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Maxville Heritage Interpretive Center presents: NW Timber Culture | Fundraiser
"Maxville" was the railroad logging town that existed about 15 miles north of Wallowa, Oregon. The emergence of the Maxville Heritage Interpretive Center reflects the local community's deep appreciation for the preservation of its oral history, photographs, historical structures, and forested landscape.
The Maxville Heritage Interpretive Center seeks to gather, catalog, preserve, and interpret the rich history of the multicultural logging community of Maxville, Oregon as well as similar communities in the Pacific Northwest. Maxville itself operated until the early 1930s and was unique in that it included 50 or so African Americans and their families and was home to the only segregated school in Oregon. Previously, historic records only made small mention of these African-Americans. In the last three years, the Maxville Heritage Project has fostered a reawakening of interest in this rich chapter of history through public lectures and school visits, an Elder-hostel lecture, AP articles and an OPB broadcast spotlighting this unique local history.
Maxville Heritage Interpretive Center (MHIC) is a fully organized 501 (c)(3) charitable organization.
MHIC is a qualifying organization for a tax credit with Oregon Cultural Trust
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LocationWorld Forestry Center, Cheatham Hall
4033 SW CANYON RD
Portland, OR 97221
United States
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| Kid Friendly: Yes! |
| Dog Friendly: No |
| Non-Smoking: Yes! |
| Wheelchair Accessible: Yes! |
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