History – News & Events
Register NOW for Living History Days at Hanley Farm!
Hanley Farm is pleased and excited to announce Living History Days! The Cascade Civil War Society has teamed with the Southern Oregon Historical Society to present this wonderful event at Hanley Farm. So much will [...]
Time Travel to 1932 via Jacksonville Living History!
Step back in time on Saturday, June 20, 2015, when Historic Jacksonville, Inc. brings the 1873 Cornelius C. Beekman House to life with Living History Tours at 12 noon, 1:30 pm and 3 pm. The [...]
Airing the Quilts: Stories from Quilts of the Rogue Valley
Tales from the Collections Quilts tell many stories. They are the stories and memories and love, quilts made by women, mostly unnamed. Nell Mathern tells the history of quilts in Airing the Quilts: Stories from [...]
Victorian Hobbies & Crafts at Jacksonville’s Historic Beekman House
Join Historic Jacksonville, Inc. and local craft guilds for an afternoon of Victorian Hobbies & Crafts from 12 noon to 4 pm on Saturday, June 13, at the historic 1873 Beekman House located at 470 [...]
Jacksonville History Saturday
Saturday, May 9, 2015 is Jacksonville History Saturday! Visitors, residents, historians, and the generally “curious” can learn about Victorian Etiquette in Jacksonville’s pioneer cemetery, go behind the counter of the second oldest bank in the [...]
Rare Tours of Beekman Bank Interior!
Step into the interior of the second oldest bank in the Pacific Northwest when Historic Jacksonville, Inc. opens the 1863 Beekman Bank beginning May 9th for “Behind the Counter Tours” on the second Saturday of [...]
SOHS Presents: Women of the Land – Southern Oregon Women in Agriculture
The Southern Oregon Historical Society will open a major new exhibition of artifacts, photographs, and stories illustrating the role of women in agriculture in Southern Oregon in a space donated by Rogue Valley Mall. The [...]
Safety of Jacksonville’s historic U.S. Hotel subject of debate
By Tony Boom for the Mail Tribune Posted Jan. 13, 2015 @ 5:51 pm Updated Jan 13, 2015 at 9:56 PM A local history buff says the iconic Jacksonville building is in trouble, but others [...]
SOHS Returns Native American Remains to Tribe
A major milestone has recently been met by the Southern Oregon Historical Society. After 27 years of effort by various SOHS staff members, the Snavely collection ( Native American human remains and associated grave goods [...]
A New “Olde Christmas” at the Historic Hanley Farmhouse
Milestone in Hanley Restoration - Southern Oregon Historical Society's (SOHS) Associate Curator of Collections, Tina Reuwsaat, a decorative arts historian who specializes in recreating original period furnishing plans for historic interiors, has overseen the completion [...]