A small band of volunteers threw on their work boots and old clothes Saturday and spent half the day tending to the final resting places of some former Rogue Valley residents who “reside” at the histo.
Meet the Pioneers living history tours return Friday and Saturday, Oct. 7-8 as a fundraiser for the Friends of Jacksonville’s Historic Cemetery, following a two-year pause amid the COVID-19 pandemic. .
Walks in the historic Jacksonville Cemetery by a local woman have led to placement of 11 storyboards that relate the history of individuals and families buried in the plots.
Dee Reynar has lived in Ja.
A large cross in the Catholic section of the Historic Jacksonville Cemetery has been restored under a volunteer effort led by local resident John Howell.
The cross has a new look with old-growth redw.
In a decision decades in the making, city officials have signed on to provide some needed attention for its long-languishing Central Point Masonic Cemetery.
While city crews have unofficially provided.