by Tracy Alexander | Feb 12, 2026
Celebrate the Archaeology & Heritage of Oregon and Beyond The 14th annual Archaeology Roadshow focuses on The Archaeology of Fire & Water and features dozens of exhibits and activities hosted by archaeologists and heritage specialists representing...
by Tracy Alexander | Feb 11, 2026
About The Changing Skyline—100 Years of Landscape Change in Central 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...
by Tracy Alexander | Jan 23, 2026
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...
by Tracy Alexander | Jan 21, 2026
The Hatfield Lecture Series Presents Rick Atkinson: Fate of the Day: The War for America, 1777-1780 In partnership with the Oregon Historical Society’s Mark O. Hatfield Lecture Series and the official America 250 Oregon statewide commemoration, Deschutes Historical...
by Tracy Alexander | Jan 9, 2026
With more breweries per capita than any other Oregon city, Bend is a beer Mecca. Prior to Prohibition, the state had a burgeoning brewing industry and plenty of saloons to cater to the needs of the hardy frontiersmen who settled Central Oregon. The teetotaling...
