Medford High School - Crater Yearbook (Medford, OR)

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'Me Wine 7: The More It's the Same I am +he S+adium. All +he s+uden+s who have passed 'lhrough +he doors of +he school have seen me, buf did nol' realize whal' l have seen of +hem. They have walked aboui +he campus, laughing and shou'I'ing in l'he glee of you+h, for +he sheer ioy of being alive. l have seen +hem sad and deieclecl aHer losing 'rhe big game: how many bands and pep clubs have marched down +he lurf as l looked! l am no longer young, bul' l hold memories here in my warped 'rimbers +ha+ s+udenls cherish l shall lceep +hose memories.

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MEDFORD'S FIRST BLACKSMITH SHOP. This picTure was Talcen abouT ISS4. In The hearT oT The Rogue River Valley, Tive miles easT oT Jaclcsonville, The Oregon and CaIiTornia railroad sTarTed a new Town. Because STewarT Creelc lnow called Bearl was Torded aT This place, The Town was named IvleddleTorcI. Time: December I883. When The Town was incorporaTed in I885, The name was recorded as Ivled- Tord, Some oT The early businesses were housed in TenTs, which were gradually replaced by wooden sTore buildings. One OT The TirsT esTabIishmenTs was The blacIcsmiTh shop picTured above. MAIN STREET, MEDFORD, OREGON, around Turn oT The cenTury. 9 Seventy-four years mold MEDFORD CITY PARK: I907. Across The sTreeT is The olcl PresbyTerian Church. ExcepT Tor scaTTered pines and a Tew oalcs, The early TownsiTe was barren, and The secTion wesT oT Oakdale Ave- nue was called The Sagebrush DeserT. CiTizens wiTh civic pride and vision planTed Trees along The avenues, sTreeTs, and in The parlc. Above is The ciTy parlc as iT was in l907, a Tew years aTTer The Trees were planTed. This year, l958, a commiTTee was appoinTed To seIecT varieTies oT Trees To pIanT in The ciTy's newer secTions.