These are just a few of the old photos that I was able to find of Shady
Cove's past. If anyone has some old photos of Shady Cove and would
like me to put them on this Web Site, please email
them to me. We just added some at the bottom that were donated by
the Newby's. We hope you enjoy the history as much as we do.
The '64 Flood...struck the Rogue Valley, causing $16 million worth of
damage and stranding nearly 1,000 people. Shady Cove was one of the
hardest hit areas, where debris wiped out the center span of the bridge,
flooded the local mill and inundated the town with several feet of water.
Since then, the Lost Creek Dam was built.
Shady Cove Market 1960
Old Shady Cove Sign
Ginger Roger's bought a house in Shady Cove in 1940. She spent
all the time she could there, with her mother (with whom she was extremely
close). She considered herself an Oregonian, and was registered to
vote and paid taxes there. In 1990 she sold the house, and moved
into another one in Medford. Ginger Roger's first performed at the
Craterian Theater in 1926, 18 months after it opened when she was only 15
years old. While in her 80's, Ginger Rogers appeared again on the
Craterian Theater stage in 1993 to help raise funds for the buildings
renovation. To honor the generous and graceful entertainer, who died
in 1995, the theater includes her name.
"Under the Stars"-New
All the photos below were donated from Tim Tepper, the
son of Tom Tepper. To find out more about Tom Tepper pick up a copy
of the book "Under the Stars" at The
Fishing Hole, and Books N More. The Tepper family still call
Shady Cove home and are a big part of the business community.
Thank you Tim Tepper for sharing this history with us.
Please make sure that you click on the photos to enlarge them!
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Tom Tepper on the original runway
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The plane after it crashed on the original runway. You
can see the propeller in the tree if you look closely.
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The old runway on the left and in the trees you can see the B
& B which was used when Old Ferry Road was not there and you
had to use the ferry to cross the river. The house still exist
to this day!
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This would be a view of what the Hudspeth area looked like in
the 1940's
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Postcard of Highway 62 at Rogue River Drive in 1940's
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Rogue Air Drive-New Airport 1946
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 Reason that the original airport was moved. Picture of
the plane that crashed on Old Ferry Road
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 Tom Tepper with his plane.
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 Tom Tepper on the right sitting on the rock on Rogue River
next to the B & B that his parents owned.
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The Following
photos were donated by Trail Museum...Thank You
TO
FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THE TRAIL MUSEUM, CLICK ON THIS LINK!
Please make sure that you click on the photos to enlarge them!
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1st Shady Cove Post Office |
2nd Shady Cove Post Office |
Shady Cove's First City Hall 1973-1979 |
Crater
Lake Road 1910 |
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Ferry on Rogue River near Shady Cove operated 1891-1895 by John Black |
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The Crew that worked on the Shady Cove Bridge-1921 |
Houston Homestead on Rogue River Drive was built in 1897
for William Houston. The house later burned down. |
These Pictures were
donated by the Newby's. They owned the Frontier Market, which is now
the Shady Cove Pharmacy. Notice the Shady Cove Police Dept
Picture. These were our Police Officers in the 90's. The
dusters were provided by the Newby's.
My have things changed...
Make
sure that you click on the pictures to enlarge them!
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| Frontier
Market-Now home of the Shady Cove Pharmacy |
Old
Postcard of Shady Cove-Doesn't look like much has changed |
Shady Cove
Police Dept. 1990. The dusters were donated from the Newby's
Frontier Market |
