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Lane County History Museum

Name: Lane County History Museum
Address: 740 W 13th Avenue, Eugene, OR, 97402, US
Telephone: +15416824242
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Lane County History Museum

Hours:
Thursday - Saturday
10AM-6PM. Admissions Costs: Always FREE Mailing address:
PO Box 5407
Eugene, OR 97405

09/05/2026

Rainy days are here again! Time to look at what kinds of fun stuff can be done inside... We suggest a trip to your local museum for a browse and then pick up something fun to do at home!

Have you tried a 3-D puzzle?

09/04/2026

Just when I think the Victorian's can't surprise me anymore... I come across something that makes me shake my head. The Broom Drill Girls were young women/girls who used brooms (instead of ri**es, because they were 'too dangerous for women/girls') as part of their marching and synchronized exercise routine in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Women/girls were thought to be too delicate (physically and mentally) to handle guns and intensive physical activity.

These drills were frequently organized by schools, churches, temperance movements, or local civic societies as a form of healthy exercise, discipline, and entertainment for community festivals.

I wonder what the Victorians would think of our lady Olympians these days?

Photo: GN4765 - June 13, 1896. The Broom Drill Girls pose, holding broom handles, at Pleasant Hill picnic. Young women wear white blouses and long dark skirts; young men are in background next to hedge.

09/03/2026

The tradition of selling fresh food on the corners of 8th and Oak has been happening for more than 100 years.

Photo GN2452: Henry C. Cook's vegetable stall in Eugene's first Producer's Market, held on the northwest corner of 8th Avenue and Oak Street in the Eugene City Park Blocks. Scene shows Cook with his three children inside the vegetable stall; Lane County Courthouse can be seen in background, left.

09/02/2026

Wheels are handy for all kinds of things, not just transportation. In this case, this is a large wheel inside of the Booth Kelly Lumber Mill in Wendling, OR circa 1900.

Wendling was a company town built for the lumber mill. The original plan was use the Mohawk River to float logs to a new mill near Coburg. But that didn't sit well with other companies, so they built the mill out there and had the train come to them. The railroad was finished and the first train came into Wendling on September 3, 1900.

Photo HR 35: Interior of Booth Kelly sawmill at Wendling. Large revolving metal wheel in foreground; several workers can be seen in the background.

09/01/2026

Began as an idea to promote the then isolated coastal community, the first Rhododendron Festival was a huge success. And still is 118 years later!

Did you know that the original event has a tie to Eugene? Joaquin Miller, the "Poet of the Sierras," grew up near Eugene, attended Columbia College, and lived in the area off and on through his life.

Photo GN11130: First Rhododendron Festival at Florence, Oregon, in 1908. The photograph shows the coronation by Joaquin Miller, "poet of the Sierras," of the first Queen of the festival and her court. From left to right, participants were Dr. George P. Edwards (mayor of Florence), princesses Ella Wilson and Hazel Weatherson, Leah Tanner, Queen Laura Johnson, Joaquin Miller and princesses Ethel Munroe, Flossie Chapman and Dena Schreuder."

08/31/2026

Love this photo of these three baseball players and their dog. I wonder what position the dog played?

Photo GN5883: Circa 1915. Three Oakridge baseball players pose with mitts and dog on school grounds in Oakridge. Left to right are Bill Michael, an unknown boy and Raymond Dunning. Schoolhouse with belfry is in the background.

08/29/2026

Have you been watching the new Little House on the Prairie adaption? Or are you just going to stick with the original? Either way, we have a couple of items in our gift shop that might enhance your watching experience!

08/28/2026

It's nearly back to school time... our social feeds will start filling up with bts photos in just a matter of days. So much different for these Junction City kids. What do you want to bet that some of these ninth graders never had a photo taken outside of school until they got older?

Photo GN5571: Circa 1904. Junction City 9th grade public school class. Members pose on school steps with principal, Ed E. Orton.

08/27/2026

As a native of Lane County, I have always LOVED our covered bridges..... heck I was married on one! So when I saw this one I was excited! I had no idea this one existed.. and it is of course by Lord Nels Roney (SMJ's builder!) It's even more fun because there were famous warning signs painted on it that imposed a $25 fine for moving faster than a walk or driving more than 10 head of cattle/horses across at once. Who even policed that? And $25 was a LOT of money back then!

Photo WR49: Circa 1885. Creswell or Cloverdale covered bridge across the Coast Fork of the Willamette River between the towns. View of long, windowless bridge built by L.N. Roney in 1884. Men at bridge entrance are identified left to right as L.N. Roney, George Petty, John Winzenreld and Gov. John Whiteaker. The Bridge was torn down in 1931.

Address

740 W 13th Avenue
Eugene, OR
97402

Opening Hours

Thursday	10am - 6pm
Friday	10am - 6pm
Saturday	10am - 6pm

Telephone

+15416824242

Website

http://lchm.org/

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