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Ashland is a small city in Jackson County, in southwestern Oregon. The city covers 6.5 sq mi (16.83 sq km) and has a population of 20,000 people (2011 estimate). The city is best known for being home of the Southern Oregon University. It holds the Oregon Shakespeare Festival every year.

Guide to Ashland Hotels

Here's a list of hotels in Ashland that you can book online, with full description, star rating, address, location map, evaluation, and prices as offered by different booking sites. This helps you to make your room booking with the site that offers the best price.

Atkinson House, Ashland, Oregon
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More on Ashland

The city of Ashland is located in the foothills of the Siskiyou and Cascade mountain ranges. It is just 15 km to the north of the state border with California.

Ashland was traditionally inhabited by the indigenous Shasta tribe of Native Americans. The first European settlers moved here in the mid-19th century. Most of these were hunters and fur trappers. The discovery of gold in 1851 in nearby Rich Gulch (today in nearby Jacksonville) caused a tent city to spring up on the banks of the Jackson Creek.

The following year, more settlers arrived, among them Abel Helman, Eber Emery and his brother James Emery. They developed lumber mills in the area, calling it Ashland Mills, because Helman and some of the others hail from Ashland County in Ohio. Ashland Mills was incorporated as a town in 1855. Then in 1871, the name was shortened to simply Ashland.

Visiting Ashland

Ashland is served by Interstate 5, which runs north-south connecting it with Medford in the north and Redding in the south.

Places of Interest in Ashland

Lithia Park
A 93-acre (38-ha) park along Ashland Creek near the city center.

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