This is not a history, although it is published by the Josephine County Historical Society. Today, tomorrow and even yesterday fade from memory quickly. Recently when looking for photos of Grants Pass from the 1880s and 1890s and then even from the 1980s and 1990s, I discovered that none could be found of many of the places I remember as a child. Common, everyday buildings were not photographed or if they were, nobody bothered to give the photos to the Historical Society for future reference. Yes, there are many photos, some wonderful memories of days gone by, but there are many more gaps in...

As mentioned in the other volumes, this is not a history book, although it is published by the Josephine County Historical Society. It is a book of just current photographs. The JCHS is a non-governmental, non-profit corporation and we get most of our operating funds from the generosity of the community through donations, membership and bequeaths. We continually have to come up with ways to raise money so we can collect and preserve the history of Josephine County. One way is what you see here. Publication of books about the history, and in this case the future history, of the area is one way...