Category Archives: Table Rock Billiard Saloon Museum
Written on April 10, 2018 by Kenneth Gregg in History Trivia, Table Rock Billiard Saloon Museum
A museum has long been a feature of Jacksonville. The Table Rock Billiard Saloon, constructed in 1860 at 165 S. Oregon Street, was also Jacksonville's first museum. Saloonkeeper Herman Von Helms collected fossils and oddities to attract a clientele that then stayed for his lager. When the saloon closed in 1914, the Helms' "Cabinet of Curiosities" boasted a collection of artifacts valued at $50,000. It encompassed "every possible manner of relic…mutely telling pages in the early history of Jackson County." Highlights included the first piece of gold found in Jacksonville, a photo and piece of rope from a hanging, and the first billiard table in the Oregon Territory. The billiard table was twice the size of those used today and was transported in sections on pack horses from Crescent City, CA. Today the Table Rock Saloon is home to the Good Bean coffee house, but you can still enjoy some Jacksonville history in the form of the 19th Century photos decorating the walls.
"Behind the Counter" Tours"Behind the Counter" Tours
Explore the oldest bank in the Pacific Northwest, preserved as a museum since 1915. Over $40 million in gold crossed its counters during Jacksonville's gold mining heydays in the mid 1800s - equal to over $1 billion today. 11am - 4pm. Free. at 11:00 am
"Walk through History""Walk through History"
Trace Jacksonville history through its businesses, fraternal orders, churches, and public buildings from the discovery of gold to the coming of the railroad in these 1-hour walking tours leaving from Courthouse Square (North 5th between C and D streets) at 10 am every Saturday from June 1st through August 31st. FREE! at 10:00 am
"19th Century Family Life""19th Century Family Life"
Half hour tours beginning every 20 minutes from 11am to 3pm highlight the 1873 home of Jacksonville's most prominent pioneer family, the family members, and 19th Century Victorian life style. $3 at 11:00 am
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1932 Living History
19th Century Family Life
"Behind the Counter" Bank Tours
Haunted History
Pioneer History in Story & Song
Secrets & Mysteries of the Beekman Bank
Victorian Christmas
Walk through History
Beekman Bank Museum
Beekman House Museum
Pioneer Profiles
History Trivia
Victorian Hobbies & Crafts
Victorian Etiquette
Victorian Medical Practices
Travel in the Victorian Age