Fort Rock Valley Homestead Museum
Fort rock valley homestead museum Before embarking on the cave tour we were guided through the fort rock valley homestead museum by its president jack swisher.
Fort rock valley homestead museum. It is well worth a visit not large but captures perfectly the life of the early settlers and what a tough life it was. The fort rock valley historical homestead museum is located in fort rock oregon united states. Museum hours the museum will open. Museum hours open april 15th t thru sept.
May 3 19 drove across from summer lake to view fort rock and glad we stopped at the homestead village museum. 14th thursday monday 10 am 4. Fort rock is located approximately 64 miles southeast of bend oregon just off highway 31. Opened in 1988 it is a collection of original homestead era early 1900s buildings including a church school houses homestead cabins and several other buildings assembled in a village setting.
According to the fort rock valley historical society. 2 the fort rock valley flourished briefly during the homestead period before world war i but little remains in the area today. 1 fort rock post office was established in 1908 1 under postmaster josiah thomas rhoton. The fort rock valley historical society founded in 1984 with eight charter members conceived the homestead village which opened in 1988 with two buildings the webster cabin and dr.
Homestead village museum points of interest in the area membership form about the buildings the book fort rock state narural area crack in the ground hole in the ground cabin lake guard. The museum consists largely of homestead era buildings that have been preserved. Where is fort rock valley homestead museum.