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As It Was: Hannah Pottery provided pioneer essentials

Handmade pottery, popular today for its decorative value and craftsmanship, is not the household necessity it was in Josiah Hannah's Day.Josiah Hannah brought 20 years experience working in a Missouri pottery with him when he and his family came to Southern Oregon in 1862. The Hannahs bought a place near Shady Cove where they farmed, ranched and ran a ferry.They also built a pottery and made utilitarian stoneware for early Rogue Valley residents.Josiah and his son hauled [...]

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