Who Are Your Ancestors? Event Oct. 7, 2023
Join us for our next Who Are Your Ancestors? event on October 7, 2023, from 11:00-4:00 in the Cottage Grove Community Center’s Shepherd Room. The event is free and open Read More …
We’re on YouTube!
Check out our new CGGS YouTube channel! We have recordings of recent History Pub events, like this one from March 2023 featuring Dana Merryday on “The Currin Family, a Bridge Read More …
Upcoming History Pub Events, Fall 2023
October 10th – Hand-crank Twirler: The Byron Houck StoryHear everything about the legendary tale of Byron Houck, pitcher, cameraman for The General,salesperson, and service worker, whose local connection to Cottage Read More …
History Pub July 11: Her Story — Letitia Carson
History Pubs take place at the Axe and Fiddle in Downtown Cottage Grove on the 2nd Tuesday of the month. Join us on July 11, 2023, from 5-7 pm to hear Read More …
History Pub May 9: Curtis Irish, the Country Curator
History Pubs take place at the Axe and Fiddle in Downtown Cottage Grove on the 2nd Tuesday of the month. Join us on May 9, 2023, from 5-7 pm to hear Read More …
History Pub April 11: Hills Family History
History Pubs are back at the Axe and Fiddle in Downtown Cottage Grove on the 2nd Tuesday of the month. Join us on April 11, 2023, from 5-7 pm to hear Read More …
History Pub, Mar. 14, “The Currin Family: A Bridge to the Past”
History Pubs are back at the Axe and Fiddle in Downtown Cottage Grove on the 2nd Tuesday of the month. Join us on Mar. 14, 2023, from 5-7 pm to hear Read More …
History Pub, Feb. 14, “Old Time Romance in Cottage Grove”
History Pubs are back at the Axe and Fiddle in Downtown Cottage Grove! New date, 2nd Tuesday of the month. Join us on Feb. 14, 2023, from 5-7 pm to hear Read More …
New “Trees from the Grove” for 2022
Vol 35, No. 1-2 Jan-Jun 2022 and Vol 35, No. 3-4 Jul-Dec 2022, are the the newest issues of the CGGS newsletter “Trees from the Grove.” They are free to Read More …
CGGS Library Catalog is Now Online
Our library catalog is now live with over 1,000 records to search. This is just a fraction of the over 5,000 books, periodicals, maps, family histories, and reference sources we Read More …
