by Deborah Lobey | Aug 24, 2024 | Posts
The attempt to reveal stories that touch our lives and connect us to history begins and ends with research. Along the way, it’s the discovery through research that we gain a sense of those bygone days and what life was like for the people who lived it. Our Museum’s...
by Deborah Lobey | Jul 17, 2024 | Posts
FLOOR LOOM DEMONSTRATIONS On the second floor in Jean’s Sewing Room, I was recently introduced to a 1951 wooden floor loom. To the unfamiliar, (such as myself), it commands attention as the largest display in the room. Each of the 528 parallel warp threads are...
by Deborah Lobey | Jun 14, 2024 | Posts
CHEESE, PLEASE Sometimes it can be the one thing or experience that makes all the difference. Such can be said in the case of Jesse Lee Houghton, who found his calling in cheese. In 1890, at 20 years old with an eighth-grade education, he found work as a helper in a...
by Deborah Lobey | May 28, 2024 | Posts
Popular Munsel Lake and Munsel Creek are named after an early settler to the Siuslaw area. David Munsell (often spelled Munsel) was born in 1824 in Ohio and is said to have crossed the plains in 1847. Records show he spent time on a donation claim on the Clatsop...
by Deborah Lobey | May 8, 2024 | Posts
JOYCE AND WILLIE WORNSTAFF With the upcoming 117th year of the Rhododendron celebration, it was an ideal time to visit and chat with a 1952 Rhody Princess. At first, the thought for this story was to capture the experience of becoming a Rhody Princess. However, soon...
by Deborah Lobey | May 1, 2024 | Posts
George Duncan was 9 years old and living in Scotland when his father immigrated to Canada and never returned to his family. The year was 1836. To help support their family, George and his younger brother John raised and butchered sheep. Despite such humble beginnings,...
