Kerbyville Museum

The Kerbyville Museum is located on Highway 199 in the historic town of Kerby, a town that got its start in the 1850's as a mining camp. It later became the county seat of Josephine County. Highway 199 follows the general route used by stage lines, ore wagons and other commerce traffic traveling between Grants Pass and the California coast in the early gold rush history of the region.

Historic buildings seen at the museum include the “William and Nanie Naucke House” listed on the National Register of Historic Places, a Blacksmith Shop, Grimmett Schoolhouse (one room school made of logs), and the recently constructed replica of a Native American Pit House modeled after structures used by the local Takilma (Dagelma) Tribe.

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