History – News & Events
Help Wanted: Part-Time Docent for Beekman Bank
Help Wanted: Outgoing individual(s) for part time docent position in Jacksonville's Historic Beekman Bank Museum from Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day weekend. Docent(s) will be responsible for opening and closing Bank, overseeing artifacts, sharing [...]
Heritage Plants at Hanley Farm
The Southern Oregon Historical Society is pleased to announce the Annual Heritage Plant Sale at the Historic Hanley Farm, May 7 and 8, 2016 from 10am to 3pm. Hanley Farm is at 1053 Hanley Road [...]
SOHS Heritage Cemetery Day at Jacksonville’s Historic Cemetery
Join historian Dirk Siedlecki at Jacksonville’s historic cemetery on April 10, 2016 from 11am to 1 pm. Learn about the early history of the cemetery and about many of the souls who rest in this [...]
Jacksonville Boosters Club 2016 Historic Home and Garden Tour
This month, Boosters Club President Mike McClain generously donated his column space so I could tell you about our upcoming Historic Home and Garden Tour happening in May. Our theme this year is "Unique Jacksonville...Enjoy [...]
Historic Road Trip Explores Early Agricultural Boom
Southern Oregon Historical Society announces the spring Miles Through Time Road Trip exploring historic Jackson County orchards on Sunday, April 17, 2016. The Road Trip starts at 9am (site to be announced) and ends at [...]
Stories & Songs from the Civil War
JACKSONVILLE, OR—Historians have called the American Civil War “a musical war,” and Confederate General Robert E. Lee once remarked that without music, there would have been no army. On Sunday, April 10, 2016, folk singer [...]
Clink! A Taste of Oregon Wine exhibit to visit Medford, Oregon
Medford, Ore. – March 8, 2016– Celebrate the wonders of Oregon wine and the people who make it possible in Clink! A Taste of Oregon Wine, a traveling exhibition curated by the Oregon Historical Society [...]
SOHS Map Now Includes Historical Markers in Jackson County
The Southern Oregon Historical Society’s website now includes a map to a unique series of historical markers in Jackson County that were placed by the Society in the 1970s. All but the Tub Springs marker [...]
Lion Dance Clinic at the Rogue Valley Mall
The Southern Oregon Historical Society invites you to join them for Lion Dance Clinic on Sunday, March 13 at 1 pm at the Rogue Valley Mall. St. Mary’s students will teach observers how to perform [...]
Music in the Valley: Rogue Valley Fiddle Makers and Chinese Instruments
Music filled the Rogue Valley a century ago as it does today! On Saturday Feb. 27, 2016 from 10am-12pm at the downtown Medford History Center of the Southern Oregon Historical Society, Stephen Bacon of Bellwood [...]