History Pub

Name: History Pub: About Scott Joplin and the Ragtime Spaces of Deschutes County: 1900-1918
Start: 2026-05-26T19:00:00-07:00
End: 2026-05-26T20:00:00-07:00
Location: McMenamins Old St Francis School

February 2026
February 2026 History Pub: A Big Man from a Small Place: Robert Sawyer, the Bend Bulletin, and the Columbia River

February 24 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

McMenamins Old St Francis School 700 NW Bond St, Bend, Oregon

Robert Sawyer, publisher and editor of the Bend Bulletin, played a key role in regional and national politics from 1917 to 1953 as a conservative activist for environmental conservation and irrigated agriculture. With no love for the New Deal, he participated in national policy debates, injecting his central Oregon viewpoint. One of his most effective campaigns was part of a regional and national contest over control […]

$5
March 2026
March History Pub: About the Changing Skyline- 100 Years of Landscape Change in Central Oregon

March 31 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

McMenamins Old St Francis School 700 NW Bond St, Bend, Oregon

During the summer of 1920, Frederick William Cleator (1883-1957), a Forest Service recreational planner, surveyed and signposted the Skyline Trail. This trail, first laid out between Crater Lake and Mount Jefferson, was a predecessor to the Pacific Crest Trail, which, decades later, completed Cleator's dream of a recreational trail running from Mexico to Canada. During […]

$5
April 2026
April History Pub: About Oregon Gold; A history of mining from the Civil War into the Progressive Era

April 28 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

McMenamins Old St Francis School 700 NW Bond St, Bend, Oregon

Gold mining was an important aspect of Oregon's history, far greater than what is generally understood.

$5
May 2026
History Pub: About Scott Joplin and the Ragtime Spaces of Deschutes County: 1900-1918

May 26 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

McMenamins Old St Francis School 700 NW Bond St, Bend, Oregon

Join local music educator, pianist, and scholar Kendra Kay Friar for an interactive discussion of Scott Joplin's enduring influence on American culture and on the popular entertainment scene of Deschutes County's early years.

$5

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