When early pioneers settled in Southern Oregon they missed their beer. They needed hops for the brew, so they planted them.The first hops in Josephine County were set out in 1875 just west of Grants Pass. And hops were raised there for more than 70 years. Growing hops took a lot of hard work. Farmers pruned the vines in January and strung wires across 10-foot high posts. Irrigated heavily, the vines climbed to the wires. In the heat of late summer, wiremen maneuvered through [...]
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