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Maxville Gathering A Success
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Special thanks to our sponsors: |
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1st Annual Maxville Gathering
August 8, 2009
(Maxville, OR.) – While there might not be much left of the town of Maxville, the people of Wallowa nevertheless retain the charm, the warmth, and the spirit that was no doubt prevalent in that small logging town many years ago. |
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Forest Capital Pertners
Bar B Ranch
Wallowa Valley Music Alliance
Rahn's Sanitary Service
Rotary Club of Wallowa County
Lions Club of Enterprise & Joseph
Lions Club of Wallowa
Moffit Brothers Transportation
Flora School Education Center
Red Hat Club
Wallowa Memorial Hospital
Esprit Graphics & Communications
Friends of Wallowa County Museum
City of Enterprise
City of Wallowa
KNI-CO Manufacturing
Bennett Insurance
Bronze Antler B&B
Belle Pepper's B&B
Building Healthy Families
Moonlight Graphics
Community Bank
Tules Northwest
The Bookloft
Darrell & Clarann Witty
Cody & Dawna Miller
End of the Road Computing
Ted Hays Signs
Henderson Logging
TEC Program
Maxville Heritage Interpretive Center
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| Nearly 200 folks came out met for the First Annual Maxville Gathering. While here everyone was treated to guided tours of the last remaining cabin and the surrounding grounds. On stage many participated in storytelling and song; among them was the Red Hat Club who recognized the efforts of MHIC and endorsed the event. |
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Many booths were set up that offered attendees fresh local food and activities for the kids. The local Fire Station participated and their game of “Guess how old Smokey the Bear is” was fun for all.
While there were plenty of entertaining activities, there was also some of our very own history in the making. |
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| A booth was set up that presented the attendees an exhibit of Maxville photographs. Another booth was set up to scan and collect new photographs that attendees may have brought with them. In addition, several valuable oral history interviews were conducted and recorded at the Gathering. |
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| Back in Maxville’s heyday baseball was the favorite past-time and our good friends at the Bar-B Ranch (located just up the road from Maxville) sponsored a rousing game for the gathering’s attendees. |
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Additional thanks for the Gathering's Storytellers: |
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Thanks to generous contributions from local and regional sponsors, The Maxville Heritage Interpretive Center was able to provide a fun and educational experience for our community. We are already planning for next years gathering and hope to see more of our friends there. |
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Orvalla Haefer
Shirley Doud
Alan Dale Victor
Gene Hayes
Scott Madison
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The Maxville Heritage Interpretive Center is raising funds to support the continuation of our oral history preservation and the development of our cultural education programs. How can you Help?
The Maxville Heritage Interpretive Center proudly promotes the gathering as an alcohol and drug free event.
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