Editing Cave Junction, Oregon (section)

== Culture ==
Cave Junction has a number of points of interest, including a museum, a zoo, and a resort consisting of treehouses.  It also has a number of historic sites, many related to gold mining, as well as an Oregon state park and a national monument and preserve, all located in the greater Cave Junction area.  Cave Junction has one newspaper and one radio station.

=== Tourism ===
[[Image:Inside the Oregon Caves.jpg|thumb|right|Inside the [[Oregon Caves National Monument and Preserve|Oregon Caves.]]]]
Cave Junction's main point of interest is the [[Oregon Caves National Monument and Preserve]], which is a {{convert|4554|acre|ha|adj=on}} area of hiking trails and caverns.  Located at the end of a {{convert|20|mi|km|adj=on}} "stomach churning" drive along State Route 46, there are limestone caves discovered in 1874 by a hunter and his dog.  At the caves, there is a 23-room [[Oregon Caves Chateau|chateau]] that was built in 1932.<ref name="Seattle Times">{{cite news |url=http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/texis.cgi/web/vortex/display?slug=oregon29&date=20050527 |title=Take a rambling, scenic drive in Southern Oregon and Northern California |access-date=2007-09-27 |last=Pucci |first=Carol |date=2005-05-27 |newspaper=Seattle Times}}</ref>

Each year Cave Junction features an ArtWalk on the second Friday of each month, except during the winter, with the city's businesses exhibiting various types of art such as pottery, iron art, music and fire dancing.<ref name="artwalk">{{cite news |url=http://www.illinois-valley-news.com/archive/2007/04/04/artwalk.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120208115027/http://www.illinois-valley-news.com/archive/2007/04/04/artwalk.html |archive-date=2012-02-08 |title=Second Friday Art Walk set to resume April 13 |last=Jorgensen |first=Scott |date=2007-04-04 |newspaper=Illinois Valley News}}</ref>  The ArtWalk adds significantly to the Illinois Valley's positive image and increases tourism and adds to the local economy.  According to surveys conducted in 2006 by the Arts Council of Southern Oregon, the city sees a 30–50&nbsp;percent increase in sales and visitors during the event.  Attendance is approximately 150–200 people, with roughly 15&nbsp;percent coming from outside the community.<ref>{{cite news |title=April on tap for Art Walk |newspaper=Illinois Valley News |url=http://illinois-valley-news.com/archive/2007-0214/art_walk.htm |archive-url=https://archive.today/20070810165455/http://illinois-valley-news.com/archive/2007-0214/art_walk.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2007-08-10 }}</ref>  Local artists, including students of Lorna Byrne Middle School in 2007,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.illinois-valley-news.com/archive/2007/08/08/artwalk.html |title=Art Walk will include 'sole-full' display |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120208115030/http://www.illinois-valley-news.com/archive/2007/08/08/artwalk.html |archive-date=2012-02-08 |last=Kramer-Hover |first=Dorothea |newspaper=Illinois Valley News}}</ref> participate while local businesses, including thrift stores and art galleries, serve as hosts.<ref name="artwalk"/>

Located about {{convert|10|mi|km}} southeast of Cave Junction,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/travel/2002288722_oregon29.html |title=Take a rambling, scenic drive in Southern Oregon and Northern California |access-date=2007-09-28 |last=Pucci |first=Carol |date= 2005-05-27|newspaper=Seattle Times}}</ref> in [[Takilma, Oregon]], is the home of the [[Out'n'About]] Treehouse Treesort, a multi-treehouse resort run by Michael Garnier using [[Garnier limb]]s.  Garnier developed the Garnier limb, which is a one-and-a-half-inch-thick bolt surrounded by a cuff, both made of Grade 5 steel, and is able to support {{convert|8000|lb|abbr=on}}.  As of 2007, the treesort has nine treehouses, three with bathrooms.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/07/travel/havens-out-on-a-limb-treehouses-for-adults.html?pagewanted=3 |title=Havens; Out on a Limb: Treehouses for Adults |access-date=2007-09-27 |last=Kugel |first=Seth |date=2003-03-07 |newspaper=The New York Times}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.treehouses.com/ |title=Welcome to Out'n'About |access-date=2007-09-27|publisher=TreeHouses.com}}</ref>  Garnier had to fight local government ordinances for almost ten years before gaining the right to house guests in his nine treehouses.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/outdoors/2002240561_nwwtreesort14.html |title=Treehouse dream comes true in Siskiyous |access-date=2007-09-28 |last=Holder |first=Allen |date= 2005-04-14|newspaper=Seattle Times}}</ref>

[[Image:Great Cats World Park.jpg|thumb|right|A [[white tiger]] and its handler at Great Cats World Park.]]

[[Great Cats World Park]] is located a few miles south of Cave Junction.  As of 2007, it has 32 cats, of 17 different species, including [[cougar]]s, [[leopard]]s, [[jaguar]]s, [[lion]]s, [[Siberian tiger]] cubs, a [[fishing cat]], and an [[ocelot]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.greatcatsworldpark.com/mmt-article.html |title=greatcatsworldpark.com home page |access-date=2007-09-27 |publisher=[[Great Cats World Park]]|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070817132124/http://www.greatcatsworldpark.com/mmt-article.html |archive-date = August 17, 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Some folks are cat people |newspaper=Illinois Valley News |url=http://www.illinois-valley-news.com/valley_visitor/cats.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20070810165455/http://www.illinois-valley-news.com/valley_visitor/cats.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2007-08-10 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.grantspassoregon.gov/Index.aspx?page=280 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120801053356/http://www.grantspassoregon.gov/Index.aspx?page=280 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-08-01 |title=Great Cats World Park |access-date=2007-09-27 |publisher=Grantspassoregon.gov }}</ref>  Other attractions include the It's a Burl handcrafted wood gallery and the Kerbyville Museum, both in Kerby.<ref name="Points 1"/>  Cave Junction's Wild River Brewery serves one of the smallest communities of any Oregon [[brewery]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.guestontap.com/byview.php?id=60725 |title=How beer has changed in Oregon |access-date=2007-10-31 |last=Corbin |first=Gary |publisher=Guest on Tap |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071112062546/http://www.guestontap.com/byview.php?id=60725 |archive-date=2007-11-12 }}</ref>  Founded in 1975 as the Pizza Deli, a [[microbrewery]] was added in 1989.  In 1994, the name Wild River was adopted and a Wild River restaurant and pub was opened in Grants Pass.<ref name="local business"/>

=== Wine ===
The Illinois Valley is the coolest and wettest of the three valleys in the [[Southern Oregon AVA#Rogue Valley AVA|Rogue Valley]] [[American Viticultural Area]].<ref name="Rogue">{{cite web | title=Rogue Valley AVA | work=AppellationAmerica.com | publisher=Appellation America | url=http://wine.appellationamerica.com/wine-region/Rogue-Valley.html | access-date=2009-02-02 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090218183331/http://wine.appellationamerica.com/wine-region/Rogue-Valley.html | archive-date=2009-02-18 | url-status=dead }}</ref>  In the late 1960s and early 1970s a new group of Oregonians started experimenting with growing grapes and making wine.  Initially this group was not very successful, but 40 years later, Oregon is considered a prestigious growing area.<ref name="Gerber">{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1310&dat=20060503&id=s11WAAAAIBAJ&sjid=qfADAAAAIBAJ&pg=6444,484701 |title=Oregon wine pioneer made the right call in Illinois Valley |access-date=2007-12-04 |last=Rutan |first=Roger |date=2006-05-03 |newspaper=[[The Register-Guard]] |location=Eugene, Oregon}}</ref> Southern Oregon is higher, and its climate is often warmer, than better known wine producing valleys such as [[Napa Valley AVA|Napa Valley]] to the south and [[Willamette Valley]] and [[Columbia Valley]] to the north.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sptimes.com/2005/03/09/Taste/Wine_of_the_week.shtml |title=Wine of the week Foris Fly-Over Red |access-date=2007-12-03 |last=Sherman |first=Chris |date=2005-03-09 |publisher=St. Petersberg Times}}</ref>  The Illinois Valley has dry warm summers and cold nights, which make it well suited for [[pinot noir]], in contrast to the hotter and drier [[Rogue Valley|Rogue]] and [[Umpqua River|Umpqua]] valleys.<ref name="Gerber"/>  Several vineyards and wineries are located near Cave Junction, including [[Bridgeview Vineyard and Winery|Bridgeview Vineyards]], [[Foris Vineyards Winery]], and Bear Creek Winery which are all discussed in [[Fodor's]] 2004 book "Oregon Wine Country."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cavejunctionoregon.com/attractions.html |title=Attractions |access-date=2007-12-04 |publisher=Cave Junction Chamber of Congress |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080118053434/http://www.cavejunctionoregon.com/attractions.html |archive-date=2008-01-18 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://archive.mailtribune.com/archive/2005/0112/life/stories/01life.htm |title=Fodor book gives boost to local wineries |access-date=2007-12-06 |last=Twitchell |first=Cleve |date=2005-01-12 |work=Wine Talk |publisher=Mail Tribune |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120701125030/http://archive.mailtribune.com/archive/2005/0112/life/stories/01life.htm |archive-date=2012-07-01 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Cave Junction is the home of Bridgeview Vineyards, one of the largest [[winery|wineries]] in Oregon.<ref>{{cite book |last=Perdue |first=Andy |title=The Northwest Wine Guide: A Buyer's Handbook  |year=2003 |publisher=Sasquatch Books |isbn=978-1-57061-361-6 |url=https://archive.org/details/northwestwinegui00andy|url-access=registration |page=[https://archive.org/details/northwestwinegui00andy/page/107 107] |quote=Bridgeview Vineyards. }}</ref>  Bridgeview is noted for its chardonnay, pinot gris and pinot noir.  At the 2000 [[Food & Wine Magazine|American Wine Awards]], Bridgeview's 1998 Bridgeview Oregon Blue Moon was selected as the best pinot noir under $15.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.foodandwine.com/articles/american-wine-awards-2000 |title=American Wine Awards 2000 |access-date=2007-09-29 |publisher=American Express Publishing Corporation}}</ref>  Its {{convert|85|acre|ha|adj=on}} estate in the Illinois Valley is planted in the European style of dense {{convert|6|ft|m|adj=on}} row and {{convert|4|ft|m|adj=on}} vine spacing.  Bridgeview also has an {{convert|80|acre|ha|adj=on}} vineyard in the [[Applegate Valley]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/99999999/LIFE07/70416071 |title=Bridgeview |access-date=2007-09-27 |newspaper=Mail Tribune |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110610161037/http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F99999999%2FLIFE07%2F70416071 |archive-date=2011-06-10 |url-status=dead }}</ref>  Foris Vineyards Winery is also located in the Cave Junction area.  Established in 1986,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071128/LIFE/711280307 |title=Foris offers bargains for wine lovers |access-date=2007-12-03 |last=Twitchell |first=Cleve |date=2007-11-28 |work=Mail Tribune |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110610161632/http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20071128%2FLIFE%2F711280307 |archive-date=2011-06-10 |url-status=dead }}</ref> as of 2007, they produced 48,000 cases of wine, making it the 14th largest bonded winery in Oregon.<ref name="local business">{{cite web |url=http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080124/BIZ/801240320 |title=Local Business |access-date=2008-01-24 |date=2008-01-24 |publisher=Mail Tribune |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110610161952/http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20080124%2FBIZ%2F801240320 |archive-date=2011-06-10 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

=== Historic sites ===
Cave Junction has a number of historic sites related to its early gold mining days, including various mines, ditches, and Logan Cut.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/listings/20011026.htm |title= National Register of Historic Places Listings October 26, 2001 |access-date=2007-09-30 |publisher=National Park Service }}</ref>  The historic Osgood Ditch in Takilma provided water for early mining operations in the Illinois Valley.<ref>{{cite news |title=Into the wild |newspaper=Illinois Valley News}}</ref>  Although mining in the Illinois Valley started in the rivers, gold was soon discovered in gravel beds high up the slopes above the rivers.  It had been deposited by ancient rivers that then eroded deep into the earth.  To extract this gold, prospectors created ditches to bring the water to these areas.  The water was then moved through piping to the desired location.  The pressure the water built up as it dropped was used for [[hydraulic mining]].  Water cannons fired water over {{convert|100|ft|m}}, and the debris was run through a [[Placer mining#Sluice box|sluice box]].  Gold was located within pockets in the gravel, and because the miners could not predict where the pockets were, almost every gravel deposit in the Illinois Valley was mined.  The Illinois Valley's largest gold rush town, [[Waldo, Oregon]], was located on a gravel deposit and was eventually destroyed when its gravel bed was run through a sluice box, along with most of the town.  Today nothing of Waldo remains.  The Osgood Ditch provided water for mining operations near Waldo.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.illinois-valley-news.com/archive/2006/2006-0222/RB-JoCoSes-hydraulic.htm |title=Legacy of hydraulic mining leaves last imprint on Illinois Valley |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090106185845/http://illinois-valley-news.com/archive/2006/2006-0222/RB-JoCoSes-hydraulic.htm |archive-date=2009-01-06 |last=Brandt |first=Roger |date=2006-02-22 |newspaper=Illinois Valley News}}</ref>  One building of note in the area is the [[Oregon Caves National Monument and Preserve#Historic buildings|Oregon Caves Chateau]], which is a [[National Historic Landmark]].<ref name=ORNRHP>{{cite web|title=Oregon National Register List|url=http://www.oregon.gov/OPRD/HCD/NATREG/docs/oregon_nr_list.pdf|access-date=2007-09-27|publisher=Oregon.gov|archive-date=July 16, 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060716084142/http://www.oregon.gov/OPRD/HCD/NATREG/docs/oregon_nr_list.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>

One of the well known mining communities AltHouse established the AltHouse Church in 1893 about a 1/4 mile down on Dick George Road. This church is one of the oldest building in the valley still standing and still in use. Between 1895–99 the church was moved down to its present site on Holland Loop Road where it has served the community till this day. It is currently known as [[Bridgeview Community Church]] since the 1920s). A newer building was built in 1986 where services are now being held every Sunday. The original church is currently under restoration and will continue to be as the builders back then said; "A place for us or children and grandchildren to worship".<ref>Updated status and pictures can be seen at the church's website at {{URL|www.bridgeviewcc.org}}</ref>

=== Sports and recreation ===
Cave Junction has a golf course and a state park.  The Illinois Valley Golf Course has 9 holes, and as of 2007 there are plans for an expansion to 18 holes.<ref name="Points 1">{{cite web |url=http://www.cavejunction.com/cavejunction/points.shtml |title=Points of Interest #1 |access-date=2007-09-27 |publisher=Cave Junction Chamber of Congress}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.southernoregon.com/illinoisvalley/index.html |title=Illinois Valley Profile |access-date=2007-09-27 |publisher=SoutherOregon.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070912232314/http://www.southernoregon.com/illinoisvalley/index.html |archive-date=2007-09-12 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.grantspassoregon.gov/Index.aspx?page=333 |title=Golfing |access-date=2007-09-27 |publisher=GrantsPassOregon.gov |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071027143825/http://www.grantspassoregon.gov/Index.aspx?page=333 |archive-date=2007-10-27 }}</ref>  The [[Illinois River Forks State Park]] is located at the confluence of the east and west forks of the [[Illinois River (Oregon)|Illinois River]].  The park includes restrooms, picnic tables, and a variety of rare plants.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oregonstateparks.org/park_103.php |title=Illinois River Forks State Park |access-date=2007-09-28 |publisher=Oregon.gov }}</ref> In 2014 a new disc golf course was built at the Illinois River Forks State Park. There is also a skate park at Jubilee Park in Cave Junction, which was built largely by volunteers and money raised through fundraisers and community involvement.

=== Media ===
Cave Junction has one newspaper and two radio stations.  The local paper, the ''[[Illinois Valley News]]'', is a paper of record for all of Josephine County. Established in 1937 when Cave Junction was known as Cave City, and as of 2018 has a circulation of 2,280.  The Valley's longest running business is published every Wednesday.

The city's only licensed radio station is [[KXCJ-LP]] (FM 105.7), a community powered station which went on-air in December 2016.

The Cave Junction area had a pirate radio station, Hope Mountain Radio.  It broadcast out of Takilma until repeated interference from government agents caused them to shut down.  The station then began broadcasting legally on the internet at TakilmaFM.com, although this caused their costs to go up and necessitated fundraising activities.  As of January 2007, Hope Mountain Radio broadcasts 24 hours a day with an all volunteer staff.