthony Heald , is an American actor known for portraying Hannibal Lecter's jail nemesis, Dr. Frederick Chilton in The Silence of the Lambs and Red Dragon, and for playing assistant principal Scott Guber in David E. Kelley's Boston Public...
, television, film and stage actor - Abel HelmanAbel HelmanAbel Helman was an American pioneer of Ashland, Oregon.-Early life:Helman was born in Wayne, Ashland County, Ohio on April 10, 1824. He was of German descent. He was the fourth of seven children. His youth was divided between work on the farm and education through a subscription school, which was...
, town founder - Frank C. HighFrank C. HighFrank Charles High was a United States Army soldier received the Medal of Honor for his actions during the Philippine-American War. High was one of thirteen members of Young's Scouts awarded the Medal of Honor for actions between May 13 and May 16, 1899.High was born in Yolo County, California,...
, Medal of Honor recipient - Gary "Chicken" HirschGary "Chicken" HirschGary "Chicken" Hirsh was born in Chicago in 1940. He was a drummer for the rock group Country Joe and the Fish. In 1966 he replaced John Francis Gunning, and left the band in 1969. He then took over an art supply shop in Oakland, later went to New York, before returning to Berkeley. He's said to...
, former drummer for Country Joe and the FishCountry Joe and the FishCountry Joe and the Fish was a rock band most widely known for musical protests against the Vietnam War, from 1966 to 1971, and also regarded as a seminal influence to psychedelic rock.-History:... - Jean HoustonJean HoustonJean Houston is an American scholar, lecturer, author and philosopher who has helped pioneer and motivate the human potentials movement. As a teacher and visionary thinker, Houston holds conferences and seminars with social leaders, educational institutions and business organizations worldwide...
, author, lecturer, known for her work in human potentials, Mystery School and Social Artistry - Dean IngDean IngDean Ing is an American author, who usually writes in the science fiction and techno-thriller genres.Dean Charles Ing was formerly a member of the United States Air Force, an aerospace engineer, and a university professor who holds a doctorate in communications theory. He has been a professional...
, author - Coraline Jones, fantasy character in the film version of CoralineCoraline (film)Coraline is a 2009 stop-motion 3D fantasy/horror children's film based on Neil Gaiman's 2002 novel of the same name. It was produced by Laika and distributed by Focus Features. Written and directed by Henry Selick, it was released widely in US theaters on February 6, 2009, after a world premiere at...
- Scott KellyScott Kelly (musician)Scott Michael Kelly is one of three founding members of Oakland, California experimental metal band Neurosis, in which he is a vocalist and guitarist. He has been writing and publishing music since 1985 with Neurosis, Tribes of Neurot, Blood and Time and his solo acoustic project. He is also...
, musician - Forrest KlineForrest KlineForrest Scott Kline is the lead singer, songwriter and guitarist of the power pop band Hellogoodbye. He is of German descent and spent most of his childhood in Huntington Beach, California and in Palm Desert, California, and attended Huntington Beach High School, along with bandmate Jesse Kurvink,...
, musician - Winona LaDukeWinona LaDukeWinona LaDuke is a Native American activist, environmentalist, economist, and writer. In 1996 and 2000, she ran for vice president as the nominee of the United States Green Party, on a ticket headed by Ralph Nader. In the 2004 election, however, she endorsed one of Nader's opponents, Democratic...
, Native American activist and vice-presidential candidate for Ralph Nader's 2000 campaign - Leonard LevyLeonard LevyLeonard W. Levy was the Andrew W. Mellon All-Claremont Professor of Humanities and Chairman of the Graduate Faculty of History at Claremont Graduate School, California. He was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and educated at Columbia University, where his mentor for the Ph.D...
, Pulitzer Prize winner - Lisa LoomerLisa LoomerLisa Loomer is a playwright and screenwriter of Spanish and Romanian ancestry who has also worked as an actress and stand-up comic...
, playwright, Pulitzer Prize nominee - Rose MaddoxRose MaddoxRoselea Maddox , better known as Rose Maddox, was an American country singer-songwriter and fiddle player.Born in Boaz, Alabama, Maddox was the singer in the Maddox Brothers and Rose....
, country western musician - Steve MasonSteve MasonStephen Roger Mason was born in Brooklyn NY, in 1940.Steve Mason was a decorated United States American combat veteran of the Vietnam War and a critically acclaimed poet. His poem "The Wall Within" was read at the 1984 dedication of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C...
, "Poet Laureate" of the Vietnam WarVietnam WarThe Vietnam War was a Cold War-era military conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. This war followed the First Indochina War and was fought between North Vietnam, supported by its communist allies, and the government of... - Joel MooreJoel MooreJoel David Moore is an American actor who has appeared in television commercials, feature films, and television series. He is best known for his roles as Owen Dittman in Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story, Dr. Norm Spellman in Avatar, Colin Fisher in Bones and J.P...
, actor - Vladimir NabokovVladimir NabokovVladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov was a multilingual Russian novelist and short story writer. Nabokov wrote his first nine novels in Russian, then rose to international prominence as a master English prose stylist...
, author of LolitaLolitaLolita is a novel by Vladimir Nabokov, first written in English and published in 1955 in Paris and 1958 in New York, and later translated by the author into Russian... - Mark ParentMark Parent (baseball player)Mark Alan Parent was a Major League Baseball catcher who played from 1986 to 1998 and is currently the Chicago White Sox bench coach...
, former baseball player and currently bench coach for the Chicago White SoxChicago White SoxThe Chicago White Sox are a Major League Baseball team located in Chicago, Illinois.The White Sox play in the American League's Central Division. Since , the White Sox have played in U.S. Cellular Field, which was originally called New Comiskey Park and nicknamed The Cell by local fans... - Alfred PeetAlfred PeetAlfred H. Peet was a Dutch-American entrepreneur and the founder of Peet's Coffee & Tea in Berkeley, California, in 1966. He is most famous for introducing custom coffee roasting to the United States....
, founder, Peet's Coffee & TeaPeet's Coffee & TeaPeet's Coffee & Tea is a specialty coffee roaster and retailer. Founded in 1966 by Alfred Peet in Berkeley, California as "Peet's Coffee, Tea & Spices", Peet's is especially known for its strong, dark roasted coffee, including its Major Dickason blend.- Company history :Alfred Peet started Peet's... - Ron RezekRon RezekRonald John Rezek is a design entrepreneur who started five successful companies and has designed hundreds of contemporary light fixtures and ceiling fans...
, industrial designer and inventor - Sonny SixkillerSonny SixkillerAlex L. "Sonny" Sixkiller is a former American football player and current sports commentator.-Early years:Born in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, and a member of the Cherokee Nation, Sixkiller's family moved to Ashland in southern Oregon when he was a year old, where his father worked in a lumber mill.He...
, former Washington Huskies Quarterback, actor - Jon Micah Sumrall, Christian rock musician
- Erika ThormahlenErika ThormahlenErika Thormahlen is an American actress and child educator. She is best known for her role as Ashley "Ash" Gordon on the NBC comedy-drama Just Deal.-Career:...
, TV actress and writer - Jerry Turner, stage designer and director
- Neale Donald WalschNeale Donald WalschNeale Donald Walsch , is an American author of the series Conversations with God. The nine books in the complete series are Conversations With God , Friendship with God, Communion with God, Conversations With God for Teens, The New Revelations, Tomorrow's God, and Home with God: In a Life That Never...
, author of the Conversations with GodConversations with GodConversations with God is a sequence of books written by Neale Donald Walsch, written as a dialogue in which Walsch asks questions and God answers...
series - Henry WoroniczHenry WoroniczHenry Woronicz is an American actor, director, and producer who was formerly the artistic director of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival from 1991 to 1995. He was an actor and resident director there starting in 1984...
, actor and director
External links
- City of Ashland (official website)
- Ashland Chamber of Commerce
- Entry for Ashland in the Oregon Blue BookOregon Blue BookThe Oregon Blue Book is the official directory and fact book for the U.S. state of Oregon copyrighted by the Oregon Secretary of State and published by the Office of the Secretary's Archives Division. As Governor Ted Kulongoski notes in his introduction for the 2005–2006 edition, it "provides...
- Ashland, Oregon: From Stage Coach to Center Stage, a National Park Service Discover Our Shared Heritage Travel Itinerary
- Ashland travel information from WikiTravel
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