A forgotten box of glass plate negatives dating back to the 1880s reveals a treasure trove of rare images of daily life in rural Southern Oregon.

Cornmeal cakes and the bacon in whose fat they were fried. This recipe hails from the Oregon Trailer in 1856.

Life on the Oregon Trail was both incredibly boring and extremely dangerous. Pioneers had to exercise extreme caution and a lot of bravado to cross the 2,170 mile stretch of land starting in Missouri and ending in Oregon. Accidents and disease were just w...