by Tracy Alexander | Sep 25, 2025
The Annual Chili Feed and Raffle takes place at the Deschutes Historical Museum over the weekend closest to Veteran’s Day and is the Deschutes County Historical Society’s largest annual fundraiser. The 2025 event will be our 42nd anniversary of the Annual Chili Feed...
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 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...
by Tracy Alexander | Jul 1, 2025
Beatrice Morrow Cannady was one of Oregon’s most prominent social activists of the early 20th century and a leader within Portland’s early Black community. Through her legal actions, publishing, and social networks, Cannady challenged hate and injustice...
by Tracy Alexander | Apr 23, 2025
A family-friendly celebration of the 100 year anniversary of the Bend Colored Men’s Business Club. The Father’s Group, COCC Afrocentric Program, WeBlack Radio, and Central Oregon Earthseeds invite the community to a free family-friendly, interactive, and...
