Laurell Reynolds

In 1941, Florence Camp Lowery felt fortunate that she was hired as the teacher at the one-room Quosatne schoolhouse, located 15 miles up the Rogue River near the present-day Quosatana Creek and Forest Service campground. Her three-year contract consisted of a starting salary of $75 a month, equivalent to $1,307 today. She got an annual bonus of $10, or about $174 in today's dollars, for janitorial services.

On June 16, 1883, the Del Norte Record newspaper published a column titled “News of the Week.” It offers a glimpse into early-day life on the Southern Oregon Coast. Orvil Rice cut his foot badly in logging camp. — A Chinaman was punched in the snoot at the same camp. The puncher fired and a bottle of St. Jacob’s oil ordered for the victim.—The road to Smith River is good now, but the mill has shut down.—The Elk river mill lost its auger in the artesian well.