Deschutes Historical Museum - Deschutes Historical Museum and Society

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Bend, 1910

Redmond High School under construction, 1921

1910 Laidlaw, later renamed Tumalo

La Pine, c. 1914

Main Street Sisters, c. 1914

DOCUMENTING COVID 19: SAVING HISTORY FOR OUR FUTURE

No one said living through history was easy. Few things have the power to change the course of human history as disease. Pandemics over the centuries have toppled empires, conquered whole societies, and changed the outcomes of wars. The COVID 19 pandemic is a unique moment in history unlike any other. Never has the entire global population tried to band together to defeat a disease through the simple coordinated act of self-quarantine. It is quite remarkable.
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