Heather Paladini will present a tale of the local figures connected to her home in Williams – a farmhouse built in 1900 on one of the original homesteads of the Applegate Valley.
Beginning with the discovery of a letter and century-old postcard in the house, Heather will follow the lives of the people who called this land home a hundred years ago. This includes the story of the murder of Antone Joseph, a Portuguese immigrant and gold miner who held the original homestead certificate for the parcel of land on which the house was built.
Heather Paladini moved to the Applegate Valley in 2023 from Olympia, WA. A writer, naturalist, bird and pollinator enthusiast, and artist, Heather stays busy both on her property and in the local community. She owns and operates Wild Oak Preschool on her homestead property, volunteers with A Greater Applegate, and runs a children’s program for the Williams and Applegate farmers markets.
The monthly Windows in Time lunchtime lectures feature well-known writers and historians and bring alive the people, values, and events that shaped our southern Oregon heritage. Lectures are jointly sponsored by the Southern Oregon Historical Society (SOHS) and Jackson County Library Services. Programs are presented in Medford (first Wednesdays, in-person and online) and again in Ashland (second Wednesdays, in-person). Registration is only required to attend the Zoom version of Medford’s program. Recordings of Medford presentations are available on the JCLS Beyond YouTube channel.
