COMING EVENTS & Announcements
2025 Dues are $10 Per Person for the Year
May 3-4, 2025: Historical Society Exhibit on Display at Gilman Ranch Wild West Festival
May 3-4, 2025: Historical Society Exhibit on Display at Gilman Ranch Wild West Festival
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.
May 3-4, 2025: Historical Society Exhibit on Display at Gilman Ranch Wild West Festival
May 3-4, 2025: Historical Society Exhibit on Display at Gilman Ranch Wild West Festival
May 3-4, 2025: Historical Society Exhibit on Display at Gilman Ranch Wild West Festival
On May 3-4, 2025, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., the San Gorgonio Pass Historical Society' history exhibit will be on display at the Gilman Ranch Wild West Festival. Come by and see us! There will be ranch house tours, a live old west encampment, food, music, crafts for sale, old time kids' crafts and games, and the wonderful Wagon Museum. Entry is $5 p
On May 3-4, 2025, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., the San Gorgonio Pass Historical Society' history exhibit will be on display at the Gilman Ranch Wild West Festival. Come by and see us! There will be ranch house tours, a live old west encampment, food, music, crafts for sale, old time kids' crafts and games, and the wonderful Wagon Museum. Entry is $5 per person or $10 per vehicle. Gilman Ranch is at 1901 W. Wilson St., Banning.
May 8, 2025: Visit the Historical Society Booth at Beaumont Nights Market
May 3-4, 2025: Historical Society Exhibit on Display at Gilman Ranch Wild West Festival
May 10, 2025: Walking Tour of Historical Downtown Beaumont and History of Beaumont Program
On Thursday, May 8, 2025, 5-9 p.m., the San Gorgonio Pass Historical Society have our mini exhibit on display at Beaumont Nights market. Come by and see us! The event is free and located on Beaumont Ave. between 6th St. and 8th St. Live music, tons of food vendors, and lots of crafts and other shopping. See you there! For more information, visit the Beaumont Nights website.
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
May 10, 2025: Walking Tour of Historical Downtown Beaumont and History of Beaumont Program
On Saturday, May 10, 2025, 10 a.m., the San Gorgonio Pass Historical Society will host a walking tour of downtown Beaumont (the route may also be driven) followed by a joint history talk at noon 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 a great family event. All are welcome!
May 29-June 1: Historical Society Exhibit on Display at the Beaumont Cherry Festival
May 10, 2025: Walking Tour of Historical Downtown Beaumont and History of Beaumont Program
May 29-June 1: Historical Society Exhibit on Display at the Beaumont Cherry Festival
On Thursday, May 29, through Sunday, June 1, 2025, the San Gorgonio Pass Historical Society's supersized history exhibit will be on display at the Beaumont Cherry Festival. Come by and see us! Location: Noble Creek Park, 390 Oak Valley Pkwy., Beaumont. Visit beaumontcherryfestival.org for hours and ticket prices!
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
May 29-June 1: Historical Society Exhibit on Display at the Beaumont Cherry Festival
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!
June 26, 2025: Visit the Historical Society Booth at Beaumont Nights Market
TBA: How To Do Your Own Research with the California Digital Newspaper Collection
TBA: How To Do Your Own Research with the California Digital Newspaper Collection
On Thursday, June 26, 2025, 5-9 p.m., the San Gorgonio Pass Historical Society have our mini exhibit on display at Beaumont Nights market. Come by and see us! The event is free and located on Beaumont Ave. between 6th St. and 8th St. Live music, tons of food vendors, and lots of crafts and other shopping. See you there! For more information, visit the Beaumont Nights website.
TBA: How To Do Your Own Research with the California Digital Newspaper Collection
TBA: How To Do Your Own Research with the California Digital Newspaper Collection
TBA: How To Do Your Own Research with the California Digital Newspaper Collection
To be announced: 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 as the March 5, 1908, Banning Record pictured here. The program will be led by Brian Geiger, director of the UC Riversi
To be announced: 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 as 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!
September 11, 2025: Meeting of the San Gorgonio Pass Historical Society
TBA: How To Do Your Own Research with the California Digital Newspaper Collection
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
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
November 13, 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
