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50th Anniversary Sponsor & Volunteer Thank You Dinner

Saturday August 1st, Coiner Park
Festivities start at 4:00pm
Dinner Served at 6:00pm
RSVP: Sharon 942-5064
thank-you-2009 (pdf)

Train Rides

Monday, July 13 - Sunday, July 14

Coiner Park
The arrival of the railroad in Oregon opened wide the door to settlement of one of America’s newest states in the 1870s.  The establishment of a railroad linking Cottage Grove to the Bohemia Mining District provided a safer, faster and more economical way to deliver supplies to the [...]

Horse-drawn Wagon Rides

Thursday, July 16
Downtown Historic District - See Map

Friday, July 17  &  Saturday, July 18
Coiner Park  -  See Map
The pioneers seeking a better life traveled for months on wagons containing their most important possessions and essential supplies. Use your imagination to travel back in time by climbing aboard this horse-drawn wagon during Thursday’s Downtown Golden [...]

Martial Arts Demonstration

Saturday, July 18  -  11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Coiner Park Gazebo Main Stage - See Map
Cottage Grove’s local martial arts academy students demonstrate traditional Taekwondo forms, with weapons, sparring and board breaking. Spectators will also have the opportunity to learn some basics, too!
For additional information call [541] 942-0215
To visit Baker’s ATA Martial Arts Academy website [...]

BMD Ice Cream Social

Friday, July 17  -  4-8 p.m.
Cottage Grove First Presbyterian Church
216 S. Third Street - See Map
According to church records, the first community ice cream social hosted by the First Presbyterian Church was in 1892. The Presbyterian Ladies’ Aid Society meeting minutes recorded they would service ice-cream, strawberries, and lemonade (No small feat in the days [...]

BMD Annual Chicken BBQ

Saturday, July 18  -  11 a.m. - 7 p.m. (or until the chicken runs out)
Trinity Lutheran Church
675 South 7th Street - See Map
Cooking chicken over an open fire has been a tradition in Oregon dating back to its territorial days as pioneers raised chickens for family meals. In that spirit, Trinity Lutheran Church celebrates its [...]

Oregon Aviation Museum

Friday, July 17  &  Saturday, July 18  -  10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
2475 Jim Wright Way (Formerly Thornton Lane) - See Map
Flight… the dream of mankind throughout recorded history became a reality in the 20th century. Oregonians established their place in the history books as this new form of transportation developed and that tradition of [...]

Oregon Antique & Classic Aircraft Club Fly-In

Friday, July 17  &  Saturday, July 18  -  10 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Oregon Aviation Museum
2475 Jim Wright Way - See Map
Look up in the skies over Cottage Grove during Bohemia Mining Days on Friday and Saturday to see antique and classic aircraft flying around. For a closer look, head to the Oregon Aviation Museum where [...]

Summer Concert in the Park - Slow Ponies

Wednesday, July 15  -  6:30-8 p.m.
Coiner Park Gazebo - See Map
Slow Ponies are a group of seven women from a Yoncalla family that has a long history dating back to the pre-statehood era. If you add together the ages of these seven women, what you get is 417 years — that’s a lot of woman [...]

Sounder

Friday, July 17  -  6:30 -8 p.m.
Coiner Park Gazebo Main Stage - See Map
Sounder is a performance group of entertainers/musicians who have combined experiences of around 200 years. Band members combine their talents for one goal: To provide quality entertainment in live performances. Sounder shows involve the audience and gets people up and dancing.
“We’re all [...]

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