From heritage.info at state.or.us Tue May 3 10:21:59 2011 From: heritage.info at state.or.us (Heritage Info) Date: Tue, 03 May 2011 10:21:59 -0700 Subject: [Heritage] Oregon Heritage News 2011-05-03 References: <4DBA71E00200002900015A00@prd.state.or.us> <4DBA72E50200002900015A03@prd.state.or.us> <4DBE6E430200002900015A76@prd.state.or.us> <4DBFAD1B0200002900015AC9@prd.state.or.us> <4DBFAD7B0200002900015ACC@prd.state.or.us> <4DBFAD930200002900015ACF@prd.state.or.us> <4DBFB76B0200002900015AD2@prd.state.or.us> <4DBFD7470200002900015AE3@prd.state.or.us> Message-ID: <4DBFD747.95AF.0029.0@PRD.STATE.OR.US> In this issue: 1. Preservation league to announce endangered places list 2. Applications sought for community challenge 3. Tribal Government Day takes place May 13 at State Capitol 4. Tamastslikt to host history research session 5. Author to discuss Aurora research effort on May 7 PRESERVATION LEAGUE TO ANNOUNCE ENDANGERED PLACES LIST The Historic Preservation League of Oregon (HPLO) recently solicited nominations of historic properties in imminent danger of being lost to hard times, development pressures, demolition, or neglect from citizens around the state. HPLO will announce its first list of Oregon?s Most Endangered Places during a luncheon beginning at noon May 23 at the University Club, 1225 SW Sixth Ave., Portland. The listed properties include a cross-section of the built environment: residential and commercial, urban and rural, from Coos Bay to Baker City. New York Times best-selling author Steve Berry will speak on the value of historic preservation. For more information visit www.HistoricPreservationLeague.org or call (503) 243-1923. APPLICATIONS SOUGHT FOR COMMUNITY CHALLENGE Last summer, the National Trust for Historic Preservation launched the first This Place Matters Community Challenge ? with over 50,000 people participating and one historic place bringing home $25,000. Accepting only 100 participants this year, the Community Challenge offers three awards to help with anything from renovations to operating costs to the top three places with the most votes: first prize $25,000; second prize $10,000; and third prize $5,000. Participants must be 501(c)3 or non-taxable government entities. Applications will be accepted thru May 13. For an application or further information visit www.preservationnation.org/thisplacematters. TRIBAL GOVERNMENT DAY TAKES PLACE MAY 13 AT STATE CAPITOL The public is invited to participate in Tribal Government Day at the State Capitol from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. May 13. Presentations about "first foods" and sovereignty and resources will take place prior to a ceremony during which Gov. John Kitzhaber will declare May 9 - 15 as American Indian Week in Oregon. The ceremony will also commemorate the 15th anniversary of the signing of Executive Order 96-30 and the 10th anniversary of the passage of Oregon?s tribal government-to-state-government law. A buffet lunch will follow, hosted by the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde and Spirit Mountain Casino. For further information, visit http://www.leg.state.or.us/cis/tid/savethedate_2011.pdf or email the Legislative Commission on Indian Services at Cassandra.Ferder at state.or.us. TAMASTSLIKT TO HOST HISTORY RESEARCH SESSION Tamastslikt Cultural Institute will host a free public program at 6 p.m. May 12 by Gayle Seely on "Saving Our Stories." Seely, a Portland author, will discuss how to go about documenting family histories and incorporating stories of elders. For more information call (541) 966-9748 or visit www.tamastslikt.org. Located at 47106 Wildhorse Blvd within the Wildhorse Resort & Casino grounds, Tamastslikt can be reached via Exit 216 off I-84 or by following the brown heritage signs off Highway 11 onto Highway 331. AUTHOR TO DISCUSS AURORA RESEARCH EFFORT Author Jane Kirkpatrick will talk at 1 p.m. May 7 about her research into Emma Wagner Giesy, an Aurora Colony member, who died on May 17, 1916. Giesy is included Kirkpatrick's Change and Cherish Historical series. Kirkpatrick's talk will be followed by a visit to the Aurora cemetery. Aurora Mills was Oregon's first Christian communal society lasting until 1883. For reservations and information, contact the Old Aurora Colony Museum at 503-678-5754 or visit www.auroracolony.org -------------------------------------------------------------- Oregon Heritage News is a service of the Oregon Heritage Commission, which can be contacted at heritage.info at state.or.us From heritage.info at state.or.us Tue May 10 15:54:03 2011 From: heritage.info at state.or.us (Heritage Info) Date: Tue, 10 May 2011 15:54:03 -0700 Subject: [Heritage] Oregon Heritage News 2011-05-10 References: <4DC7930B0200002900015C2D@prd.state.or.us> <4DC7A3B30200002900015C32@prd.state.or.us> <4DC7AC040200002900015C42@prd.state.or.us> <4DC8FC580200002900015C8A@prd.state.or.us> <4DC95F9B0200002900015CA9@prd.state.or.us> Message-ID: <4DC95F9A.95AF.0029.0@PRD.STATE.OR.US> In this issue: 1. Yamhill district walking tour takes place Saturday 2. Albany, Bend hosting presentations this month 3. Conservation support grant applications available 4. Cultural Trust grant deadline nears 5. Two scholarships have end-of-month application deadlines YAMHILL DISTRICT WALKING TOUR TAKES PLACE SATURDAY A walking tour of Portland?s Yamhill Historic District will begin at 10 a.m. May 14. The district contains some of the earliest remaining buildings in downtown. Among them are 19th century buildings like the Poppleton, known for the whimsical faces on its upper fa?ade. Just beyond the boundaries of the district are several more architectural gems, designed by notable architects such as Warren H. Williams, Whidden and Lewis, David Lewis, and Cass Gilbert. This tour, developed by the Architectural Heritage Center's Morgen Young, explores the district's history and architecture and the nearby historic buildings of SW Second and Third avenues. For more information and registration, visit http://www.visitahc.org/node/470 ALBANY, BEND HOSTING PRESENTATIONS THIS MONTH Albany: Diane Goeres-Gardner will discuss "Emma Hannah & Other Murder Cases" at 2 p.m. May 15 at the Lakeside Center of the Mennonite Village, 2180 54th Ave. SE Albany. This Linn County Historical Society sponsored program is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Glenn Harrison at 541-619-7596. Bend: History Pub comes to McMenamins Old St. Francis School beginning May 24 courtesy the Des Chutes Historical Museum and The Oregon Encyclopedia. The first presentation at 6 p.m. by James Crowell is "The Compleat History of Bend: From Two-man Saws to Victoria?s Secret and Zip Lines." The Oregon Encyclopedia, a partnership of Portland State University, the Oregon Council of Teachers of English, and the Oregon Historical Society, is a comprehensive and authoritative compendium of information about Oregon's history and culture. The Des Chutes Historical Museum, operated by the Deschutes County Historical Society, is located at 129 NW Idaho Ave.,. For more information, visit www.deschuteshistory.org or call 541-389-1813. CONSERVATION SUPPORT GRANT APPLICATIONS AVAILABLE Conservation Project Support grant applications are available from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. The application deadline is Oct. 1. The grant amount can be up to $150,000, and museums may take up to two years to finish the grant-funded project. Support grants can fund conservation-related projects, including treatments, improvements of environmental conditions in storage or exhibition areas, and staff training in preventive conservation practices. The grants also can fund an assessment of collections conditions for a specific collection such as textiles or photographs, as well as general conservation assessments. For more information, visit http://www.imls.gov/applicants/grants/conservProject.shtm CULTURAL TRUST GRANT DEADLINE NEARS The Oregon Cultural Trust has a May 16 postmark deadline for FY 2012 Cultural Development grant applications. Oregon 501(c) (3) arts, heritage and humanities nonprofits are eligible to apply for funds to support projects of cultural significance taking place between August 1, 2011 - July 31, 2012. Funded projects are meant to bring cultural opportunities to more Oregonians, and to preserve and enhance important cultural assets. For more information, visit http://www.culturaltrust.org/ TWO SCHOLARSHIPS HAVE END-OF-MONTH DEADLINES The National Trust for Historic Preservation?s Diversity Scholarship Program will accept applications until June 1 for the National Preservation Conference, to be held Oct. 19-22 in Buffalo, N.Y. The program provides financial assistance to community leaders from diverse social, economic, racial, ethnic and cultural backgrounds to attend the National Preservation Conference. The National Trust seeks culturally diverse applicants whose attendance at the conference will benefit their communities and whose commitment to historic preservation will be reinforced by their participation. For program and application information, please visit http://www.preservationnation.org/resources/training/npc/diversity-scholarship-program/ or contact scholarship at nthp.org The Oregon State Historic Preservation Office will accept applications for the Elisabeth Potter Historic Preservation Education and Advocacy Award until May 31. This fund provides assistance to attend a historic preservation-related conference, seminar or workshop at locations across the U.S. For information and an application, visit http://www.oregon.gov/OPRD/HCD/docs/EWP_2011_app.pdf -------------------------------------------------------------- Oregon Heritage News is a service of the Oregon Heritage Commission, which encourages you to take part in Historic Preservation Month activities located at http://www.oregon.gov/OPRD/HCD/calendar.shtml From heritage.info at state.or.us Fri May 13 13:53:11 2011 From: heritage.info at state.or.us (Heritage Info) Date: Fri, 13 May 2011 13:53:11 -0700 Subject: [Heritage] Oregon Heritage News 2011-05-13 References: <4DCA3F430200002900015CC7@prd.state.or.us> <4DCA3F900200002900015CCA@prd.state.or.us> <4DCCF0EA0200002900015D7C@prd.state.or.us> <4DCCF3130200002900015D7F@prd.state.or.us> <4DCD37C70200002900015DA1@prd.state.or.us> Message-ID: <4DCD37C6.95AF.0029.0@PRD.STATE.OR.US> In this issue: 1. Historic building tours planned in Metro area 2. Portland to hold discussion on historic resource issues 3. Hide work to be demonstrated at Fort Clatsop 4. Anthropology open house scheduled at Southern Oregon University 5. Documentation program offered May 17 at Hood River County Museum 6. Shelton McMurphey Johnson House seeks administrative assistant HISTORIC BUILDING TOURS PLANNED IN METRO AREA The Oswego Heritage Council will conduct a tour of three historic homes, a studio and three commercial buildings beginning at 11 a.m., May 14. Particpants will receive a tour booklet with addresses of all seven sites at the Oswego Heritage House, 398 10th St, Lake Oswego. Call 503-635-6373 or visit www.oswegoheritage.org/events/hometour.html for further information. >From 10 a.m.- 4 p.m. May 21, tours of eight mid-century homes built by Robert Rummer will take place in the Oak Hills neighborhood. Encompassing 265 acres, Oak Hills was designed to foster an exceptional sense of community and affordable quality of life, and included a school, recreation center, church, and open space to serve residents. An illustrated lecture by Jack Bookwalter will present an overview of mid-century residential architecture as context for the work of Rummer and Eichler. Rummer himself will be in attendance to answer questions. Participants should enter the neighborhood at Northwest 153rd Avenue and Northwest Cornell Road. For more information and registration, visit http://www.historicpreservationleague.org/Event.php PORTLAND TO HOLD DISCUSSION ON HISTORIC RESOURCE ISSUES A facilitated discussion about historic resources in Portland?s Central City over the next 25 years will take place during the first of two symposia on historic resources, from 9 a.m.-noon on May 20 at the City of Portland Development Services building,1900 SW 4th Ave. Room 2500A. A follow up event will unveil findings from the initial discussion in June. For further information visit http://www.visitahc.org or call Nicholas Starin (503) 823-5837. HIDE WORK TO BE DEMONSTRATED AT FORT CLATSOP Bob and Gayle Kitch will present ?For the Want of Branes: Hide Tanning and Sewing" at 1 p.m. May 15 at Fort Clatsop. Kitch?s illustrated program will explain the process of brain-tanning animal hides. They will also display hide-working tools and items they have made from brain-tanned buckskin. This third Sunday forum is sponsored by the Lewis & Clark National Park Association and the park. These free programs are held in the Netul River Room of Fort Clatsop?s visitor center. For more information, call the park at (503) 861-2471. ANTHROPOLOGY LAB OPEN HOUSE PLANNED AT SOUTHERN OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY The Southern Oregon University Laboratory of Anthropology will hold an "Open Archaeology Lab" from 3 ? 6 p.m., May 17, in Taylor Hall room 230 on the university campus in Ashland. Highlights include a rare behind the scenes look at what happens after fieldwork, including recent excavations at the Old Town Bandon site and the BrittGardens, slideshows and hands on activities. Visit http://www.sou.edu/soar/ for more information. TREASURE KEEPERS SERIES OFFERED AT HOOD RIVER COUNTY MUSEUM The Hood River County Museum will hold a "Treasure Keepers" program at 6:30 p.m., May 17, with "Story Hour: How to document your family treasures" with oral historian and curator Katherine Huit. Participants in the interactive session will learn how to connect their stories with family objects to create unique keepsakes. For more information visit http://www.co.hood-river.or.us/museum . SHELTON MCMURPHEY JOHNSON HOUSE SEEKS ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT The Shelton McMurphey Johnson Associates seeks an administrative assistant to work 9:40 a.m. to 1 p.m., three weekdays per week, at Eugene?s only Victorian house museum. Visit www.smjhouse.org/w/now-hiring/ for further details. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Oregon Heritage News is a service of the Oregon Heritage Commission, which can be contacted at heritage.info at state.or.us From heritage.info at state.or.us Tue May 24 12:22:53 2011 From: heritage.info at state.or.us (Heritage Info) Date: Tue, 24 May 2011 12:22:53 -0700 Subject: [Heritage] Oregon Heritage News 2010-05-24 References: <4DCB98200200002900015D10@prd.state.or.us> <4DCCE75E0200002900015D70@prd.state.or.us> <4DCCEF780200002900015D76@prd.state.or.us> <4DDB71C0020000290001605D@prd.state.or.us> <4DDBA31D0200002900016096@prd.state.or.us> Message-ID: <4DDBA31C.95AF.0029.0@PRD.STATE.OR.US> In this issue: 1. Endangered places list includes 10 Oregon sites 2. National Trust offers preservation grants 3. Tours planned in Bend, Vale 4. Weekend-long events slated for Baker City, Eugene 5. Columbia River dam talk scheduled for Troutdale 6. River crossing issues to be explained ENDANGERED PLACES LIST INCLUDES 10 OREGON SITES The Historic Preservation League of Oregon has announced its first list of Oregon's Most Endangered Places at a luncheon in Portland. According to the league, each property represents an important historic resource in imminent danger of being lost to hard times, development pressures, demolition or neglect. Properties listed range from a hand-hewn settlement era barn, to a mid-century roadside tourist attraction, a 1920s movie house complete with Wurlitzer organ, to a beloved WPA-project ballpark, one of the last lifesaving stations on the West Coast, to a one of the oldest homes in Oregon. Selected from nominations, properties on the list will receive assistance from the league to address immediate threats and develop strategies for long term viability. The list of endangered places includes Baker City Middle School, Baker City; Josiah Burnett House, Eagle Creek; Civic Stadium, Eugene; Dr. Pierce's Barn, Cottage Grove; Egyptian Theater, Coos Bay; Ermatinger House, Oregon City; Tillamook Bay Lifesaving Station, Rockaway Beach; Petersen Rock Garden, Redmond; Watson-Price Barn, Philomath; and Kirk Whited Farmstead, Redmond. For more information, visit http://www.historicpreservationleague.org/ NATIONAL TRUST OFFERS COMPETITIVE GRANTS The National Trust for Historic Preservation invites applications from nonprofit organizations with current 501(c)3 status, as well as local governments and public agencies, for its National Trust Preservation Fund grants. The grants are awarded in three competitive rounds with applications due Feb. 1, June 1 and Oct. 1. Grants fund feasibility studies or historic structures reports for endangered buildings and sites; landscape research and planning; fund-raising and media campaigns; and interpretation and heritage education activities. Grants typically range from $2,000 to $5,000 and require dollar-for-dollar match. Applicants are encouraged to contact the trust's western office at wro at nthp.org for assistance in identifying an appropriate eligible project prior to submitting an application. For applications, as well as complete guidelines and instructions visit http://www.preservationnation.org/resources/find-funding/nonprofit-public-funding.html. TOURS PLANNED IN BEND, VALE Bend: The Des Chutes Historical Museum will conduct guided heritage walks of downtown Bend during the summer. The walks will begin at 1 p.m. Fridays and 1 p.m. Saturdays starting June 4. Beginning at the museum, 129 NW Idaho Ave., and lasting approximately an hour, the walks will feature the prominent historical buildings, events, and people involved with downtown Bend. Visitors should bring water, sunscreen and dress appropriately for the weather. Visit the museum?s website www.deschuteshistory.org or call 541-389-1813 for more information. Vale: Pick up an open house tour map on May 28 while attending the ?Art Beat on Main Street Dance and Art Fair." From 3:30-5 p.m. that day, you can see restoration in progress on two recent listings on the National Register of Historic Places: the 1908 Vale Hotel and the Grand Opera House built in 1895. Following the open house tour, visitors will also see the Rinehart Stone House built in 1872, the Rex Theater, a Sears and Roebuck kit house built in 1912 and the Oregon Trail Inn. For more information call 541-473-3470. WEEKEND-LONG EVENTS SLATED IN BAKER CITY, EUGENE Baker City: The National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center, near Baker City, will hold a pioneer wagon encampment over Memorial Day weekend from 10 a.m.- 2 p.m. May 28-30. Costumed re-enactors will do crafts and prepare food in Dutch ovens using recipes from the Oregon Trail era within an outdoor circle of wagons. Visitors can sample food, see a team of oxen, practice gold panning and observer black powder demonstrations. A living history drama will feature missionaries Jason Lee and Narcissa Whitman, fur trappers and other characters from the Oregon Trail May 28-29 at the Leo Adler Theater. Visit oregontrail.blm.gov for more information or call (541) 523-1843. Eugene: The Eugene Masonic Cemetery Association will present an open house from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. May 28-30. Visitors will see the newly restored weather vane dating to the 19th century, hear a social history presentation about people interred at the Hope Abbey Mausoleum, located within the cemetery, and participate in the ?Find the Veterans? history hunt, which will feature awards to the winners. The 9th annual Sacred Harp sing will feature historic traditional shape note tunes from the Sacred Harp hymnal at the Mausoleum from 7 - 9 p.m., June 2. The cemetery and Hope Abbey Mausoleum are listed in the National Register of Historic Places. The site is located at East 25th Avenue and University Street. All events are free and open to the public. For parking information or special assistance contact Mary Ellen Rodgers at (541) 684-0949 or visit www.eugenemasoniccemetery.org COLUMBIA RIVER DAM TALK SCHEDULED FOR TROUTDALE William Lang will present ?At the Crossroads: the 1946 Decision to Stop Building Dams on the Columbia River? at 6:30 p.m., May 31 at McMenamins Edgefield, 2126 SW Halsey St., Troutdale. In 1946, the Department of the Interior issued a 10-year moratorium on building dams below the site of McNary Dam on the Columbia River. The moratorium was a response to concerns by biologists and Native and commercial fishers who were concerned about the health of the salmon fisheries on the river. Within 18-months, however, the department made a complete turn-around and began to build dams in earnest. Lang, an environmental historian at Portland State University and executive editor of the Oregon Encylclopedia, will explain why the moratorium was reversed, who was involved, and what was?and still is?at stake. For more information, visit www.oregonencyclopedia.org RIVER CROSSING ISSUES TO BE EXPLAINED The Columbia River Crossing project will host an informational open house about the CRC five-mile project area from 6 p.m.- 8 p.m. May 25 at the Red Cross community room at the Fort Vancouver Historic Reserve, 605 Barnes Road in Vancouver. Project staff and partners will present results of a study of the historic and cultural resources in the project area as well as proposed measures to offset identified impacts. Participants will have the opportunity to provide input on the proposed measures, converse with cultural resource experts and local historians and document their stories and photographs relating to sites within the project area, including the I-5 bridge, Pier 99 building, Fort Vancouver and other places. For more information visit www.columbiarivercrossing.org or phone Heather Wills (360) 737-2726 or (503) 256-2726. -------------------------------------------- Oregon Heritage News is a service of the Oregon Heritage Commission, which can be contacted at heritage.info at state.or.us From kyle.jansson at state.or.us Wed May 25 08:10:06 2011 From: kyle.jansson at state.or.us (Kyle Jansson) Date: Wed, 25 May 2011 08:10:06 -0700 Subject: [Heritage] Oregon Heritage is Oregon Culture Message-ID: <4DDCB95D.3091.00A7.0@PRD.STATE.OR.US> All: Kimberly Howard of the Oregon Cultural Trust sent me this message yesterday. I thought you would be interested in it. Please consider acting on it now. Kyle ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ There is a word from the Warm Springs Tribes that means to become better: Washanaksha. At the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs they teach traditional bead work to young people with money received from the Oregon Cultural Trust, because of donations from Oregonians like you. This is Washanaksha. This is Culture. In Lake County every high school student experienced cowboy poetry because of the Oregon Cultural Trust funding, through the Lake County Cultural Coalition. A cowboy poet visited every high school in Lake County and shared poems about the rich cowboy heritage of Lake County. At the Seneca School in Grant County there is a display case that was built with funds from the Oregon Cultural Trust, through the Grant County Cultural Coalition. This display case is filled with artifacts collected by 4th graders as part of their Oregon history lesson. The artifacts were all found across the street from the school, where the Hines railroad used to stop on its way from Burns to the Columbia River. The tracks and all other remnants of that train history were taken away when the factory closed down. This is Oregon Heritage. This is Culture. When I had the pleasure of joining many of you in Astoria last month, I walked the historic main street. Took a morning run along the historic waterfront. Celebrated Astoria?s 200th anniversary by watching a documentary on the Goonies, at the Columbia Theatre. And I learned how to research women in history in the Columbia Maritime Museum?s archive library with Century for Action and the Clatsop County Historical Society. The Heritage Conference ended with the discovery of a rare wooden grave marker at the Pioneer Cemetery. This is Oregon Heritage. This is Culture. In the next 41 days, the Oregon Cultural Trust is challenging Oregonians to raise $630,000 in new donations to support of Oregon culture. That will mean a record $1.7 million dollars for projects like Washanaksha at Warm Springs, like the Seneca School History Project, like the cowboy poetry in Lake County schools. That will mean more money for our statewide partners - Oregon Heritage Commission, State Historic Preservation Office, and the Oregon Historical Society. You are Oregon Heritage. You are Culture. This is your opportunity to make a gift to the Cultural Trust that expresses the value of Oregon culture in your life. Every gift matters. No gift is too small. And the Cultural Trust only works if people pay in, by making a donation. So pay in. Join the thousands of Oregonians who?ve already paid in. Help reach the goal of $4.3 million by June 30, so that as the Cultural Trust announces its 2011-12 grants, we can be as generous with our awards as you?ve been to Oregon culture. P.S. Tell us [on your donation] that you attended the Heritage Conference and we?ll send you a This is Culture window cling for your window. Kimberly Howard Trust Manager Oregon Cultural Trust 775 Summer Street NE Salem, OR 97301-1280 Direct: 503-986-0089 Mobile: 503-428-0963 Fax: 503-986-0260 kimberly.howard at state.or.us www.culturaltrust.org Increase grants to culture this summer. Meet the goal of $630,000 in new gifts by June 30, 2011. $90,992 donated, so far! www.culturaltrust.org Kyle Jansson, Coordinator Oregon Heritage Commission 725 Summer St. NE, Suite C Salem, OR 97301-1266 (503) 986-0673 FAX (503) 986-0793 kyle.jansson at state.or.us From heritage.info at state.or.us Thu May 26 14:00:46 2011 From: heritage.info at state.or.us (Heritage Info) Date: Thu, 26 May 2011 14:00:46 -0700 Subject: [Heritage] Oregon Heritage News 2011-05-26 References: <4DCCF0C60200002900015D79@prd.state.or.us> <4DDB71E60200002900016063@prd.state.or.us> <4DDCAAF602000029000160F1@prd.state.or.us> <4DDCBD8E02000029000160F8@prd.state.or.us> <4DDCBF7502000029000160FC@prd.state.or.us> <4DDCC2A60200002900016104@prd.state.or.us> <4DDE102A0200002900016156@prd.state.or.us> <4DDE15750200002900016159@prd.state.or.us> <4DDE5D0E0200002900016170@prd.state.or.us> Message-ID: <4DDE5D0D.95AF.0029.0@PRD.STATE.OR.US> In this issue: 1. Bill Hanable (1938-2011) 2. Additions to National Historic Trails Considered 3. New Exhibits Opening Across Oregon BILL HANABLE (1938-2011) Bill Hanable, a former manager of the Oregon Heritage Commission, died in Salem on May 17, 2011. He is survived by his wife, Eloise; his two dogs, Jack and Curly; and his daughter and son-in-law, Amy and Ben Balzer; and grandchildren, William Brodie and Ty Balzer. Bill served in the US Air Force, spending most of a 12-year stint with security service units in Alaska and Washington, D.C. He started a naval career in 1969 that ended in 1994 as a special duty commander in intelligence. He earned a Master of Arts in teaching history at Alaska Methodist University and later a PhD at Walden University, which enabled him to teach part time at the University of Alaska, Western Oregon University and American Public University. Bill taught public history courses, sharing his experience and knowledge gained over 30 years of public history work. That public history work began when Alaska State Parks hired Bill as an historian in 1970. Over the next 10 years, Bill worked to develop Alaska's statewide historic preservation. In 1980, the Alaska Historical Commission appointed him as executive director. In 1987, he left state service and worked as historian for the National Park Service and then the Air Force before relocating to Westport, Wash., in 1994. Bill managed the Westport Maritime Museum for several years before becoming manager of the Oregon Heritage Commission with the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department in 1999, where he was instrumental in launching the Oregon Heritage Grants Program. After leaving the Heritage Commission in 2002, he started Northwest Heritage Consultants, a name under which he did historic contract work. Bill researched and wrote extensively on Pacific Northwest and Alaska history. A partial list of his articles, books, and projects can be found at http://www.behance.net/NWHC. The family suggests donations be made to the Westport Maritime Museum of Westport and the Willamette Humane Society in Salem. ADDITIONS TO OREGON HISTORIC TRAILS CONSIDERED The Oregon Historic Trails Advisory Council will meet in conjunction with the National Park Service to consider five historic routes for possible addition to the existing Oregon National Historic Trail. The NPS will host a public meeting will take place from 10 a.m. ? noon, June 4 at the Columbia Gorge Discovery Center, The Dalles. Routes under consideration include the Meek Cutoff, Free Emigrant Road, Cutoff to the Barlow Road, Upper Columbia River Route, and Whitman Mission Route. It will conduct similar public meetings at 6 p.m. June 2 at the Fort Walla Walla Museum, 755 Myra Rd, Walla Walla, Wash., and at 6 p.m. June 3 in the Red Cross Building of the Fort Vancouver National Historic Site, 605 Barnes St., Vancouver, Wash. The Park Service invites individuals unable to attend the meeting to submit written comments regarding the study online at http://parkplanning.nps.gov/FourtrailFS, by email to gretchen_ward at nps.gov or by mail to Gretchen Ward, National Trails Intermountain Region, National Park Service, P.O. Box 728, Santa Fe, NM 87504. The Park Service will review and consider all comments while developing alternatives or proposals for consideration, and post a consolidated scoping report one the website for public viewing. The deadline for receiving comments is July 31. For more information visit http://www.nps.gov/oreg/index.htm and click on the 4-Trails Feasibility Study Link. For more information about the Oregon Historic Trails Advisory Council, visit http://www.oregon.gov/OPRD/HCD/ohtac.shtml NEW EXHIBITS OPENING ACROSS OREGON Astoria: The Columbia River Maritime Museum, 1792 Marine Dr., recently opened a new exhibit, ?Astoria, the Lower Columbia and the Coast? featuring a collection of works by Cleveland Rockwell. A Pacific Northwest painter, Rockwell began painting full time upon retirement in 1892; however, before that time he created sketches during U.S. Coast Survey expeditions, which later served as the basis for many of his oil and watercolor paintings. With the eye of a surveyor and an engineer, and a life-long passion for fishing, hiking and climbing, Rockwell?s art documented the stunning beauty and unspoiled local landscapes of the region during a time before photography. The exhibit runs through July 20. Visit www.crmm.org for more information. Bend: ?Quilts: Bedding to Bonnets?, a new exhibit at the High Desert Museum, 59800 South Highway 97, explores the uses for quilts from the 19th century through the 1930s and offers visitors glimpses into life at that time. People of all social classes valued the warmth, beauty, and uses of quilts ? from bonnets and bedding to room partitions. For information about this and other exhibits, visit www.highdesertmuseum.org . Pendleton: Visitors to Tamastslikt will experience the Naami Nishaycht outdoor living culture village from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily, beginning Memorial Day weekend. Among the roster of cultural activities, village interpreters will demonstrate seasonal food gathering cycles, traditional games, clothing and regalia, beadwork and weaving, and tepee making for the edification, enlightenment, and occasional participation of visitors. Call (541) 966-9748 or visit www.tamastslikt.org for more information. Tam?stslikt is located at 47106 Wildhorse Blvd., at the far end of the main driveway of the Wildhorse Resort & Casino, 10 minutes east of Pendleton. ------------------------------------------------------------ Oregon Heritage News is a service of the Oregon Heritage Commission, which can be contacted at heritage.info at state.or.us From heritage.info at state.or.us Tue May 31 08:32:54 2011 From: heritage.info at state.or.us (Heritage Info) Date: Tue, 31 May 2011 08:32:54 -0700 Subject: [Heritage] Heritage News 2011-05-31 References: <4DE498FB0200002900016209@prd.state.or.us> <4DE4A237020000290001620C@prd.state.or.us> <4DE4A4B7020000290001620F@prd.state.or.us> <4DE4A58F0200002900016211@prd.state.or.us> <4DE4A6620200002900016213@prd.state.or.us> <4DE4A7B6020000290001621C@prd.state.or.us> Message-ID: <4DE4A7C6.95AF.0029.0@PRD.STATE.OR.US> In this issue: 1. Comments Invited for Champoeg Heritage Area Invited 2. Walking Tours and Outdoor Activities Planned 3. "That's All Folks!" at the Jewish History Museum 4. Innovative Traveling Exhibit Debuts in Central Point COMMENTS INVITED FOR CHAMPOEG HERITAGE AREA GRANT PROPOSAL The Oregon Parks and Recreation Department invites public comments on an environmental assessment required in a Land and Water Conservation Fund grant request that would help add 58 acres to Champoeg State Heritage Area. The environmental assessment, a requirement in the federal grant application process, addresses the potential effects of the proposed land acquisition on biological, cultural, aesthetic and socio-economic resources. Parks and Recreation will accept public comments through June 24. Visit www.oregon.gov/OPRD/RULES to view the assessment. Direct comments and / or questions to Cliff Houck, Oregon Parks and Recreation Department, 725 Summer St. NE, Suite C, Salem OR 97301, or by e-mail to cliff.houck at state.or.us . WALKING TOURS AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES PLANNED Champoeg: A celebration of Oregon State Parks Day will take place at the Champoeg State Heritage Area from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., June 4. A variety of activities will help visitors discover Champoeg, including tours of an 1860s kitchen garden and the old Champoeg town site. For more information or directions, call (503) 678-1251 x 222, or visit the State Parks website at www.oregonstateparks.org . Portland: A walking tour of the Yamhill Historic District and nearby buildings on SW Second and Third avenues from 6:30 to 8 p.m., June 2 will reveal some of the earliest remaining buildings in downtown Portland. Participants will learn about 19th century buildings like the Poppleton, known for the whimsical faces on its upper fa?ade, and architectural gems designed by notable architects such as Warren H. Williams, Whidden and Lewis, David Lewis, and Cass Gilbert. Visit the Architectural Heritage website (www.visitahc.org) for more information. Bend: This summer from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily, a new story unfolds at the High Desert Museum?s ranch and sawmill. Set at the turn of the 20th century, guests will become acquainted with ranch hand William Thomas as he helps Mary Louise Miller maintain the family homestead while her husband, Clay Miller, tends Hereford cattle on the open range. The Millers recently joined other homesteaders to buy a used sawmill from the U.S. Army. Now they mill timber for barns, sheds, worker bunkhouses and other projects instead of buying lumber from distant mills. It is a time of rapid growth and changing technology with the railroad soon to arrive in central Oregon, along with electricity, the telephone and the automobile. Join the family as they discuss women?s suffrage, the Panama Canal and their president, Theodore Roosevelt. For further information, visit www.highdesertmuseum.org . Jacksonville / Central Point: The Children?s Heritage Fair, a day of events designed to make history come alive through hands on activities, arts and crafts, and entertainment, will take place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., June 4 at the Southern Oregon Historical Society?s Hanley Farm. Children will experience pioneer life by engaging in gold panning; cooking and food preparation like butter churning, cheese making, and grinding wheat into flour; and creating pioneer toys. A mock archaeology dig; spinning and weaving wool; pottery making; tin punching and many other activities will engage Hanley Farm visitors. Draft horses will plow fields on both days, tractor rides will take guests on a tour of the farm and music will accompany square dancing. For more information on Children?s Heritage Fair, please contact the Southern Oregon Historical Society at (541) 773-6536 ext. 1003 or visit www.sohs.org . "THAT'S ALL FOLKS" AT THE JEWISH HISTORY MUSEUM An opening reception for a new exhibit titled, ?That?s All Folks! The Mel Blanc Story? will take place from 5 to 8 p.m., June 2 at the Jewish History Museum. Many of us know Mel Blanc as the voice of Bugs Bunny, Pepe Le Pew, Barney Rubble, and countless other cartoon characters. Blank, as he originally spelled his name, grew up in Portland, was the youngest conductor ever to lead the RKO Orpheum Orchestra and was the first voice artist in Hollywood to receive screen credit. His career spanned vaudeville, radio, movies and television starting in the late 1920s and continuing to this day, more than 20 years after his death. The exhibit covers his youthful years in Portland to his remarkable Hollywood career as the voice behind more than 400 animated characters in over three thousand cartoons through film, sound, photographs and memorabilia. The exhibit runs through Sept. 11. Visit www.ojm.org or call (503) 226-3600 for further information. INNOVATIVE TRAVELING EXHIBIT DEBUTS IN CENTRAL POINT ?History: Made by You?, a community-based traveling exhibit program sponsored by the Southern Oregon Historical Society, will make its debut at 1 p.m., June 10 with a ribbon cutting opening the first exhibit, ?Icons of Agriculture: Central Point?s Community Roots?, at PremierWest Bank, 300 E. Pine St. The first exhibit created through partnerships between Historical Society staff and volunteers from various communities, ?Icons of Agriculture: Central Point?s Community Roots? celebrates the town?s rural heritage. Using four local icons: Seven Oaks Farm, the former Mon Desir restaurant, the Rogue Creamery, and the Grange Co-op grain elevator, the exhibit highlights how the family farm, the orchard boom, the dairy industry, and the Grange Co-op have shaped the Central Point community. The exhibit explores how the agricultural industry has changed over time and underscores how, with changes in technology and the economy, some aspects of the industry have faded while others have adapted and thrive. Developed at a public forum held at the Central Point City Hall, a committee made up of Central Point citizens grew the initial concept for the exhibit through a partnership with Historical Society staff, determining its theme and content, researching background information, selecting objects and photographs, and coordinated exhibit locations, including Premier West, the county fairgrounds, and Sterling Bank. For more information about ?History: Made By You? visit www.sohs.org or call the Historical Society (541) 494-0273. --------------------------------------------- Oregon Heritage News is a service of the Oregon Heritage Commission, which can be contacted at heritage.info at state.or.us