<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Jacksonville History Center | A Museum]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Jacksonville History Center connects visitors to our town's rich past through interactive exhibits, artifact displays, and multimedia stories.]]></description><link>https://www.jacksonvillemuseum.org/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 14:02:15 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.jacksonvillemuseum.org/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Artenicia Riddle]]></title><description><![CDATA[“Some of us wait for a “Plan B.” Artenicia experienced a “Plan B” life becoming an unanticipated pioneer and an unexpected 85-year-old movie star. In 1851, Artenicia Riddle was happily settled in Springfield, Illinois, married to John Chapman, boasting a 1-year-old son when her husband suddenly died—5 days before her parents were leaving for Oregon!  As a 21-year-old widow with a baby, she had few choices so scrambled to gather provisions and join them in the journey across the Oregon Trail. ...]]></description><link>https://www.jacksonvillemuseum.org/post/artenicia-riddle</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a146d99d681fe01d16898f4</guid><category><![CDATA[People]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2026 15:39:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b25bfe_85d85db80e524b3a8e0c9c1ce7c398d5~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>kgregg47</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hermann Von Helms]]></title><description><![CDATA[We knew that the Von Helms family, the original owners of Jacksonville’s 1860 Table Rock Billiard Saloon and the lovely 1878 Italianate style home at the corner of South Oregon and Pine streets, suffered several family tragedies.  Three daughters died in epidemics.  Another was murdered, but we’ve only recently come across more details.  Not that we would gossip, but…. It seems that daughter Anna had married Frederick B. Martin, a salesman for the Pacific Biscuit Company.  He was their...]]></description><link>https://www.jacksonvillemuseum.org/post/hermann-von-helms</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a146d99d681fe01d16898f5</guid><category><![CDATA[People]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2026 15:36:47 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b25bfe_58e553e681104ce4a825738dc5936fa3~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>kgregg47</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alice Applegate Sargent]]></title><description><![CDATA[Did you know that Alice Applegate Sargent was the first American woman to receive a full military funeral?  Her name should sound familiar. She was the daughter of Lindsey Applegate, who with his brother Jesse, created the Applegate Trail. Alice led an unconventional life.  After growing up in the toll house on the first toll road over the Siskiyous, she married Herbert Howland Sargent, a newly commissioned West Point graduate.  As a military wife, she accompanied Herbert on all his...]]></description><link>https://www.jacksonvillemuseum.org/post/alice-applegate-sargent</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a146d99d681fe01d16898f3</guid><category><![CDATA[People]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2026 15:34:19 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b25bfe_b9cfb4ba107f4299bfb0699bfe8aa2b8~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>kgregg47</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Masonic Hall]]></title><description><![CDATA[Jacksonville’s Warren Lodge No. 10 of the Ancient Free &#38;amp; Accepted Masons, founded in 1855, was the first Masonic order south of Salem to construct a meeting hall.  The original 1858 lodge building stood on the block now occupied by new City Hall (the historic County Courthouse).  The current Masonic temple at the corner of California and Oregon streets was constructed between 1874 and 1877 by brick mason George Holt.  Carpenter and builder David Linn added a “neat and substantial balcony.”...]]></description><link>https://www.jacksonvillemuseum.org/post/masonic-hall-4</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a13b697b883334b04e8d4dc</guid><category><![CDATA[Fraternal Organizations]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2026 02:15:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b25bfe_204a998e9d2b4f5782dfe20d464dfb57~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_550,h_550,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>kgregg47</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Matthew G. Kennedy]]></title><description><![CDATA[We’re back to our series of Jacksonville “firsts.”  This time Historic Jacksonville, Inc. is highlighting one of the Valley’s earliest pioneers, Mathew G. Kennedy.  Kennedy had arrived in “Table Rock City” in 1852—at the time little more than a rowdy mining camp.  In early 1853, he was appointed town constable at the ripe old age of 23 and became the first elected Sheriff of Jackson County later that year. However, that was not the only “first” to Kennedy’s credit.  Kennedy was the first...]]></description><link>https://www.jacksonvillemuseum.org/post/matthew-g-kennedy</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a136f84996c7eef5078a667</guid><category><![CDATA[Government]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 24 May 2026 21:33:31 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b25bfe_b423db73e00948379f5923a102e40288~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>kgregg47</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jacksonville Marble Works]]></title><description><![CDATA[Stone mason J.C. Whipp came to Jacksonville from Portland in 1883 to build the foundation for Jackson County’s historic courthouse, including laying its cornerstone. He opened his Jacksonville Marble Works around 1885. They were originally located “just north of town,” but after the 1888 fire destroyed David Linn’s furniture factory, he moved them to the corner of California and Oregon streets. Whipp was described as “doing the best of work,” and having “no peer in this part of the state.”...]]></description><link>https://www.jacksonvillemuseum.org/post/jacksonville-marble-works</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a135ec1d681fe01d166bf93</guid><category><![CDATA[Commerce]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 12:10:58 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b25bfe_17e8390fc3e64be8826534648292e6fe~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>kgregg47</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happy Alpaca]]></title><description><![CDATA[Early in 1852, soon after news of the gold discovery in Jacksonville spread to California, Kenny and Appler, two packers from Yreka, established the first trading post on this site.  They stocked it with a few tools, clothing, boots, “black strap” tobacco, and a liberal supply of whiskey, essential items for an infant gold mining camp. By 1856, their tent had been replaced by a wooden store and then by a brick storehouse.  In 1860, merchants Abraham and Newman Fisher acquired this prime...]]></description><link>https://www.jacksonvillemuseum.org/post/happy-alpaca</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a0b2b8f1be9ecc9d38a8e99</guid><category><![CDATA[Commercial]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 12:06:19 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/56f99f_e2d78264bbdf43069c481986b07619ae~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Alicia Nagel</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kahler Home #2]]></title><description><![CDATA[Kahler Home #2 Robert Kahler was part of a prominent Southern Oregon family whose “doings” were frequently reported in the press.  In 1852, the Kahler family had emigrated from Ohio, settling on a donation land claim near Fort Lane in Jackson County (later Camp White during WWII and now the White City Veterans facility).  Robert was one of 3 sons who became prominent Jacksonville residents.  He was a successful druggist, selling not only drugs, but also books, stationery, paints, oils, and...]]></description><link>https://www.jacksonvillemuseum.org/post/kahler-home-2</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a0788100b9e4f37fd25aed0</guid><category><![CDATA[Homes]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2026 18:28:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/56f99f_b36caadb401b490dafe6956ddb96ce97~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Alicia Nagel</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[John Love House #1]]></title><description><![CDATA[John Love House #1 John Love was a successful tin and hardware merchant and one of Jacksonville’s first trustees.  He served on committees responsible for securing plans to build the town recorder’s office and fire station and inspecting and adopting the 1862 town plat.  But Love’s political interests were not limited to Jacksonville.  He played an active role in the regional Democratic Party and served as a Jackson County Commissioner from 1860 through 1866.  Love was also instrumental in...]]></description><link>https://www.jacksonvillemuseum.org/post/john-love-house-1</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a0788100b9e4f37fd25aed2</guid><category><![CDATA[Homes]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2026 18:23:22 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/56f99f_b5a7781e79114c95be46a03c1662fca4~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Alicia Nagel</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>