by Claudia Mize | Dec 18, 2025 | News
Bockius-Orr house is boasting its Christmas lights in the house, trees and yard. The party dresses, toys and other memorabilia are on display until January. If you plan to visit, be sure to call or email for holiday hours. Coming this spring, the “100 years of Wedding...
by Bill Beecher | Dec 18, 2025 | News
Bill Beecher, PVHA volunteer, and his wife, Inez, traveled to Uzbekistan recently. They want to share their experience with us. Here is their story: Inez and I had been studying the history of the Silk Road and were fascinated by all of it. So, we decided to...
by pvha | Nov 17, 2024 | News
Susan Jacobs received PVHA’s first Senior Historian Award in August. Susan is our in-house historian, who inspires and educates the volunteers. Growing up in Watsonville, she remembers much of the town’s history. Volunteers and visitors constantly go to her when they...
by pvha | Nov 3, 2024 | News
Displays are changed every three months thanks to Jodi Frensley and Virginia Avila and other volunteers. If you plan to come, be sure to check our holiday hours. Call or email for more information. Stunning Holiday Clothing Display: The Bockius-Orr house will be...
by Bill Beecher | Apr 25, 2024 | News
We have been busy at the Archive and have added and improved several areas. Over the years we have accumulated many maps. Over the last year we have completed digitizing all of the collection, now consisting of over 850 maps, the earliest from 1857. Watsonville...
by pvha | Nov 30, 2023 | News
The Bockius-Orr house, trees, and yard will be lit up for Christmas again this year. Drive by in the evening to see the beautiful lights between November 23 until January 1. (Time approx.. 5pm. – 10 p.m.) The Bockius-Orr house will also have a...
