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SECTION R MEDFORD. OREGON, SUNDAY. JANUARY 20, 1963 PAGES 1 lo 8
Mt, Ashland
Recreation Area
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VW.w'A Ht&Wd ' '"' ' ':S "' .v : The view from Mt. Ashland is one of the attractions toward establishing a recrea-
jl('-ff 5fk J "fi ' " tion area and winter sports resort on the mountain. This picture shows Mt. McLough-
WJ I SiifM W lin from tlle area on Ml' Asnland wnere resort has been proposed. Mt. Shasta in
JJ j nortllern Califorma also is visible from Mt. Ashland to the south.
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Among area people on a tour of Mt. Ashland recently . Iyy , - Sty 7 j ' V J v. .".---:-'
were, from left to right, Jackson County Commissioners v- . Jj J 1 - jfiy-w ' , , ifc rTj . : ' IV T . . 1 1 ' ,
Edwin Taylor and Donald Faber and !John Cotton of Ashland. 3 J'ff " ' Y'fst' w--"'1''' ; v ' 'St " : I V - --
Plans are under way to develop Mt. Ashland as a winter -jr y'-- 1 , "'.0tz n 1 ' I
recreation area. ' , . ' , tjlSlf -fc" -'- - V ' ' 'J& 'III J '' "
SjjiyS' "LJ J-V? J Cl Mrs- Jo,,n Co"on president 0 the Oregon Shakespearean
trJ yr;"iVj V '"fc -5 fit f ' Festival association, and William Patton take time out from
C3t" !?ifcv tl rv"V Ji "r tllcir skiiing 10 en'oy ,no view 'rom Mt..Ahland. Patton
I rrf yi!k?L "X f ' Cx j 2 ls mana6er tne Shakespearean Festival, president of th
wtfjf) 11 ybt?vC 1 1 WLi1 Ashland Chamber of Commerce and chairman of the Mt.
Tffy . ffJi ft$M(L l S" jrrfjr(S JLL. J Ashland Recreational Developers, which sponiored recent
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SI? fs5?Hri& skipr above, 'are available i) IfCVV"
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H tS;P'y land. Siope" are relatively Q&1 frf)
I' V A P i-isP i) skiing possible when the .now X Jlf-,
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jW" . " Vi4??!V group of skiers behind a Sno- XM. T it-. 1 C I . ' i
t.CHt!. - TStC Cat on Mt. Ashiand. Treeless. M 5tfNI,'i.
. ifTi t!Tl "" ""'C' 'iLKSW.' this enhance the possibility of l"
2?iS!i'ilr i ISJL - "-r ,Vrt' iC?,r . variety of winter, activities iriiVit
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Three skiing cnthisasts, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Ekcrson, and Mrs. Myers Jonei (It
right), relax between ski runs on Mt. Ashland. Several parties were on the mountain
during a tour of the area rccenty by valley residents Interested in developing win
lur recreation area there. (All pictures by Whitland Locke, Ashland.) if