The Benton County Genealogical Society offers a free program from 10:30am-Noon following the 10:30am General Meeting, 2nd Saturday of the month. Everyone is welcome to attend!
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Saturday 14 Sep 2024
10:30am – Membership Meeting and 11am guest speaker Jessica Hougen, Executive Director of the Benton County Historical Society/Museums. She will discuss the plans for the
Philomath Museum and Annex building. Watch for an update.
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Saturday Oct 12, 2024
We will meet at the Annex building-10:30am until we finish.
Coffee/water and sweets will be provided.
We have a membership meeting and discuss our plans for moving out of the Annex
to the 3rd floor of the Historical Society building next door. Preliminary plans are
to be moved by the end of this December. We need your feedback/support and suggestions.
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Saturday November 9th
Seating available at 10:30AM with speaker starting at 11am
Our members meeting will be at the Annex after the guest speaker
finishes at Noon.
T. J. Starker: Forester, Public Citizen
SPEAKER: William G. Robbins Lecture-11am-Noon
William G. Robbins is an Emeritus Distinguished Professor of History at Oregon State University and the author of many books on Oregon and the Pacific Northwest, including Hard Times in Paradise: Coos Bay, Oregon, 1850-1986, A Place for Wonder: The Andrews Forest and Benton’s Story: An Oregon County History. Copies of Robbins’ books are available in the museum stores.
“T.J.” Starker was an Oregon original.
His life and activities provide guideposts to understanding the evolution of forest science and forest practices in the Douglas fir region during the first sixty years of the twentieth century. A graduate in the first class of forestry students from Oregon Agricultural College, his varied career included employment with the Forest Service, the Western Pine Association, Oregon Agricultural College/Oregon State College (1922-1942), and then managing his growing forestry estate. T. J. Starker’s extensive community activities involved service on the Corvallis School Board, the local draft board, helping develop and serving on city and county parks boards, heading up fund raising to save the local hospital, and overseeing construction of the new First Congregational Church. He was also a significant participant in local real estate. Today Starker Forests, Inc., under the third and fourth generations, manages more than 95,000 acres.
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Saturday, 14 Dec 2024
10:30am-Noon After a short business meeting – (Silent Auction-Moreland Gallery-Benton County Historical Society & Museum 2nd Floor)
Please consider donating an item and/or your super cake/pie/cookies, come and bid for a special item.
Bids will close about 11:30.
A Potluck will be held Noon -1PM- at the Annex Building (that will be open by 10:30 to drop off your potluck food)
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Saturday 11 January 2025
No speaker-Transition time to move our Library
from the annex building to the 3rd floor of the
Benton County Historical Society/Museum
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Saturday – 8 Feb 2025
Free Program – 11am-Noon
Our fellow member: Susan Hayes will speak on her
Genealogy trip to Germany- More info later.
Benton County Historical Society Museum
Moreland Gallery-2nd Floor