The Civilian Conservation Corps in Central Oregon

The Civilian Conservation Corps in Central Oregon

First published in the July, 2025 Homesteader newsletter Amid the depths of the Great Depression, President Franklin D. Roosevelt formulated a bold plan for putting millions of unemployed Americans to work on the nation’s public lands. Between 1933 and 1942,...
Mt. Bachelor’s Last Sale

Mt. Bachelor’s Last Sale

Excerpted from Mt. Bachelor – A History, by Glenn Voelz This article was first published in the December, 2024 issue of The Homesteader. The recent Powdr Corp. decision — since called off — to sell Mt. Bachelor was big news for many Deschutes County residents,...