The Douglas County Board of Commissioners Chris Boice, Tim Freeman, and Tom Kress, in conjunction with the Douglas County Museum of History and Natural History and the Douglas County Museum Foundation are pleased to announce the re-publication and ex...
A new traveling exhibit from The Letitia Carson Legacy Project and Oregon Black Pioneers honoring the life of one of Oregon’s first African American p...
In 1912, Gilbert Finlay and Jack Wharton made a trip from Roseburg to Crater Lake on horseback over the course of a few weeks. Gilbert Finlay's writte...
The following is a cherished family letter that my great-grandfather wrote to his brother Gordon recounting his 105-mile trip from Roseburg to Crater ...
Built to carry out research on Crater Lake, a 900 pound, 26-foot long boat called Cleetwood and two skiffs traveled by train on July 1, 1886 from Port...
The Lone Rock Bridge on Highway 138 sits over the North Umpqua River in Glide, Oregon. The bridge was built in 1954 as a replacement for the previous ...
Over 85 years ago, on Weds, 11 December 1935, at 3:30 PM from the basement of the Umpqua Hotel, Douglas County’s very first FCC licensed radio station...
John Emmitt was widely known in Douglas County, in the late 1850s until his death. A man of sterling worth and excellent judgment, he was a leader in...
