by Tracy Alexander | Sep 10, 2025
By LeeAnn O’Neill First published in the September, 2025 Homesteader Mexican Laborers Pick Potatoes, 1943. Photo courtesy of the Oregon Historical Society September 15th marks the beginning of Hispanic and Latino Heritage Month, which invites us to explore and honor...
by Glenn Voelz | Aug 19, 2025
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,...
by Tracy Alexander | Aug 6, 2025
For over 200 years the U.S. has been trying to figure out what to do with its “public” lands. From surveys to sales, grazing to natural gas development, national seashores to national parks, the U.S. has had a very complicated history of land use. Our public lands are...
by Tracy Alexander | Jul 24, 2025
Join the Latino Community Association, the Deschutes County Historical Society, and the Deschutes Public Library on August 4th at the Redmond Library to celebrate Bracero Program Day and learn how the Bracero Program contributed to the agricultural success of Redmond...
by Tracy Alexander | Jul 1, 2025
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, over 86,000 Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) enrollees...
