Clubs & Organizations

Office Hours: Monday - Friday, 8:30 am – 4:30 pm.  Serving: Jackson, Martin, Murray, Nobles, and Rock Counties

 Trail Update - Check our facebook page for current trail conditions!

The Big Bend Snow Riders snowmobile club maintains about 350 miles of trails in Cottonwood and Jackson counties. Our trails connect with Watonwan county to the east, the Iowa border to the south, Murray county to the west, and Brown county to the north. We also host parts of Minnesota corridor trails #8 and #9 in our county.

We are very pleased to be able to groom the trails in Jackson County this year and are working with a number of interested Jackson County snowmobile enthusiasts.  We have purchased and will be running 2 BR 350 groomers along with 1 10' drag and 1 12' drag.

Club meetings are scheduled for the first Monday of each month at the Phat Pheasant in Windom at 7:30PM.

Come on out to Fort Belmont Park and explore the re-creation of Fort Belmont, the surrounding buildings and prairie. Take a step into history; imagine living the life of a Southwestern Minnesota pioneer in the 1800's.  Fort Belmont is located in Jackson, MN, just south of Interstate 90 (Exit 73) and the US Highway 71 Intersection.

In 4-H, youth design and participate in their own programs and activities. This unique, learn-by-doing model teaches kids essential, transferrable skills that they'll use throughout their lives, such as problem solving, decision making, coping, communicating and responding to the needs of others.

Whether youth are building rockets, raising dairy cows, or writing musical plays, 4-H gives them the skills they need to succeed in life.

Check out our website for more information about Jackson County4-H!

Join other waterfowl hunters in your community and become a special breed of sportsman – a DU chapter volunteer! Help raise the primary funds that drive DU’s continental conservation efforts and make lasting friendships in the process.

• Help plan, organize, and host your local chapter events.
• Sell tickets to your fundraising events.
• Solicit donations for your fundraising events.
• Promote your events to other waterfowl hunters in your community.

The Jackson County Historical Society was originally started as the "Old Settlers' Association" 1925. The group continued to have annual picnics until 1929 and then languished. In 1946, Mr. A.E.F. Glaser and Ed Lafot called the group to reorganize and formed the Jackson County Historical Society affiliated with the Minnesota State Historical Society.

The JCHS is a 501(C)3 non-profit society. For a short time, the society used the farmers room at the county courthouse for meetings and it's display area. In 1950 the Halsten-Olson log cabin, donated by Mr. and Mrs. Osmund Halsten, was moved to the county fairgrounds (Jackson) by the society. In 1958 the District-5 schoolhouse followed. Until the 1970's these two buildings and the farmer's room contained the society's collections. A new building was sought when the Farmers Exchange building in Lakefield became available in 1974. Here, the museum has expanded to over 4500 sq feet of a climate-controlled area...with a large amount of display area and small amount of storage. With the help of the fair board, the society moved the Stall Church to the fairgrounds. Throughout the 1970's-80's the Holthe log cabin was rebuilt by the society, and many commemorative signs have been placed around the county.

Whenever a Lions club gets together, problems get smaller. And communities get better. That's because we help where help is needed – in our own communities and around the world – with unmatched integrity and energy.

All seniors are welcome to Senior Citizen Dining.  Meals are served Monday through Friday at 11:30 a.m. Please make meal reservations at least 1 day in advance by calling 847-5884.  Located at 300 Third Street next to the Jackson Public Library.

PAWS stands for Precious Animals Worth Saving.   We are a group of people working together to save as many animals as possible in the Jackson County area.  Meetings are normally held the second Tuesday of the month at 5:15 at the Jackson Public Library.   Check our website for adoption and foster care opportunities.