MEDFORD, Ore. – The Southern Oregon Historical Society plans on making its downtown Medford building into a public event center. SOHS said the historic building at the corner of North Central Avenue and E 6th Street was originally built for ...

MEDFORD, Ore. —After over a year of being closed due to the pandemic, the Southern Oregon Historical Society is reopening its library June 1st. It contains one of Oregon’s largest collections of historic literature and photographs. The research library and ...

MEDFORD, Ore. – The Southern Oregon Historical Society is getting a new executive director, just in time for the organization’s 75th year. Former Executive Director of Jefferson Public Radio, Ron Kramer, is now taking the lead for SOHS. His long ...

MEDFORD, Ore. – The Southern Oregon Historical Society is going back in time to inform people on a previous pandemic. A little over 100 years ago the world and the Rogue Valley, was rocked by the Spanish Flu. Now, the ...

MEDFORD, Ore. — Southern Oregon Historical Society (SOHS) offers free tours of the library archive every Saturday at 2 p.m. and 3 p.m. Thousands of photos, manuscripts, journals, maps, and more are made accessible to those interested.  The library is one of ...

Medford, Ore. — The Southern Oregon Historical Society is partnering with the Jackson County library system to give you more access to its collection. With tens of thousands of photos, manuscripts,  journals and maps, the Southern Oregon Historical Society has a ...

Medford, Ore.- Two empty buildings in Medford could soon be back in use. Thursday night, Medford City Councilors heard from a handful of organizations that are interested in purchasing the Carnegie Building and Fire Station Two are both up for ...

Medford, Ore.–The Southern Oregon Historical Society is getting closer to bringing the “Amphibious Fire Engine” to operational order. Volunteers working whenever they can have made progress on the engine such refurbishing the windshield wiper, restoring the fire extinguisher and rebuilding ...

Medford, Ore.– A historical fire truck from 1946 is attempting get up and running, but it needs your help. The Southern Oregon Historical Society showcased the long forgotten Ashland “amphibious truck” today during an open house. The reason for the ...

Jackson County, Ore. — Jackson County voters will have another tax to decide on come November. The Jackson County Board of Commissioners will place a proposal on the ballot to help keep the Southern Oregon Historical Society afloat. The proposal ...

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