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 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 Janet Alexander | Mar 19, 2025
This article was first published in the May, 2019 issue of The Homesteader. In 1905 Redmond consisted of a few tents, a land office, a proposed canal, a promised railroad, and a lot of enthusiasm for the future. That year William Wilson and Frances...
