Joe Fulton will present a program “Oregon’s Little Eden”

Kings Valley, Oregon’s Little Eden, had an almost mystical reputation as an idyllic paradise, and still does. But like every other small town or large city in 19th and early 20th century America, it had its dark side, including murders, suicides, deadly fires, accidental shootings, drownings, fatalities from farm equipment, high infant mortality rates, and above all, logging deaths that would shock modern Americans….Let us get to know Kings Valley by taking a trip to the past, long before most of us were born or moved to the area. This is Kings Valley as the newspapers saw her during her first 100 years. It was far more than the handful of surnames that we often hear about as being early Kings Valley residents. They are mentioned regularly, but so are many other residents that most people have never heard of. Their trials and tribulations, triumphs, and tragedies, made this little community a very interesting place.