COMING EVENTS & Announcements
2025 Dues are $10 Per Person for the Year
April 10, 2025: How To Do Your Own Research with the California Digital Newspaper Collection
March 13, 2025: History of Banning-Idyllwild Road and Lake Fulmor
Annual membership dues for the San Gorgonio Pass Historical Society are $10 per person per year. A lifetime membership is $100. Dues may be paid at any of our meetings or events. Or, you may mail your check made out to the San Gorgonio Pass Historical Society, and send it to
San Gorgonio Pass Historical Society
P.O. Box 331
Beaumont CA 92223
All are welcome to join.
March 13, 2025: History of Banning-Idyllwild Road and Lake Fulmor
April 10, 2025: How To Do Your Own Research with the California Digital Newspaper Collection
March 13, 2025: History of Banning-Idyllwild Road and Lake Fulmor
On Thursday, March 13, 2025,
7 p.m., the San Gorgonio Pass Historical Society will present the history of the Banning-Idyllwild Road and Lake Fulmor. The program will be presented by Riverside County historian Steve Lech at the Beaumont Woman's Club Community Center, 306 E. 6th St., Beaumont. It's free, and all are welcome!
April 10, 2025: How To Do Your Own Research with the California Digital Newspaper Collection
April 10, 2025: How To Do Your Own Research with the California Digital Newspaper Collection
April 10, 2025: How To Do Your Own Research with the California Digital Newspaper Collection
On Thursday, April 10, 2025, 7 p.m., learn how to do your own research on the California Digital Newspaper Collection's online archive, which includes our local newspapers across many decades added to the archive in the last few years, such the March 5, 1908, Banning Record pictured here. The program will be led by Brian Geiger, director
On Thursday, April 10, 2025, 7 p.m., learn how to do your own research on the California Digital Newspaper Collection's online archive, which includes our local newspapers across many decades added to the archive in the last few years, such the March 5, 1908, Banning Record pictured here. The program will be led by Brian Geiger, director of the UC Riverside Center for Bibliographical Study and Research. Location: Beaumont Woman's Club Community Center, 306 E. 6th St., Beaumont. It's free, and all are welcome!
May 10, 2025: Walking Tour of Historical Downtown Beaumont and History of Beaumont program
May 10, 2025: Walking Tour of Historical Downtown Beaumont and History of Beaumont program
April 10, 2025: How To Do Your Own Research with the California Digital Newspaper Collection
On Saturday, May 10, 2025, (time to be announced) the San Gorgonio Pass Historical Society conduct a walking tour of downtown Beaumont in the morning followed by a joint history talk with the Beaumont Woman's Club and the city's early days. Location: Beaumont Woman's Club Community Center, 306 E. 6th St., Beaumont. It's free, and all are welcome!
June 12, 2025: Meeting of the San Gorgonio Pass Historical Society
May 10, 2025: Walking Tour of Historical Downtown Beaumont and History of Beaumont program
September 11, 2025: Meeting of the San Gorgonio Pass Historical Society
On Thursday, June 12, 2025, 7 p.m., the San Gorgonio Pass Historical Society will meet at the Beaumont Woman's Club Community Center, 306 E. 6th St., Beaumont. It's free, and all are welcome!
September 11, 2025: Meeting of the San Gorgonio Pass Historical Society
May 10, 2025: Walking Tour of Historical Downtown Beaumont and History of Beaumont program
September 11, 2025: Meeting of the San Gorgonio Pass Historical Society
On Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025, 7 p.m., the San Gorgonio Pass Historical Society will meet at the Beaumont Woman's Club Community Center, 306 E. 6th St., Beaumont. It's free, and all are welcome!
October 9, 2025: Meeting of the San Gorgonio Pass Historical Society
On Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025, 7 p.m., the San Gorgonio Pass Historical Society will meet at the Beaumont Woman's Club Community Center, 306 E. 6th St., Beaumont. It's free, and all are welcome!
November 13, 2025: Meeting of the San Gorgonio Pass Historical Society
On Thursday, Nov. 13, 2025, 7 p.m., the San Gorgonio Pass Historical Society will meet at the Beaumont Woman's Club Community Center, 306 E. 6th St., Beaumont. It's free, and all are welcome!
December 11, 2025: Meeting of the San Gorgonio Pass Historical Society
December 11, 2025: Meeting of the San Gorgonio Pass Historical Society
On Thursday, Dec. 11, 2025, 7 p.m., the San Gorgonio Pass Historical Society will meet at the Beaumont Woman's Club Community Center, 306 E. 6th St., Beaumont. It's free, and all are welcome!
ABOUT US
Our meetings
Sharing and preserving local history
Focus on the pass area
An all-volunteer organization, the San Gorgonio Pass Historical Society meets the second Thursday evening of each month, September through June. Meetings are free and open to all members and nonmembers.
Focus on the pass area
Sharing and preserving local history
Focus on the pass area
Founded in 1989, the San Gorgonio Pass Historical Society explores the history of Banning, Beaumont, Cabazon, Cherry Valley and
San Timoteo Canyon.
Sharing and preserving local history
Sharing and preserving local history
Sharing and preserving local history
The San Gorgonio Pass Historical Society educates the community about the pass area’s rich history and collects historical and current items of all sorts for our archive.
Contact us
For news & historical facts, join our Facebook page: San Gorgonio Pass Historical Society
Society membership is $10 per person, per year.
Mail check to P.O. Box 331, Beaumont, CA 92223
