From http://www.thewillowsbedandbreakfast.com/history.asp - an ad for The Willows, now an Orchard Mansion Bed and Breakfast Resort, is one of 75 properties in the Rogue Valley listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Known as the Madden–McCaskey House, the home comes with a rich and varied history.

In 1919, the Maddens sold their Rogue Valley orchard holdings to Hiram D. and Mary McCaskey of Washington, D.C.

Hiram D. McCaskey was a widely published, world recognized geologist. He met his wife, the former Mary Louise Fuller, on an ocean passage. Before coming to the Rogue Valley they had lived in Washington, D.C. where Mr. McCaskey had been the Geologist in Charge, Mineral Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey, from 1915-1919. Upon purchase of the orchard estate, the McCaskeys began extensive remodeling, commissioning the famous Medford architect, Frank Chamberlain Clark, to renovate the home and build a library/workroom to support Mr. McCaskey’s geological interests.

Around 1920, the McCaskeys’ renamed the estate Bora Da (a Welch saying meaning “Good Morning” or “beautiful dawn”). This name took and the estate was thus referred to throughout the McCaskeys’ ownership (1919-1951). Although Hiram McCaskey died at age 65 in 1936, his wife, Mary, continued on at Bora Da until her death in 1951. Over the McCaskey years, all orchards, save the lone fruit trees near the mansion, were removed and sheep were run on the property. In 1945, over 139 acres of property were transferred to Mary McCaskey’s nephew Louis Salade, a long-time resident of the Rogue Valley. Then, following Mary McCaskey’s death in 1951, much of Bora Da was divided between the children of Louis Salade. The Salade family lived at the mansion until 1960, when the house and the ranch were traded to Armin Richter, a local contractor, in exchange for the construction of a new home to be located up the hillside.