Timber Culture
traveling Exhibit
Timber Culture is a traveling exhibit and exploration into cultural heritage in the Pacific Northwest. The exhibit depicts the lives of loggers and their families drawn together from different cultures during the great migration, presenting an inclusive look at Oregon's multicultural logging communities. In sharing and discussing the history of the segregated logging community of Maxville, Oregon, the exhibit examines issues of race and social justice through the lens of Oregon's history.
Find out how your learning institution, heritage society, library or museum can bring this 20-piece traveling exhibit and director’s presentation to your town.
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Over 100 years ago, a Missouri-based lumber company built what became known as Maxville, a segregated logging town in northeastern Oregon. Archaeologists have just discovered artifacts from the town’s lost Black neighborhood.
Maxville Heritage Interpretive Center for exceptional work in preserving the Maxville townsite, a multi-racial logging community established in Wallowa County in the 1920s. The multi-phased approach included acquisition of the land, project of the last remaining building, archaeological research, and listing the site on the National Register
of Historic Places.
May 30, 2024
Governor Kotek visited the Maxville Heritage Interpretive Center in February of 2023, after a tour of the museum, part of a community walk through Joseph to meet local businesses the Governor penned a proclamation declaring June 3rd be celebrated as Maxville Heritage Day by all Oregonians!
Read the Proclamation here
Apr 25, 2024
Senator Merkley presented a flag flown at the US capitol in Washington DC to The Maxville Heritage Interpretive Center along with his generous sentiment on our 100 year celebration during a Town Hall meeting
2023
Apr 25, 2024