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'{{Infobox settlement |name = Ashland, Oregon |official_name = |settlement_type = [[City]] |nickname = |motto = |image_skyline = Demi-Ashland,OR-Plaza-EW-20050305.jpeg |imagesize = 300 |image_caption = The Plaza |image_flag = |image_seal = |image_map = Jackson_County_Oregon_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Ashland_Highlighted.svg |mapsize = 300 |map_caption = Location of Ashland in [[Jackson County (Oregon)|Jackson County]] and in the state of [[Oregon]] |pushpin_label = Ashland |pushpin_map_caption = Location in Oregon |pushpin_map = Oregon#USA#North America | subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_type1 = [[U.S. state|State]] |subdivision_type2 = [[List of counties in Oregon|County]] |subdivision_name = [[United States]] |subdivision_name1 = [[Oregon]] |subdivision_name2 = [[Jackson County, Oregon|Jackson]] |government_type = |leader_title = [[Mayor]] |leader_name = Julie Akins<ref name= "Blue Book">{{cite web|title=Incorporated Cities: Ashland|url=https://sos.oregon.gov/blue-book/Pages/local/cities/a-d/ashland.aspx|website=Oregon Blue Book|publisher=State of Oregon|access-date=February 3, 2021}}</ref> |established_title = Settled |established_date = 1852 |unit_pref = Imperial |area_footnotes = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2019">{{cite web|title=2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2019_Gazetteer/2019_gaz_place_41.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=July 28, 2020|archive-date=October 17, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201017002702/https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2019_Gazetteer/2019_gaz_place_41.txt|url-status=live}}</ref> |area_magnitude = |area_total_km2 = 17.19 |area_land_km2 = 17.19 |area_water_km2 = 0.00 |area_total_sq_mi = 6.64 |area_land_sq_mi = 6.64 |area_water_sq_mi = 0.00 |area_water_percent = |area_urban_km2 = |area_urban_sq_mi = |area_metro_km2 = |area_metro_sq_mi = <!-- Population --> |population_as_of = [[2020 United States Census|2020]] |population_est = |pop_est_as_of = |pop_est_footnotes = <ref name="USCensusEst2019CenPopScriptOnlyDirtyFixDoNotUse">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/tables.2019.html|date=May 24, 2020|title=Population and Housing Unit Estimates|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=May 27, 2020|archive-date=April 21, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190421033121/https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/tables.2018.html|url-status=live}}</ref> |population_footnotes = <ref name="quif">{{Cite web |title=Ashland (city) QuickFacts |url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/ashlandcityoregon |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> |population_total = 21360 |population_density_km2 = auto <!--2018 estimate--> |population_density_sq_mi = auto |population_urban = |population_metro = |timezone = Pacific |utc_offset = &minus;8 |timezone_DST = Pacific |utc_offset_DST = &minus;7 |coordinates = {{coord|42|11|29|N|122|42|03|W|type:city_region:US-OR|display=inline,title}} |elevation_ft = 1949 |elevation_footnotes = <ref name="gnis"/> |postal_code_type = [[ZIP code]] |postal_code = 97520 |area_code = [[Area code 541|541 and 458]] |blank_name = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]] |blank_info = 41-03050<ref>{{cite web|title=Geographic Identifiers: Ashland City, Oregon|work=American FactFinder|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|url=http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ACS_11_3YR_G001&prodType=table|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212211328/http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ACS_11_3YR_G001&prodType=table|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 12, 2020|access-date=April 17, 2013}}</ref> |blank1_name = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID |blank1_info = 1137318<ref name="gnis">{{cite web|work=Geographic Names Information System|publisher=United States Geological Survey|date=November 28, 1980|url={{Gnis3|1137318}}|title=Ashland|access-date=April 13, 2013}}</ref> |website = {{URL|www.ashland.or.us}} |footnotes = }} '''Ashland''' is a city in [[Jackson County, Oregon]], United States. It lies along [[Interstate 5 in Oregon|Interstate 5]] approximately 16 miles (26&nbsp;km) north of the [[California]] border and near the south end of the [[Rogue Valley]]. The city's population was 21,360 at the [[2020 United States Census|2020 census]]. The city is the home of [[Southern Oregon University]] (SOU) and the [[Oregon Shakespeare Festival]] (OSF). These are important to Ashland's economy, which also depends on restaurants, galleries, and retail stores that cater to tourists. [[Lithia Park]] along [[Ashland Creek]], historic buildings, and a paved intercity bike trail provide additional visitor attractions. Ashland, originally called "Ashland Mills", was named after [[Ashland County, Ohio]], the original home of founder [[Abel Helman]], and secondarily for [[Ashland, Kentucky]], where other founders had family connections. Ashland has a [[council-manager government]] assisted by citizen committees. Historically, its liberal politics have differed, often sharply, with much of the rest of southwest Oregon. ==History== Prior to the arrival of white settlers in mid-19th century, the [[Shasta people]] lived in the valley along Ashland Creek approximately where today's city is located.{{sfn|Davidson|1995|p=137}} Early [[Hudson's Bay Company]] hunters and trappers following the [[Siskiyou Trail]] passed through the site in the 1820s. In the late 1840s, mainly American settlers following the [[Applegate Trail]] began passing through the area. By the early 1850s, the [[Donation Land Claim Act]] brought many to the [[Rogue Valley]] and into conflict with its native people. These often violent clashes, known ultimately as the [[Rogue River Wars]], continued until 1856.{{sfn|Davidson|1995|p=137}} [[File:1881 Ashland Woolen Mills.jpeg|left|thumb|The Ashland Woolen Mills c. 1881]] In 1851, gold was discovered at Rich Gulch, a tributary of Jackson Creek, and a tent city grew on its banks, today's [[Jacksonville, Oregon|Jacksonville]].<ref name="History of Ashland">{{cite web|title=History of Ashland|publisher=City of Ashland|url=http://www.move2ashland.com/ashland/history_of_ashland.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720140119/http://www.move2ashland.com/ashland/history_of_ashland.htm| archive-date=July 20, 2011}}</ref> Settlers arrived in the Ashland area in January, 1852, including Robert B. Hargadine, Sylvester Pease, Abel D. Helman, Eber Emery, and others.{{sfn|Davidson|1995|pp=138–41}} Helman and Hargadine filed the first donation land claims in Ashland.{{sfn|Davidson|1995|pp=138–41}} Helman and Emery built a sawmill along what was then called Mill Creek to turn timber into lumber for settlers.{{sfn|Davidson|1995|pp=138–41}} In 1854, they and another settler, M. B. Morris, built a second mill, Ashland Flouring Mills, to grind local wheat into flour. The community around the mill became known as "Ashland Mills". A post office was established in Ashland Mills in 1855 with Helman as postmaster.{{sfn|Davidson|1995|pp=138–41}} During the 1860s and 1870s the community grew, establishing a school, churches, businesses and a large employer, Ashland Woolen Mills, which produced clothing and blankets from local wool. In 1871, the Post Office dropped "Mills" from Ashland's name. In 1872 Reverend J. H. Skidmore opened a college, Ashland Academy, a predecessor of [[Southern Oregon University]].{{sfn|Davidson|1995|pp=142–44}} [[File:Depot Hotel, South Wing (Ashland, Oregon).jpg|thumb|left|The south wing of the Depot Hotel, listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]], is the primary reminder of the city's railway heritage.<ref>{{cite web|title=Ashland Oregon: From Stage Coach to Center Stage: Ashland Depot Hotel, South Wing|url=http://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/ashland/adb.htm|publisher=National Park Service|year=2001|access-date=March 11, 2013|archive-date=June 28, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120628135545/http://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/ashland/adb.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>]] In 1887, [[Portland, Oregon]] and [[San Francisco, California]] were joined by rail at Ashland. Until 1926, when most rail service began taking a different route (east through [[Klamath Falls, Oregon|Klamath Falls]] to avoid the steep grade through the [[Siskiyou Mountains]]), Ashland thrived on rail trade of local products, including pears, peaches, and apples.<ref name="History of Ashland"/> In 1908 the Women's Civic Improvement Club petitioned for the creation of community space along Ashland Creek, which became Ashland Canyon Park. The discovery of [[lithia water]] near Emigrant Lake around the same time led to a plan to establish a [[mineral spa]] at the park. Voters approved bonds to pay for the project, which included piping the mineral water from its source to Ashland. The town engaged [[John McLaren (horticulturist)|John McLaren]], landscape architect of San Francisco's [[Golden Gate Park]], to design the park, renamed Lithia Springs Park, later shortened to Lithia Park. Although the park was popular, the mineral spa plans proved too expensive for local taxpayers and were abandoned in 1916. Meanwhile, entrepreneurs took to bottling and selling mineral waters from the area's springs.{{sfn|Davidson|1995|pp=35–45}} During the [[Independence Day (United States)|Fourth of July]] celebration in 1935, [[Angus L. Bowmer]] arranged the first performances of what would become the [[Oregon Shakespeare Festival]]. The festival has grown since then, and has become an award-winning and internationally-known regional theater company.{{sfn|Peterson|2009|p=93}} Many of Ashland's historic buildings have been preserved and restored. The city has 48 individual structures and two historic districts (the Ashland Railroad Addition District and the Downtown District) on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].<ref name="NPS Intro">{{cite web |title=Ashland Oregon: From Stage Coach to Center Stage: Introduction |url=http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/ashland/intro.htm |publisher=National Park Service |access-date=March 10, 2013 |archive-date=July 24, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120724194558/http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/ashland/intro.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> The structures include the Enders Building (home of the [[Columbia Hotel]]), which from 1910 to 1928 contained the largest mercantile establishment between [[Sacramento, California|Sacramento]] and Portland.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ashland, Oregon: From Stage Coach to Center Stage: Enders Building |url=http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/ashland/end.htm |publisher=National Park Service |access-date=March 9, 2013 |archive-date=October 21, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021230116/http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/ashland/end.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> ==Geography== [[File:Ashland Creek (Ashland, Oregon).jpg|thumb|right|Ashland Creek in Lithia Park]] Ashland is at {{convert|1949|ft|m}} above sea level<ref name="gnis"/> in the foothills of the [[Siskiyou Mountains|Siskiyou]] and [[Cascade Range|Cascade]] ranges, about {{convert|15|mi}} north of the California border on [[Interstate 5 in Oregon|Interstate 5]] (I-5).<ref>{{cite book |title=The 2013 Road Atlas |publisher=Rand McNally |location=Chicago |page=84 |isbn=978-0-528-00622-7|year=2013 }}</ref> About {{convert|10|mi|km|0}} south of Ashland and {{convert|5|mi|km|0}} north of the California border is [[Siskiyou Summit]], which at {{convert|4310|ft|m}} is the highest point on I-5.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |last=LaLande |first=Jeff |title=Siskiyou Pass |encyclopedia=The Oregon Encyclopedia |publisher=Portland State University |url=http://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/siskiyou_pass/ |access-date=July 5, 2013 |date= |archive-date=May 21, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140521011316/http://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/siskiyou_pass/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Ashland is about {{convert|12|mi}} southeast of [[Medford, Oregon|Medford]] and {{convert|285|mi}} south of Portland.<ref name="Community Profile">{{cite web |title=Ashland Community Profile |url=http://www.orinfrastructure.org/profiles/Ashland/ |publisher=Oregon Infrastructure Finance Authority |access-date=April 17, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140701034610/http://www.orinfrastructure.org/profiles/Ashland/ |archive-date=July 1, 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref> According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of about {{convert|6.6|sqmi|sqkm|1}}, all land.<ref name="CenPopGazetteer2019"/> Ashland Creek and its tributaries begin on the flanks of [[Mount Ashland]], at {{convert|7533|ft|m}} above sea level in the Siskiyou Mountains south of the city. Upstream (south) of the city boundary, these streams flow mainly through the [[Rogue River–Siskiyou National Forest]]. The creek flows through the city to meet [[Bear Creek (Rogue River)|Bear Creek]], which roughly parallels I-5 along the east side of Ashland. Bear Creek, one of many streams in the [[Rogue Valley]],<ref name="DeLorme"/> flows generally northwest to join the [[Rogue River (Oregon)|Rogue River]] near [[Gold Hill, Oregon|Gold Hill]], and from there the river flows generally west to its mouth on the [[Pacific Ocean]].<ref name="DeLorme">{{cite book|title=Oregon Atlas & Gazetteer|publisher=DeLorme|location=Yarmouth, Maine|year=2008|edition=7th|pages=58–61, 68–69|isbn=978-0-89933-347-2}}</ref> [[Oregon Route 99]], running roughly parallel to I-5, passes through downtown Ashland. [[Oregon Route 66]] enters Ashland from the east and intersects Route 99 near the city center.<ref name="DeLorme"/> Route 66 leads east {{convert|63|mi}} to [[Klamath Falls, Oregon|Klamath Falls]]. ===Climate=== Ashland lies within Oregon's southwest interior climate zone, in which all but the higher-elevation sites are in the [[rain shadow]] of the [[Oregon Coast Range]] to the west. The largest urban areas in this zone in addition to Ashland are Medford and [[Grants Pass, Oregon|Grants Pass]] in the Rogue Valley, and [[Roseburg, Oregon|Roseburg]] in the [[Umpqua River|Umpqua River Valley]] further north. Although the mountain peaks in this zone receive up to {{convert|120|in|mm|-1|disp=or}} of precipitation a year, the urban areas and the valleys in which they lie generally get {{convert|20|in|mm|-1}} or less. This valley climate is particularly good for growing fruit, especially pears, and for producing other crops and farm goods such as hay, grain, poultry, and beef.{{sfn|Taylor|Hannan|1999|p=57}} Cloud cover in nearby Medford varies from an average of 21&nbsp;percent in July to 86&nbsp;percent in December.{{sfn|Taylor|Hannan|1999|p=38}} On average, precipitation falls in Ashland on 114 days each year and totals about {{convert|20|in|mm}}.<ref name = NOAA /> The average annual snowfall is only {{convert|1.4|in|m|2|disp=or}}.<ref name=NOAA /> The average relative humidity, measured at 4 p.m. daily, is 47&nbsp;percent in Medford, varying from 26&nbsp;percent in July to 76&nbsp;percent in December.{{sfn|Taylor|Hannan|1999|p=35}} According to the [[Köppen climate classification]] system, Ashland has a [[Warm-summer Mediterranean|warm-summer Mediterranean climate]] (''Csb''). The coolest month is December, with an average high temperature of {{convert|47|F|C|1|disp=or}}, and the warmest month is July, with an average high of about {{convert|88|F|C|1|disp=or}}.<ref name=NOAA /> The highest temperature ever recorded in Ashland was {{convert|108|F|C|1}}, observed in August 1981, and the record low of {{convert|-4|F|C}} occurred in December 1972.<ref name="WeatherChannel">{{cite web | title = Monthly Averages for Ashland, Oregon|url=http://www.weather.com/weather/wxclimatology/monthly/97520 |access-date= April 18, 2013|publisher= The Weather Channel Interactive|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140111015100/http://www.weather.com/weather/wxclimatology/monthly/97520|archive-date=January 11, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> The wettest "rain year" has been from July 1926 to June 1927 with {{convert|29.77|in|mm|1}} and the driest from July 1954 to June 1955 with only {{convert|10.37|in|mm|1}}. The wettest month on record has been December 1964 with {{convert|11.28|in|mm|1}}, but the only other months with over {{convert|8|in|mm|1|disp=or}} have been December 1996 with {{convert|10.89|in|mm|1}}, November 1903 with {{convert|8.10|in|mm|1}} and November 1998 with {{convert|8.03|in|mm|1}}. {{Weather box |location = Ashland, Oregon (1981–2010 normals) |width = 50% |single line = Y |Jan record high F = 71 |Feb record high F = 78 |Mar record high F = 82 |Apr record high F = 94 |May record high F = 101 |Jun record high F = 105 |Jul record high F = 106 |Aug record high F = 108 |Sep record high F = 103 |Oct record high F = 97 |Nov record high F = 80 |Dec record high F = 70 |year record high F= 108 |Jan high F = 49.0 |Feb high F = 54.0 |Mar high F = 58.2 |Apr high F = 63.3 |May high F = 70.9 |Jun high F = 78.8 |Jul high F = 87.6 |Aug high F = 87.1 |Sep high F = 80.4 |Oct high F = 68.3 |Nov high F = 53.6 |Dec high F = 47.4 |year high F = 66.6 |Jan mean F = 39.4 |Feb mean F = 42.4 |Mar mean F = 45.5 |Apr mean F = 49.7 |May mean F = 56.2 |Jun mean F = 62.8 |Jul mean F = 69.4 |Aug mean F = 68.6 |Sep mean F = 62.0 |Oct mean F = 52.5 |Nov mean F = 43.0 |Dec mean F = 38.3 |year mean C = 11.4 |Jan low F = 29.9 |Feb low F = 30.8 |Mar low F = 32.8 |Apr low F = 36.1 |May low F = 41.5 |Jun low F = 46.7 |Jul low F = 51.2 |Aug low F = 50.0 |Sep low F = 43.6 |Oct low F = 36.7 |Nov low F = 32.5 |Dec low F = 29.2 |year low F = 38.4 |Jan record low F = &minus;1 |Feb record low F = &minus;1 |Mar record low F = 15 |Apr record low F = 20 |May record low F = 23 |Jun record low F = 29 |Jul record low F = 32 |Aug record low F = 34 |Sep record low F = 27 |Oct record low F = 13 |Nov record low F = 12 |Dec record low F = &minus;4 |year record low F= &minus;4 |precipitation colour = green |Jan precipitation inch = 2.36 |Feb precipitation inch = 1.88 |Mar precipitation inch = 2.01 |Apr precipitation inch = 1.80 |May precipitation inch = 1.70 |Jun precipitation inch = 0.79 |Jul precipitation inch = 0.52 |Aug precipitation inch = 0.54 |Sep precipitation inch = 0.67 |Oct precipitation inch = 1.39 |Nov precipitation inch = 3.01 |Dec precipitation inch = 3.28 |Jan snow inch = 0.3 |Feb snow inch = 0.4 |Mar snow inch = 0.2 |Apr snow inch = 0 |May snow inch = 0 |Jun snow inch = 0 |Jul snow inch = 0 |Aug snow inch = 0 |Sep snow inch = 0 |Oct snow inch = 0 |Nov snow inch = 0 |Dec snow inch = 0.5 |Jan precipitation days = 14.1 |Feb precipitation days = 11.9 |Mar precipitation days = 13.4 |Apr precipitation days = 12.7 |May precipitation days = 9.6 |Jun precipitation days = 5.3 |Jul precipitation days = 2.5 |Aug precipitation days = 2.6 |Sep precipitation days = 3.9 |Oct precipitation days = 7.5 |Nov precipitation days = 15.2 |Dec precipitation days = 15.0 |unit precipitation days = 0.01 in |Jan snow days = 0.5 |Feb snow days = 0.4 |Mar snow days = 0.1 |Apr snow days = 0 |May snow days = 0 |Jun snow days = 0 |Jul snow days = 0 |Aug snow days = 0 |Sep snow days = 0 |Oct snow days = 0 |Nov snow days = 0 |Dec snow days = 0.3 |unit snow days = 0.1 in |source 1 = NOAA<ref name = NOAA >{{cite web |url = https://w2.weather.gov/climate/xmacis.php?wfo=mfr |title = NowData - NOAA Online Weather Data |publisher = [[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration]] |access-date = April 10, 2012 |archive-date = September 5, 2015 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150905101213/http://w2.weather.gov/climate/xmacis.php?wfo=mfr |url-status = live }}</ref> }} ==Demographics== {{US Census population |1860= 327 |1870= 400 |1880= 842 |1890= 1784 |1900= 2634 |1910= 5020 |1920= 4283 |1930= 4544 |1940= 4744 |1950= 7739 |1960= 9119 |1970= 12342 |1980= 14943 |1990= 16234 |2000= 19522 |2010= 20078 |2020= 21360 |footnote=Census sources<ref name="wwwcensusgov"/><ref>{{cite book|last=Moffatt|first=Riley Moore|title=Population History of Western U.S. Cities and Towns, 1850–1990|location=Lanham, Maryland|publisher=Scarecrow Press|year=1996|page=206|isbn=978-0-8108-3033-2}}</ref> }} In the [[census]] of 2010, there were 20,078 people, 9,409 households, and 4,542 families residing in the city. The [[population density]] was {{convert|3047|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|0}}. There were 10,455 housing units at an average density of {{convert|1587|/sqmi|/km2|0}}. The racial makeup of the city was about 90% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 2% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 1% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 1% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.3% [[Race (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 1.4% from [[Race (U.S. Census)|other races]], and 4% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were about 5% of the population.<ref name="wwwcensusgov">{{cite web |title=U.S. Census website |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |access-date=August 22, 2017 |archive-date=December 27, 1996 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19961227012639/http://www.census.gov/ |url-status=live }}</ref> There were 9,409 households, out of which about 21% had children under the age of 18 living with them. About 34% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together; 10% had a female householder with no husband present, about 4% had a male householder with no wife present, and about 52% were non-families. About 38% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.03 and the average family size was 2.63.<ref name="wwwcensusgov"/> The median age in the city was 42.9 years. About 16% of residents were under the age of 18, and about 16% were between the ages of 18 and 24. Rounded to the nearest whole number, 21% were from 25 to 44 years old; 30% were from 45 to 64; and 18% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was about 46% male and 54% female.<ref name="wwwcensusgov"/> In 2010, the median income for a household in the city was $41,334, and the median income for a family was $58,409. Males had a median income of $50,368 versus $34,202 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $28,941. About 21% of the population and 13% of families had incomes below the [[poverty line]]. Out of the total population, about 30% of those under the age of 18 and 3.5% of those 65 and older were living below the poverty line.<ref name="wwwcensusgov"/> ==Government== Ashland has a [[council-manager government]] consisting of a city manager, a mayor, and six council members. The mayor and council members are elected by the city's voters to serve staggered four-year terms.<ref name="city council">{{cite web|title=City Council |url=https://www.ashland.or.us/SectionIndex.asp?SectionID=7 |publisher=City of Ashland |access-date=February 5, 2022}}</ref> Current mayor Julie Akins was elected to her first term in 2020.<ref name= "Blue Book"/> [[Pam Marsh]], a Democrat from Ashland, represents Ashland and all of [[Oregon's 5th House district|Oregon House District 5]] in the [[Oregon Legislative Assembly|state legislature]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Your Government: Pam Marsh|url=http://gov.oregonlive.com/legislators/Pam-Marsh/|work=The Oregonian|location=Portland, Oregon|year=2017|access-date=May 12, 2017|archive-date=May 13, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170513110553/http://gov.oregonlive.com/legislators/Pam-Marsh/|url-status=live}}</ref> As part of [[Oregon's 3rd Senate district|Oregon Senate District 3]], Ashland is represented by Democrat [[Jeff Golden]].<ref name="your gov main page">{{cite news|title=Your Government: Ashland|url=http://gov.oregonlive.com/lookup/20-E-Main-St/Ashland/|work=The Oregonian|location=Portland, Oregon|year=2019|access-date=January 5, 2019|archive-date=December 25, 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20131225223218/http://gov.oregonlive.com/lookup/20-E-Main-St/Ashland/|url-status=live}}</ref> At the federal level, [[Cliff Bentz]], a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]], represents Ashland as part of [[Oregon's 2nd congressional district]] in the [[United States House of Representatives]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Cliff Bentz|url=https://ballotpedia.org/Cliff_Bentz|publisher=Ballotopedia|access-date=January 7, 2021|archive-date=November 1, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201101011327/https://ballotpedia.org/Cliff_Bentz|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Ron Wyden]] and [[Jeff Merkley]], both [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrats]], serve the state of Oregon in the [[United States Senate]].<ref name="your gov main page"/> Historically, Ashland has been something of a political outlier in southwest Oregon.<ref name="Oregon Encyclopedia">{{cite encyclopedia|last=LaLande|first=Jeff|title=Ashland|url=http://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/ashland/|encyclopedia=The Oregon Encyclopedia|publisher=Portland State University|access-date=December 25, 2013|date=|archive-date=May 20, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140520231947/http://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/ashland/|url-status=live}}</ref> In the presidential election of 1860, Ashland favored [[Abraham Lincoln]] while its neighbors strongly preferred pro-slavery candidates.<ref name="Oregon Encyclopedia"/> In the early 1900s, Ashland voters supported [[Women's suffrage in the United States|women's suffrage]] and [[Prohibition in the United States|prohibition]], generally out of step with the rest of the region.<ref name="Oregon Encyclopedia"/> In more recent elections, liberal Ashland has supported tax levies and environmental regulations opposed by voters elsewhere in Jackson and nearby counties.<ref name="Oregon Encyclopedia"/> Critics sometimes refer to the city as the ''People's Republic of Ashland''.<ref name="Oregon Encyclopedia"/> ==Economy== Income from tourism is important to Ashland's economy. A large number of restaurants, galleries, and retail stores cater to thousands of visitors who attend plays each year at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. In 2011, the festival sold more than 390,000 tickets to its theater productions.<ref name="Chamber">{{cite web|title=The Ashland Economy|publisher=Ashland Chamber of Commerce|url=http://www.ashlandchamber.com/Page.asp?NavID=441|year=2011|access-date=February 22, 2013|archive-date=April 19, 2002|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020419203114/http://www.ashlandchamber.com/Page.asp?NavID=441|url-status=live}}</ref> The town's largest employer is Southern Oregon University (SOU), which has a faculty and staff of more than 750.<ref name="Chamber"/> In addition to the Oregon Shakespeare Festival and the university, health-service providers make significant contributions to the economy. Businesses related to outdoor recreation, transportation, technology, and light manufacturing are also important.<ref name="Chamber"/> In 2010, the Shakespeare Festival employed about 500 people, the hospital about 400, the public schools about 300, and the City of Ashland about 250.<ref name="AFN Plan"/> The Bathroom Readers' Press, which produces the [[Uncle John's Bathroom Reader]] books, is based in Ashland and San Diego.<ref>{{cite web|title=About Us|url=http://bathroomreader.com/about-us/|publisher=The Bathroom Reader's Institute|year=2013|access-date=January 25, 2013|archive-date=January 16, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130116033906/http://bathroomreader.com/about-us/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Brammo]], specializing in battery-electric motorcycles, was based in Ashland but moved to [[Talent, Oregon|Talent]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Company Overview of Brammo, Inc.|url=http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=49065318|work=Bloomberg Businessweek|access-date=April 16, 2014|archive-date=July 14, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714202225/http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=49065318|url-status=live}}</ref> ==Arts and culture== [[File:Oregon Shakespeare Festival Banner (Jackson County, Oregon scenic images) (jacDA0080).jpg|Oregon Shakespeare Festival 75th anniversary banner|thumb|upright|right]] The [[Oregon Shakespeare Festival]] has grown from a summer outdoor series in the 1930s to a season that stretches from February to October, incorporating [[Shakespeare]]an and non-Shakespearean plays at three theaters.{{sfn|Davidson|1995|pp=11, 18}} The OSF has become the largest regional [[repertory theater]] in the United States.<ref name="NPS Intro"/> The Oregon Cabaret Theater features musicals and comedy throughout the year.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Cabaret Story (So Far)|url=http://theoregoncabaret.com/about-us/history/|publisher=Oregon Cabaret Theatre|access-date=August 17, 2015|archive-date=September 6, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906035428/http://theoregoncabaret.com/about-us/history/|url-status=live}}</ref> Opened in 1986, the dinner theater occupies a former First Baptist Church built in [[Mission Revival architecture|Mission Revival]] style.{{sfn|Davidson|1995|p=25}} The [[Ashland Independent Film Festival]], which shows international and domestic films of almost every genre, takes place each April in the Varsity Theatre downtown. About 90 films are shown during the five days of the festival.<ref>{{cite web|title=About AIFF |url=http://www.ashlandfilm.org/SectionIndex.asp?SectionID=35 |publisher=Ashland Independent Film Festival |access-date=September 6, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905193030/http://www.ashlandfilm.org/SectionIndex.asp?SectionID=35 |archive-date=September 5, 2015 }}</ref> In 2009, Ashland was the setting for the [[Coraline (film)|film adaptation]] of [[Neil Gaiman]]'s ''[[Coraline]]''.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2009-02-04-coraline_N.htm | work=USA Today | title=Coraline Is the Perfect Young Heroine for Hard Times | first=Susan | last=Wloszczyna | date=February 5, 2009 | access-date=December 23, 2013 | archive-date=June 30, 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140630074924/http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2009-02-04-coraline_N.htm | url-status=live }}</ref> The Oregon Center for the Arts at Southern Oregon University focuses on academic programs including creative arts (art, emerging media and creative writing), music, and theatre. Affiliated with the center is the Schneider Museum of Art, which has rotation exhibitions of works featuring professional contemporary artists. Also affiliated with the center are chamber music concerts, a Shakespeare institute, a piano series, and other art-related events.<ref>{{cite web|title=Oregon Center for the Arts|url=https://oca.sou.edu/|publisher=Southern Oregon University|year=2018|access-date=March 23, 2019|archive-date=March 23, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190323182119/https://oca.sou.edu/|url-status=live}}</ref> The annual [[Ashland New Plays Festival]] (ANPF) is a nonprofit organization that encourages playwrights to develop new work through public readings. Each year, the ANPF holds an international competition that winnows hundreds of submissions to four plays that are read to live audiences by professional actors during a five-day festival in October.<ref>{{cite web|title=About Us|url=http://www.ashlandnewplays.org/about-us/|date=February 5, 2013|publisher=Ashland New Plays Festival|access-date=August 17, 2015|archive-date=August 6, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150806130802/http://www.ashlandnewplays.org/about-us/|url-status=live}}</ref> ===Museums and other points of interest=== The [[National Fish and Wildlife Forensics Laboratory]] in Ashland is the world's only laboratory dedicated to solving crimes against wildlife. Using [[forensic science]], experts at the laboratory help wildlife officers to investigate possible crimes against animals and to establish links between victims and suspects in cases that go to court.<ref>{{cite web|title=About the Laboratory|publisher=U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service|url=http://www.fws.gov/lab/about.php|access-date=December 24, 2013|archive-date=December 24, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131224103050/http://www.fws.gov/lab/about.php|url-status=live}}</ref> The laboratory has assisted the [[International Criminal Police Organization]] (INTERPOL) and foreign agencies concerned with the [[Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species]] (CITES).{{sfn|Davidson|1995|pp=130–34}} The Ashland City Band (ACB) was organized in the late 19th&nbsp;century as the Ashland Brass Band.{{sfn|Davidson|1995|pp=55–59}} The band used an octagonal gazebo-style bandstand in Lithia Park<ref>{{cite web|last=Graves|first=Kathy|title=Ashland City Band: A Short History|url=http://www.ashlandband.org/history.html|publisher=Ashland City Band|access-date=July 11, 2010|archive-date=September 4, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100904235515/http://www.ashlandband.org/history.html|url-status=live}}</ref> until the Butler Memorial Band Shell was built in Lithia Park in 1946.{{sfn|Davidson|1995|pp=55–59}} The ACB gives public concerts there each summer between June and August.{{sfn|Davidson|1995|pp=55–59}} ==Parks== [[File:Lithia Park bridge (Ashland, Oregon).jpg|thumb|right|View of OSF buildings from a footbridge in [[Lithia Park]]]] Lithia Park is a {{convert|93|acre|ha|adj=on}} park, including {{convert|42|acre|ha}} on the National Register of Historic Places, that begins near the downtown shopping area and extends upstream along Ashland Creek near the center of the city.<ref>{{cite web | title = Lithia Park | publisher = National Park Service | url = http://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/ashland/lit.htm | access-date = July 15, 2010 | archive-date = August 31, 2010 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100831014744/http://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/Ashland/lit.htm | url-status = live }}</ref> It includes two ponds, a [[Japanese garden]], tennis courts, two public greens, a [[bandshell]] (outdoor stage) and miles of [[hiking]] trails. The name ''Lithia'' comes from natural mineral water found in the Ashland area.<ref>{{cite book | last= O'Harra| first = Marjorie|author2 = Scriptor, Eldon | title=Lithia Park | location=Ashland, Oregon | publisher=Ashland Parks and Recreation Department | year=1986 | oclc = 19118066 }}</ref> It has a strong mineral taste and slight effervescence, and the [[lithia water]] fountains found on the town plaza are frequently tasted by unsuspecting tourists (often at the behest of residents or frequent visitors who use the fountains as a cheap, humorous Ashland [[initiation rite]]).<ref>{{cite news|last=Miller|first=Bill|title=A Drink of Water and a Puckered Face|url=http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070805/NEWS/708050320|work=Mail Tribune|location=Medford, Oregon|date=August 5, 2007|access-date=July 15, 2010|archive-date=June 10, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110610174145/http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20070805%2FNEWS%2F708050320|url-status=live}}</ref> A hiking and biking path, the [[Bear Creek Greenway]], begins in Ashland near the intersection of West Nevada Street with Helman Street,<ref>{{cite news | last = Aldous | first = Vickie | url = http://www.dailytidings.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071121/NEWS/311219998 | title = City Council Approves 'Green' Subdivision | work = Ashland Daily Tidings | date = November 21, 2007 | access-date = December 23, 2013 | archive-date = December 24, 2013 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131224084406/http://www.dailytidings.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20071121%2FNEWS%2F311219998 | url-status = live }}</ref> close to the [[confluence]] of Ashland Creek (which flows through Lithia Park).<ref>{{cite news|last=Drake|first=F.B., III|url=http://www.dailytidings.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090630/NEWS01/906300317|title=Fowl Play: Water You Waiting For?|work=Ashland Daily Tidings|date=June 30, 2009|access-date=July 11, 2010|archive-date=September 28, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928080712/http://www.dailytidings.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20090630%2FNEWS01%2F906300317|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Aldous |first=Vickie |url=http://www.dailytidings.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071211/NEWS/312119999 |title=Verde Village Offers Shades of Green |work=Ashland Daily Tidings |date=December 11, 2007 |access-date=December 23, 2013 |archive-date=December 24, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131224091422/http://www.dailytidings.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20071211%2FNEWS%2F312119999 |url-status=live }}</ref> The {{convert|18|mi|km|adj=on}} path follows Bear Creek between Ashland and [[Central Point, Oregon|Central Point]] and passes through Talent, [[Phoenix, Oregon|Phoenix]], and Medford.<ref>{{cite web | title = Bear Creek Greenway Foundation | publisher = Bear Creek Greenway Foundation | url = http://bearcreekgreenway.com/ | access-date = May 3, 2020 | archive-date = August 13, 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200813031054/http://bearcreekgreenway.com/ | url-status = live }}</ref> {{Clear}} ==Education== {{See also|Southern Oregon University}} [[File:Hannon library sou.jpg|thumb|right|Hannon Library at Southern Oregon University]] Southern Oregon University, a public co-ed four-year university founded in 1926, offers courses of study toward degrees in the liberal arts, science, business, and education. Students can focus on any of more than 30 major fields or enroll in programs such as Shakespeare Studies and other minors.<ref name="U.S. News summary"/> With an enrollment of about 6,200 undergraduates as of Fall 2014,<ref>{{cite web|title=Fact Book 2014|page=5|url=http://www.sou.edu/assets/ir/docs/FactBook2014-GeneralInformation.pdf|publisher=Southern Oregon University|access-date=September 7, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160118181654/http://www.sou.edu/assets/ir/docs/FactBook2014-GeneralInformation.pdf|archive-date=January 18, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> this urban university also offers graduate-level programs on its {{convert|175|acre|ha|adj=on}} campus.<ref name="U.S. News summary">{{cite web|title=Southern Oregon University|url=http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/southern-oregon-university-3219|work=U.S. News & World Report|year=2013|access-date=December 26, 2013|archive-date=December 24, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131224105526/http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/southern-oregon-university-3219|url-status=live}}</ref> About 57&nbsp;percent of the university's students are women, and about 43&nbsp;percent are men. Their most popular major fields include those related to business, psychology, visual and performing arts, social sciences, and protective services such as law enforcement and firefighting. The student–faculty ratio in 2013–14 was 20 to 1. Tuition in 2013–14 was $7,863 per year for Oregon residents and $20,238 for all others.<ref name="U.S. News summary"/> The Ashland School District oversees three elementary schools, one of which is a [[magnet school]] focused on science and the arts; one middle school; one high school; and a community learning center.<ref>{{cite web|title=About the District|publisher=Ashland School District|url=http://www.ashland.k12.or.us/Page.asp?NavID=877|access-date=February 19, 2013|archive-date=June 7, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130607111216/http://www.ashland.k12.or.us/Page.asp?NavID=877|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Ashland High School (Oregon)|Ashland High School]] was ranked 1,395th best among the nation's public high schools and 15th best in Oregon by ''[[U.S. News & World Report]]'' as of 2013.<ref>{{cite web|title=Ashland High School|url=https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/oregon/districts/ashland-school-district-5/ashland-high-school-16392|work=U.S. News: Education|publisher=U.S. News & World Report|year=2013|access-date=December 23, 2013|archive-date=December 24, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131224113330/http://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/oregon/districts/ashland-school-district-5/ashland-high-school-16392|url-status=live}}</ref> ==Media== The ''[[Ashland Daily Tidings]]'' was published Monday through Saturday until August 2021.<ref name="Blue Book newspapers">{{cite web|title=Oregon Blue Book: Newspapers Published in Oregon|url=https://sos.oregon.gov/blue-book/Pages/cultural/media-newspapers.aspx|publisher=Oregon Secretary of State|year=2013|access-date=December 18, 2013|archive-date=October 24, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181024035237/https://sos.oregon.gov/blue-book/Pages/cultural/media-newspapers.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref> The ''[[Mail Tribune]]'', a morning daily published electronically Monday through Sunday and in print Wednesday through Sunday in Medford, also serves Ashland.<ref name="Mail Tribune">{{cite web|title=Mail Tribune subscription page|url=https://subscribe.mailtribune.com/?utm_source=mailtribune&utm_campaign=default&utm_medium=organic|publisher=Mail Tribune|year=2022|access-date=February 5, 2022}}</ref> Fifteen radio stations operate in the region around Ashland,<ref name="Community Profile"/> including [[Jefferson Public Radio]]<ref>{{cite web|title=JPR: Jefferson Public Radio|url=http://ijpr.org/|publisher=Jefferson Public Radio|year=2013|access-date=December 18, 2013|archive-date=December 4, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131204233246/http://ijpr.org/|url-status=live}}</ref> and [[KSKQ]], an independent non-profit broadcasting at 89.5 FM.<ref>{{cite web|title=KSKQ 89.5|url=http://www.kskq.org/|publisher=Ashland Community Radio|access-date=December 18, 2013|archive-date=December 3, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203224302/http://www.kskq.org/|url-status=live}}</ref> A former student-run radio station with the call letters <nowiki>KSOC</nowiki> and the nickname "Radio Free Ashland" shut down in February 2013 after 14 years of broadcasting.<ref>{{cite news|last=Darling|first=John|title=SOU's KSOC Radio Station Closes|url=http://www.dailytidings.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20130204/NEWS02/302040302|work=Mail Tribune|date=February 4, 2013|location=Medford, Oregon|access-date=December 18, 2013|archive-date=December 19, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131219122937/http://www.dailytidings.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20130204%2FNEWS02%2F302040302|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Rogue Valley Community Television]], based at Southern Oregon University, serves Jackson and [[Josephine County, Oregon|Josephine]] counties.<ref>{{cite web|title=About|url=http://rvtv.sou.edu/about/|publisher=Rogue Valley Community Television|year=2013|access-date=December 18, 2013|archive-date=December 20, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131220071753/http://rvtv.sou.edu/about/|url-status=live}}</ref> Ashland has no commercial television stations, but nearby Medford has seven.<ref>{{cite web|title=Oregon Commercial Television Stations|work=Oregon Blue Book|publisher=Oregon Secretary of State|url=https://sos.oregon.gov/blue-book/Pages/cultural/media-television.aspx|year=2013|access-date=December 25, 2013|archive-date=October 24, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181024035455/https://sos.oregon.gov/blue-book/Pages/cultural/media-television.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref> ==Infrastructure and public services== The [[Ashland Community Hospital (Oregon)|Asante Ashland Community Hospital]] is a general medical and surgical hospital that is part of the Asante health network based in Medford. As of 2015, it has 49 inpatient beds.<ref>{{cite web|title=Welcome to Asante Ashland Community Hospital|url=http://www.asante.org/about-us/hospitals/ashland/|year=2015|publisher=Asante|access-date=June 4, 2015|archive-date=September 5, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905132333/http://www.asante.org/about-us/hospitals/ashland/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[File:Ashland oregon library.jpg|right|thumb|Ashland Public Library]] The Ashland Public Library building was expanded from the city's original [[Carnegie library]].<ref name="library branch"/> In 2003, the historic Carnegie portion of the library was restored.<ref name="library branch">{{cite web|title=JCLS Ashland Library Branch |url=http://www.jcls.org/branch-ashland.html |publisher=Jackson County Library Services |year=2009 |access-date=March 11, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130212231522/http://www.jcls.org/branch-ashland.html |archive-date=February 12, 2013 }}</ref> In 2006, budget problems led to the closing in April, 2007 of the Ashland Library and 14&nbsp;others in Jackson County. The event, which lasted until October, 2007, was the largest library closure in U.S. history.<ref>{{cite magazine| last = Batistella | first = Edwin| title = BackTalk: What a Library Closure Taught Me |magazine = Library Journal|url = http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/managinglibraries/883777-273/backtalk_what_a_library_closure.html.csp|date = March 1, 2010 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120612053013/http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/managinglibraries/883777-273/backtalk_what_a_library_closure.html.csp |archive-date=June 12, 2012}}</ref> Although some of its services are handled by a private company, Library Systems and Services,<ref>{{cite web|last=Strand|first=Muriel|url=http://www.lwv.org/content/public-library-privatization-case-study|title=Public Library Privatization - A Case Study|publisher=League of Women Voters|year=2011|access-date=September 15, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130317005221/http://www.lwv.org/content/public-library-privatization-case-study|archive-date=March 17, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> the Ashland branch remains part of the Jackson County network of public libraries.<ref name="library branch"/> [[Rogue Valley Transportation District]] (RVTD) Route 10 provides bus service to much of the city.<ref>{{cite web|title=Bus Schedules and Route Maps|url=https://www.rvtd.org/Files/Schedule_Map_7.10.17.pdf|publisher=Rogue Valley Transportation District|access-date=July 10, 2017|archive-date=October 31, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201031045906/https://www.rvtd.org/Files/Schedule_Map_7.10.17.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> Route 10 extends to Medford, where passengers can connect to other RVTD routes as well as to [[Public Oregon Intercity Transit|Southwest POINT]], a daily shuttle operated by Klamath Shuttle carrying passengers between [[Brookings, Oregon|Brookings]] and the [[Amtrak]] station in Klamath Falls.<ref>{{cite web|title=Southwest Point|publisher=Klamath Shuttle|url=http://www.southwest-point.com/|year=2008|access-date=July 14, 2010|archive-date=July 1, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100701110456/http://southwest-point.com/|url-status=live}}</ref> The [[Klamath Falls (Amtrak station)|Klamath Falls Amtrak Station]] serves the [[Coast Starlight]] long-haul passenger train on track owned by the [[Union Pacific Railroad]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Klamath Falls, OR (KFS)|url=http://www.greatamericanstations.com/Stations/KFS|work=Great American Stations|publisher=Amtrak|access-date=December 23, 2013|archive-date=December 24, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131224112627/http://www.greatamericanstations.com/Stations/KFS|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Ashland Municipal Airport]], with a {{convert|3600|ft|m|adj=on}} asphalt runway, offers [[general aviation]] services.<ref name="FAA">{{cite web|title=Airport Master Record: Ashland Muni Sumner Parker Field|year=2012|url=http://www.gcr1.com/5010web/airport.cfm?Site=S03|format=PDF|publisher=Federal Aviation Administration|access-date=April 13, 2013|archive-date=March 15, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130315145044/http://gcr1.com/5010web/airport.cfm?Site=S03|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Rogue Valley International–Medford Airport|Medford International Airport]], {{convert|12|mi|km}} from Ashland, also serves the city.<ref name="Community Profile"/> The City of Ashland moved to improve local broadband Internet access in the late 1990s by creating the Ashland Fiber Network (AFN) and building a [[fiber optic]] ring inside the city boundaries.<ref name="AFN Plan">{{cite web|title=Ashland Fiber Network: Proposed 2010–2013 Strategic Business Plan|url=http://www.ashland.or.us/Files/Proposed%20AFN%20Business%20Plan.pdf|publisher=City of Ashland|pages=10–13|date=July 2010|access-date=December 25, 2013|archive-date=December 26, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131226082139/http://www.ashland.or.us/Files/Proposed%20AFN%20Business%20Plan.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> However, by 2006 the city faced difficulties servicing AFN's debt load, which was approaching $15.5&nbsp;million.<ref name="AFN Plan"/> The city hired a new AFN director, Joe Franell,<ref>{{cite news|last = Aldous|first = Vickie|title = New AFN Director Approved|work = Ashland Daily Tidings|date = March 9, 2006|url = http://www.dailytidings.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060308/NEWS/303089997|access-date = December 23, 2013|archive-date = December 24, 2013|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131224100421/http://www.dailytidings.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20060308%2FNEWS%2F303089997|url-status = live}}</ref> who suggested scrapping cable television service while retaining the more profitable high-speed Internet access.<ref>{{cite news| last = Aldous | first = Vickie |title = City to Keep AFN, Dump TV| url = http://www.dailytidings.com/2006/May%202006/0503/050306n3.php|work = Ashland Daily Tidings | date = May 3, 2006| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090722164645/http://archive.dailytidings.com/2006/May%202006/0503/050306n3.php | archive-date = July 22, 2009}}</ref> In October, 2006, the cable television service was transferred to a local company, Ashland Home Net, while the City retained both the infrastructure and the wholesale Internet business.<ref name="DailyTidings1">{{cite news| last = Aldous| first = Vicky| title = City Hands Over TV| url = http://www.dailytidings.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061020/NEWS/310209998&cid=sitesearch| work = Ashland Daily Tidings| date = October 20, 2006| access-date = July 11, 2010| archive-date = December 24, 2013| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131224102847/http://www.dailytidings.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20061020%2FNEWS%2F310209998&cid=sitesearch| url-status = live}}</ref> ==In popular culture== * ''[[Coraline (film)|Coraline]]'' is set in a fictionalized version of Ashland. The city was chosen due to its status as home of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, as Miss Fink and Miss Forcible, two supporting characters in the film, are retired Shakespearean actressess.<ref>{{cite web |title=How the Classic #OregonMade Film "Coraline" Came To Be Set In Ashland, OR |url=https://oregonconfluence.com/2020/10/12/how-the-classic-oregonmade-film-coraline-came-to-be-set-in-ashland-or/ |website=The Confluence |access-date=September 18, 2021}}</ref> ==Sister city== Ashland has one [[sister cities|sister city]]: *{{flagdeco|Mexico}} [[Guanajuato City|Guanajuato]], Mexico<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ashland.or.us/News.asp?NewsID=1153|title=Guanajuato Room to be Dedicated|publisher=City of Ashland|date=June 7, 2004|access-date=September 6, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160118023406/http://www.ashland.or.us/News.asp?NewsID=1153|archive-date=January 18, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ashland.or.us/Page.asp?NavID=204|title=Ashland's Sister City|publisher=City of Ashland|access-date=March 24, 2011|archive-date=January 17, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160117200716/http://www.ashland.or.us/Page.asp?NavID=204|url-status=live}}</ref> ==Notable people== <!-- Note: · Only people who already have a Wikipedia article may appear here. This establishes notability. · The biographical article must mention how they are associated with Ashland, whether born, raised, residing, or interred. · The fact of their association should have a reliable source cited, unless it is well-known. · Alphabetical by last name please · All others will be deleted without further explanation --> {{div col}} *[[Harry Anderson]] (1952&ndash;2018), magician and TV actor<ref>Mail Tribune>Darling, John (April 18, 2018) {{cite web|url=http://www.mailtribune.com/news/20180418/ashland-magician-harry-anderson-went-on-to-tv-success|access-date=2008-04-21|title=Ashland magician Harry Anderson went on to TV success|archive-date=2018-04-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180419062604/http://www.mailtribune.com/news/20180418/ashland-magician-harry-anderson-went-on-to-tv-success|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[Les AuCoin]] (1942–), former [[U.S. House of Representatives|congressman]]<ref>{{cite web|title=AuCoin, Les|work=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000337|publisher=United States Congress|access-date=August 17, 2015|archive-date=October 26, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121026105251/http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000337|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[Tai Babilonia]] (1959–), champion pairs figure skater<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2008/11/tai_babilonia_hangs_up_her_ska.html |title=Tai Babilonia Hangs Up Her Skates in Ashland |agency=Associated Press |date=November 23, 2008 |newspaper=The Oregonian |location=Portland, Oregon |access-date=December 24, 2013 |archive-date=December 25, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131225111518/http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2008/11/tai_babilonia_hangs_up_her_ska.html |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[John Backus]] (1924–2007), computer scientist who created [[Fortran]]<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/19/obituaries/20cnd-backus.html?_r=0 |title=John W. Backus, 82, Fortran Developer, Dies |author=Lohr, Steve |date=March 19, 2007 |newspaper=The New York Times |access-date=December 24, 2013 |archive-date=October 19, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181019205714/https://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/19/obituaries/20cnd-backus.html?_r=0 |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[Dallen Bounds]] (1971-1999), serial killer *[[Angus L. Bowmer]] (1904–1979), founder of the [[Oregon Shakespeare Festival]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.osfashland.org/about/our-history.aspx |title=Our History |publisher=Oregon Shakespeare Festival |access-date=December 24, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150423181624/https://www.osfashland.org/about/our-history.aspx |archive-date=April 23, 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref> *[[Erskine Caldwell]] (1903–1987), author, never lived in Ashland, but is buried there<ref>{{cite news |title=Novelist Erskine Caldwell's Ashes Rest in Ashland, Ore. |date=September 3, 2010 |author=Turner, Kernan |work=Jefferson Public Radio |url=http://www.ijpr.org/Feature.asp?FeatureID=1606 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130524154817/http://www.ijpr.org/Feature.asp?FeatureID=1606 |archive-date=May 24, 2013}}</ref> *[[Craig Chaquico]] (1954–), guitarist formerly with [[Jefferson Starship]]<ref name="am">{{cite web |title =Craig Chaquico: Biography |first=Sandra |last=Brennan |website=Allmusic| url ={{Allmusic|class=artist|id=craig-chaquico-p44927/biography|pure_url=yes}} |access-date =February 17, 2014}}</ref> *[[Gretchen Corbett]] (1947–), actress, debuted as Desdemona at the OSF<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/14921/Gretchen-Corbett/biography |title=Gretchen Corbett: Full Biography |author=Erickson, Hal |access-date=December 24, 2013 |archive-date=January 10, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140110000310/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/14921/Gretchen-Corbett/biography |department=Movies & TV Dept. |work=[[The New York Times]] |publisher=[[Baseline (database)|Baseline]] & [[All Movie Guide]] |author-link=Hal Erickson (author) |date=2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> *[[Chad Cota]] (1971–), former [[National Football League]] player<ref>{{cite web |url=http://espn.go.com/nfl/player/stats/_/id/851/chad-cota |title=Chad Cota |publisher=ESPN |access-date=December 24, 2013 |archive-date=December 26, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131226064515/http://espn.go.com/nfl/player/stats/_/id/851/chad-cota |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[Catherine E. Coulson]] (1943–2015), stage and screen actress<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0183466/ |title=Catherine E. Coulson |website=Internet Movie Database |access-date=May 6, 2014 |archive-date=July 1, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140701090719/http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0183466/ |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[Alex Cox]] (1954–), film director<ref>{{cite news |url=http://chronicle.com/blogs/arts/qa-with-filmmaker-and-professor-alex-cox/29556 |title=Director of 'Sid and Nancy' Talks About His New Job: Professor |date=June 13, 2011 |author=Klotz, Frieda |newspaper=The Chronicle of Higher Education |location=Washington, D.C. |access-date=December 24, 2013 |archive-date=December 26, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131226030528/http://chronicle.com/blogs/arts/qa-with-filmmaker-and-professor-alex-cox/29556 |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[Ann Curry]] (1956–), former anchor on ''[[Today (U.S. TV program)|The Today Show]]''<ref>{{cite journal |title=Top 5 Things Ann Curry Loves About Oregon |url=http://1859oregonmagazine.com/today-shows-ann-curry-top-five |author=Max, Kevin |date=April 1, 2012 |journal=1859 |publisher=Deschutes Media |location=Bend, Oregon |access-date=December 24, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20131225011444/http://1859oregonmagazine.com/today-shows-ann-curry-top-five |archive-date=December 25, 2013 }}</ref> *[[Ana Delfosse]] (1931–2017), [[Formula One]] mechanic and driver in [[Argentina]]; gas-station operator in Ashland<ref name="Eastman">{{cite news |last=Eastman |first=Janet |title=Race Car Driver Ana Delfosse, Who Broke Speed Records and Social Barriers, Remembered by Ashland Friends (Photos) |url=http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2017/06/fangio_delfosse_race_car_ashla.html |work=The Oregonian |via=Oregon Live |date=June 5, 2017 |publisher=Advance Digital |access-date=June 8, 2017 |archive-date=June 4, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170604234716/http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2017/06/fangio_delfosse_race_car_ashla.html |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[Alice DiMicele]] (1965–), musician<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.alicedimicele.com/press-kit/reviews/30-demons-and-angels.html |title=Demons & Angels |author=Mokma, Deborah |work=The Sentient Times |date=March 1998 |publisher=Alice DiMicele |access-date=December 25, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131227094110/http://www.alicedimicele.com/press-kit/reviews/30-demons-and-angels.html |archive-date=December 27, 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref> *[[Jack Elam]] (1920–2003), actor<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |url=http://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/elam_jack_1920_2003_/ |title=Jack Elam (1920–2003) |author=McCormack, Tiffany |encyclopedia=The Oregon Encyclopedia |publisher=Portland State University |access-date=December 25, 2013 |date= |archive-date=May 21, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140521001841/http://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/elam_jack_1920_2003_/ |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[Gordon Fee]] (1934-), American-Canadian theologian *[[David Fincher]] (1962–), film director<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/89783/David-Fincher/biography |title=David Fincher: Full Biography |author=Marx, Rebecca Flint |access-date=December 25, 2013 |archive-date=January 14, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140114124702/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/89783/David-Fincher/biography |department=Movies & TV Dept. |work=[[The New York Times]] |publisher=[[Baseline (database)|Baseline]] & [[All Movie Guide]] |date=2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> <!-- please write the article first and support with a reliable source, as with the rest of this list: [[Jeffrey Gillespie]] (1974-) retired art dealer --> *[[Gloria Greer]] (1908-1931), actress *[[Johnny Gruelle]] (1880-1938), creator of Raggedy Ann and Raggedy Andy<ref name="sohs">{{cite web |url=http://www.sohs.org/page.asp?navid=89 |title=''Raggedy Ann in Ashland'' by Dawna Curler| publisher=As It Was Master Script List, Southern Oregon Historical Society |access-date=November 5, 2008| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070928202208/http://www.sohs.org/page.asp?navid=89 | archive-date= September 28, 2007}}</ref> *[[Jeremy Guthrie]] (1979–), pitcher for the [[Kansas City Royals]]<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20131026/VARSITY/310260325/1013/VARSITY0204 |title=Guthrie to Help Fund Ashland Prep Field |date=October 26, 2013 |newspaper=Mail Tribune |location=Medford, Oregon |access-date=December 25, 2013 |archive-date=December 26, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131226232543/http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20131026%2FVARSITY%2F310260325%2F1013%2FVARSITY0204 |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[Anthony Heald]] (1944–), television, film, and stage actor<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.oregonlive.com/O/index.ssf/2010/06/seasoned_by_broadway_and_holly.html |title=Seasoned by Broadway and Hollywood, actor Anthony Heald reaches new peaks at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival |author=Hughley, Marty |newspaper=The Oregonian |location=Portland, Oregon |date=June 5, 2010 |access-date=December 25, 2013 |archive-date=January 18, 2013 |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6DlZJpHO9?url=http://www.oregonlive.com/O/index.ssf/2010/06/seasoned_by_broadway_and_holly.html |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[Abel Helman]] (1824–1910), town founder<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/ashland/trail.htm |title=Applegate Trail Settlement |publisher=National Park Service |access-date=December 25, 2013 |archive-date=October 30, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131030105154/http://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/ashland/trail.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[Frank C. High]] (1875–1966), Medal of Honor recipient for actions during the [[Philippine–American War]]<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090509/NEWS/905090315 |title=Since You Asked: Decorated Soldier Was in the Volunteer Infantry |date=May 9, 2009 |work=Mail Tribune |location=Medford, Oregon |access-date=December 26, 2013 |archive-date=November 18, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161118225150/http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20090509%2FNEWS%2F905090315 |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[Gary "Chicken" Hirsh]] (1940–), former drummer for [[Country Joe and the Fish]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/gary-chicken-hirsh-mn0000777148/biography |title=Gary "Chicken" Hirsh |author=Eder, Bruce |website=AllMusic |access-date=December 26, 2013 |archive-date=December 1, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131201062809/http://www.allmusic.com/artist/gary-chicken-hirsh-mn0000777148/biography |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[Peter Hollens]] (1982–), independent a capella singer/songwriter<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.peterhollens.com |last=Hollens |first=Peter |title=Peter Hollens A Cappella Vocalist Producer Eugene Oregon Arranging Mixing On The Rocks |publisher=Peter Hollens Music |access-date=February 17, 2014 |archive-date=March 21, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140321030233/http://www.peterhollens.com/ |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[Jean Houston]] (1937–), author, lecturer, known for her work in human potentials, Mystery School and Social Artistry<ref name=Houston>{{cite web |last=Houston |first=Jean |title=Home of Jean Houston - Ashland, Oregon |url=http://www.jeanhouston.org/venueevents/3-home-of-jean-houston-Ashland-Oregon.html |publisher=Jean Houston Foundation |access-date=December 26, 2013 |archive-date=June 29, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140629161949/http://www.jeanhouston.org/venueevents/3-home-of-jean-houston-Ashland-Oregon.html |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[Lawson Fusao Inada]] (1938–), Oregon Poet Laureate 2006–10, Professor Emeritus at Southern Oregon University<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |url=http://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/inada_lawson_fusao_1938_/ |author=Wixon, Vincent |encyclopedia=The Oregon Encyclopedia |publisher=Portland State University |title=Lawson Fusao Inada (1938-) |access-date=December 26, 2013 |date= |archive-date=May 21, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140521001412/http://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/inada_lawson_fusao_1938_/ |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[Dean Ing]] (1931–), author<ref>{{cite web |url=http://us.macmillan.com/author/deaning |title=Dean Ing |publisher=Macmillan Publishers |access-date=December 26, 2013 |archive-date=December 27, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131227233858/http://us.macmillan.com/author/deaning |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[Forrest Kline]] (1983–), musician<ref>{{cite news |title=Q&A: Forrest Kline of Hellogoodbye |url=http://www.theeagleonline.com/article/2013/09/qa-forrest-kline-of-hellogoodbye |author=Kahen-kashi, David |date=September 19, 2013 |work=The Eagle |location=Washington, D.C. |access-date=December 26, 2013 |archive-date=December 27, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131227142251/http://www.theeagleonline.com/article/2013/09/qa-forrest-kline-of-hellogoodbye |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[Otto Klum]] (1892–1944), [[American football|football]] coach<ref>{{cite news |title='Proc' Klum Dies of Heart Attack |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=vRwiAAAAIBAJ&pg=6267,6479731 |work=Berkeley Daily Gazette |date=September 25, 1944 |agency=United Press |page=11 |access-date=December 26, 2013 |archive-date=January 31, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210131010759/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=vRwiAAAAIBAJ&pg=6267%2C6479731 |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[Tonya Knight]] (1966–), [[Bodybuilding|bodybuilder]], actress, model<ref>{{cite web |title=Tonya Knight |work=Metacritic |publisher=CBS Interactive |url=http://www.metacritic.com/person/tonya-knight |access-date=June 16, 2014 |archive-date=January 17, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160117160159/http://www.metacritic.com/person/tonya-knight |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[Hal Koerner]] (1976–), ultramarathon runner, two-time winner of the [[Western States Endurance Run]]<ref>{{cite news |last=Mordhorst |first=Todd |title=Koerner's Repeat Worth the Wait |work=The Folsom Telegraph |publisher=Gold Country Media |location=Folsom, California |url=http://www.folsomtelegraph.com/article/koerners-repeat-worth-wait |date=June 27, 2009 |access-date=December 26, 2013 |archive-date=July 1, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140701090800/http://www.folsomtelegraph.com/article/koerners-repeat-worth-wait |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[Winona LaDuke]] (1959–), Native American activist and vice-presidential candidate for the [[Ralph Nader presidential campaign, 2000]]<ref>{{cite news |last=Ritter |first=Peter |title=Party Crasher |url=http://www.citypages.com/2000-10-11/news/the-party-crasher/3/ |work=City Pages News: Minneapolis |location=Minneapolis, Minnesota |publisher=City Pages LLC |page=3 |date=October 11, 2000 |access-date=December 26, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131227110103/http://www.citypages.com/2000-10-11/news/the-party-crasher/3/ |archive-date=December 27, 2013 }}</ref> *[[Leonard Levy]] (1923–2006), Pulitzer Prize-winning historian<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.sou.edu/catalog/00-01/faculty.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070609210552/http://www.sou.edu/catalog/00-01/faculty.htm | archive-date=June 9, 2007 | title=Southern Oregon University - Faculty 2000-2001 |publisher=Southern Oregon University}}</ref> *[[Rose Maddox]] (1925–1998), [[Country music|country-western]] musician<ref>{{cite news |last=Ratliff |first=Ben |title=Rose Maddox, 72, Country Singer of the '40s |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/04/18/arts/rose-maddox-72-country-singer-of-the-40-s.html |date=April 18, 1998 |access-date=December 26, 2013 |archive-date=January 15, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140115043353/http://www.nytimes.com/1998/04/18/arts/rose-maddox-72-country-singer-of-the-40-s.html |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[Steve Mason (poet)|Steve Mason]] (1949–2005), "poet laureate" of the [[Vietnam Veterans of America]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Steve Mason, 65, Had Been Battling Cancer |work=Mail Tribune |location=Medford, Oregon |url=http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050527/BIZ/305279990&cid=sitesearch |date=May 27, 2005 |access-date=December 26, 2013 |archive-date=December 27, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131227071651/http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20050527%2FBIZ%2F305279990&cid=sitesearch |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[Vladimir Nabokov]] (1899–1977), author of ''[[Lolita]]''<ref>{{cite news |last=Guzik |first=Hannah |title=A Literary Giant's Love of Butterflies |work=Mail Tribune |location=Medford, Oregon |url=http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100729/NEWS/7290326&cid=sitesearch |date=July 29, 2010 |access-date=December 26, 2013 |archive-date=December 27, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131227071931/http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20100729%2FNEWS%2F7290326&cid=sitesearch |url-status=live }}</ref> <!-- please write the article first: *[[Timothy Olson]], ultramarathon runner, winner of Western States 100 Endurance Run 2012, 2013 --> *[[Mark Parent (baseball)|Mark Parent]] (1961–), former baseball player and currently bench coach for the [[Chicago White Sox]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=parenma01 |title=Mark Parent Stats |publisher=Baseball Almanac |access-date=December 26, 2013 |archive-date=December 5, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131205114307/http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=parenma01 |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[Alfred Peet]] (1920–2007), founder of [[Peet's Coffee & Tea]]<ref>{{cite news |last=Marshall |first=Carolyn |title=Alfred H. Peet, 87, Dies; Leader of a Coffee Revolution |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/03/us/03peet.html?ex=1346472000&en=48e8acf8a581e13d&ei=5090&_r=0 |work=The New York Times |date=September 3, 2007 |access-date=December 26, 2013 |archive-date=April 23, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180423232645/https://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/03/us/03peet.html?ex=1346472000&en=48e8acf8a581e13d&ei=5090&_r=0 |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[Jim Perry (television personality)|Jim Perry]] (1933–2015), television personality<ref>{{cite news |last=Darling |first=John |title=Former TV Game-Show Host Jim Perry Dies |url=http://www.mailtribune.com/article/20151125/NEWS/151129716 |newspaper=Mail-Tribune |location=Medford, Oregon |date=November 25, 2015 |access-date=April 23, 2018 |archive-date=April 23, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180423232820/http://www.mailtribune.com/article/20151125/NEWS/151129716 |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[Bill Rauch]] (1962-), American theatre director; directed the [[Oregon Shakespeare Festival]] from 2007 to 2019<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.osfashland.org/en/artist-biographies/artistic-staff/bill-rauch.aspx|title=Bill Rauch, Oregon Shakespeare Theatre website}}</ref> *[[Tucker Reed]] (1989-), blogger, author, journalist and activist<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mailtribune.com/news/crime-courts-emergencies/southern-oregon-author-and-actress-pleads-guilty-to-manslaughter|title=Tucker Reed pleads guilty to manslaughter in Ruch area shooting|first=Nick Morgan of the Mail|last=Tribune|date=May 27, 2020|website=Mail Tribune}}</ref> *[[Jeff Rense]], talk-radio host<ref>{{cite web |last=Smith |first=James L. |title=Used Canard Salesman |url=https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2015/04/28/used-canard-salesman |publisher=Southern Poverty Law Center |date=April 27, 2015 |access-date=August 17, 2017 |archive-date=August 18, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170818011252/https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2015/04/28/used-canard-salesman |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[Ron Rezek]] (1946–), industrial designer and inventor<ref>{{cite news |title=Shopping With Ron Rezek: Fans That Look Cool |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/06/garden/06Shop.html?_r=0 |author=Scelfo, Julie |date=August 5, 2009 |work=The New York Times |page=D4 |access-date=December 26, 2013 |archive-date=April 23, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180423235916/https://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/06/garden/06Shop.html?_r=0 |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[Sonny Sixkiller]] (1951–), former National Football League quarterback<ref name=blount>{{cite news |last=Blount| first=Roy, Jr. |title=The Magic Number Is Sixkiller |work=Sports Illustrated |date=October 4, 1971 |url= http://vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1085362/index.htm |publisher=Time, Inc. |access-date=December 26, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131228021157/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1085362/index.htm |archive-date=December 28, 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref> *[[Jon Micah Sumrall]] (1980–), lead singer of [[Christian rock]] band [[Kutless]]<ref>{{cite news |last=Wolf |first=Carissa |title=Christian Rockers Confronting the Maladies of Life |work=The Idaho Statesman |date=September 23, 2003 |page=18 |url=http://infoweb.newsbank.com/resources/doc/nb/news/0FDCC0BA8368019B?p=AMNEWS |via=News Bank |url-access=subscription |access-date=December 29, 2016 |archive-date=January 31, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210131010800/https://infoweb.newsbank.com/resources/user/login?destination=doc%2Fnb%2Fnews%2F0FDCC0BA8368019B%3Fp%3DAMNEWS |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[Jerry Turner (theater director)|Jerry Turner]] (1927–2004), stage designer and director<ref>{{cite news |url=http://articles.latimes.com/2004/sep/21/local/me-turner21 |title=Jerry Turner, 76; Led Oregon Shakespeare Festival to New Heights |author=Rourke, Mary |date=September 21, 2004 |work=Los Angeles Times |access-date=December 26, 2013 |archive-date=December 29, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131229100750/http://articles.latimes.com/2004/sep/21/local/me-turner21 |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[Larry Wagner]] (1907–2002), arranger and composer for [[Paul Whiteman]] and the [[Casa Loma Orchestra]]<ref>{{cite book |last=Rayno |first=Don |date=2012 |title=Paul Whiteman: Pioneer in American Music, 1930-1967 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=n-hYmPstZmIC&q=%22Larry+Wagner%22+arranger&pg=PA134 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |page=493 |isbn=978-0-8108-8322-2|access-date=April 15, 2014}}</ref> *[[Neale Donald Walsch]] (1943–), author of the ''[[Conversations with God]]'' series<ref>{{cite news |last=Varble |first=Bill |title=Former Rogue Valley Radio Host Finds Success in Conversations with God |url=http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19970914/NEWS/309149998&cid=sitesearch |work=Mail Tribune |location=Medford, Oregon |date=September 14, 1997 |access-date=December 26, 2013 |archive-date=December 27, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131227072110/http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F19970914%2FNEWS%2F309149998&cid=sitesearch |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[Henry Woronicz]] (1954–), actor and director<ref>{{cite news |url=http://articles.latimes.com/1997-02-02/entertainment/ca-24527_1_theater |title=Trading In a Desk for Footlights |date=February 2, 1997 |work=Los Angeles Times |author=Shirley, Don |access-date=December 26, 2013 |archive-date=December 29, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131229100026/http://articles.latimes.com/1997-02-02/entertainment/ca-24527_1_theater |url-status=live }}</ref> {{div col end}} *[[Johnny Harris (journalist)|Johnny Harris]] (1988–) American journalist famous for [[Vox Media]] ==References== {{Reflist}} ===Works cited=== * {{cite book |last=Davidson|first=Janelle |title=Ashland: An Oregon Oasis |location=Medford, Oregon |publisher=Webb Research Group Publishers |year=1995 |isbn=0-936738-89-8}} * {{cite book|last=Peterson|first=Joe|title=Images of America: Ashland|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|year=2009|location=Charleston, South Carolina|isbn=978-0-7385-7102-7}} * {{cite book|last1=Taylor|first1=George H.|last2=Hannan|first2=Chris|year=1999|title=The Climate of Oregon: From Rain Forest to Desert|location=Corvallis|publisher=Oregon State University Press|isbn=978-0-87071-468-9}} ==External links== {{Commons category|Ashland, Oregon}} {{wikivoyage|Ashland (Oregon)|Ashland, Oregon}} * [http://www.ashland.or.us/ City of Ashland official website] * {{Oregon Encyclopedia|ashland|Ashland}} {{Jackson County, Oregon}} {{Oregon}} {{good article}} {{Authority control}} [[Category:Ashland, Oregon| ]] [[Category:1852 establishments in Oregon Territory]] [[Category:Cities in Jackson County, Oregon]] [[Category:Cities in Oregon]] [[Category:Populated places established in 1852]]'