[Heritage] Oregon Heritage News 2006-07-11

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In this issue:
1.  Meeker caravan to visit The Dalles
2.  Advisory panelists sought for Oregon history series
3.  Early Oregon treasurer being honored
4.  Finns, Kalapuyas to be featured


MEEKER CARAVAN TO VISIT THE DALLES

The Wasco County Historical Society will welcome the Ezra Meeker
Historical Society to The Dalles at 1 p.m. July 23 with a potluck
luncheon in the city park at 5th and Union streets. The Ezra Meeker
Historical Society has arranged for re-enactors of the 1906 trip when
Ezra Meeker participated in dedicating a monument in the park. 

The Meeker group is stopping in four Oregon locations with The Dalles
being the first stop. About 6:30 p.m. July 23 there will be a
presentation by the Meeker group at The
Columbia Gorge Discovery Center in The Dalles. For more information,
telephone 541-296-8600.

There is also an  Ezra Meeker exhibit in the Original Wasco County
Courthouse, on West 2nd Place, located south of the Chamber of Commerce
building in The Dalles. Summer hours are 11 a.m.-3 p.m.
Wednesday-Saturday. The exhibit is upstairs and not wheelchair
accessible. For more information, contact 541-296-4798

For more information about the Meeker activities, contact 541-296-8511
or The Dalles Area Chamber of Commerce 541-296-2231 ext. 21;
tdacc at gorge.net <mailto:tdaccc at gorge.net>


ADVISORY PANELISTS SOUGHT FOR OREGON HISTORY SERIES

Southern Oregon Public Television is seeking people with an interest in
serving on an advisory panel for its Oregon History series.

SOPTV is currently working on "Timber: The Life and Times of Oregon
Logging," which has received a matching grant from the Oregon Heritage
Commission.  A summary of the program is attached.  If you have thoughts
or ideas about this production, please contact Brad Fay at 541-779-0808
or bfay at soptv.org

"Timber" and the other programs are part of a multi-year production
plan to tell the stories of Oregon with a particular focus on southern
Oregon history.  SOPTV see these programs as fulfilling its mission to
"connect our community" and provide an educational resource for teaching
Oregon history in the classroom. If you are interested in serving on the
advisory committee, contact Dotti Wilson, SOPTV, 34 S. Fir St., Medford
OR 97501


EARLY OREGON TREASURER BEING HONORED

Mission Mill Museum in Salem is honoring early state treasurer John
Boon with a series of activities this week. John Boon arrived in Salem
in 1845. He was a businessman with a mercantile and interests the
production of Salem's first woolens, electricity and ice. Prior to
currency, trade was the way of the land. Early fur trappers connected to
the Hudson's Bay Co. roamed the region in search of the best pelts for
the trade.

Mission Mill Museum has partnered with the Office of State Treasurer
Randall Edwards and SELCO Community Credit Union with support from the
City of Salem TOT
special project grant program and the South Salem Rotary to explore
trade and money in the Northwest. 

Historical items from the Treasurer's office will on display during
regular museum hours through July 15. At noon July 12 there will be a
program "The Price is Wrong Game Show" designed for teens that to be
successful in their financial transactions. Beginning at 10 a.m. July
13-July 15, a living history program "Les Engages de le Departement
Colombie" will present the life of trappers and traders of the Hudsons
Bay Co. who passed through the Salem area in 1826. 

Mission Mill Museum's Family Fun Saturday from 11am-1pm July 15 will
focus on bullwhacker, an old-time game using coins. Wrapping up the
week's events will be a speech at noon July 15 by State Treasurer
Randall Edwards on "The Treasurer's Office Today: From Oregon's Historic
Quarter to Technology-Driven Global Business". 

For more information, call 503-585-7012 or visit the website
www.missionmill.org <http://www.missionmill.org/> 


FINNS, KALAPUYAS TO BE FEATURED

Two different cultures in Oregon, the Kalapuyas and the Finns,  will be
featured later this month. 

The lives of Finns in the lower Columbia River region will be the focus
of FinnFest USA '06 taking place July 26-30 in Astoria and Naselle,
Wash.

Panel discussions, exhibits, plays, films and other activities are
planned. Panel discussions include cannery life and fishing on the lower
Columbia, historic architecture, and a community oral history project.
Exhibits will be at the Clatsop County Heritage Museum and the Columbia
River Maritime Museum. Films will include "Remembering Uniontown." For
more information, contact 1-800-851-3466 or www.finnfest2006.org 

Kalapuya Culture Day will take place from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. July 26 at the
Benton County Historical Museum, 1101 Main St., Philomath. Kalapuya
storyteller Esther Stutzman, Kalapuya flute player Jan Michael Looking
Wolf Reibach, and art, science, and ecology activities for the entire
family will be presented. Kalapuya Culture Day is made possible by the
support of the Benton County Foundation, the Wheeler Family Fund and the
Benton County Historical Society. For more information contact the
museum at 541-929-6230 or visit www.bentoncountymuseum.org   
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