Jacksonville is one of the most historically significant communities in the western United States. Filled with historical landmarks this town offers visitors to share in the experience of a bygone era. J acksonville is filled with antique and specialty shops, cozy inns, museums, fine restaurants and other historic attractions. People from all over come to dine in Rogue Valley's best restaurants still in the original brick and wood. There are a selection a galleries, bookstores, boutiques and gold prospect shops.
Visitors can come see exhibits and collections of yesteryears.
More than 80 individual buildings are on the National Register or Historic Places. I n 1966, the entire town of Jacksonville was designated a National Register of Historic landmark by the U.S. Department of the Interior. In the early years Gold was discovered in the Oregon territory at Rich Gulch in 1851. Miners flocked to the Rogue Valley from everywhere to seek their fortune. Within months, thousands were scoring the hills hoping to stake a claim.