This Week In Rogue River History
JULY 1, 1981
Crow’n Joe claimed the championship at the Rogue River Rooster Crow competition after belting out an impressive 82 crows. Julie Koral and her brothers, Jim and Kenny, proudly displayed the winning rooster following the contest.
At the time, the world record stood at 112 crows, set by White Lightning in 1978. The Koral family credited Joe’s success to a familiar strategy used by previous champions—keeping him…