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Preserving our
past for the future
The Maxville Heritage Interpretive Center seeks to gather, preserve, and share the rich history of African American, Indigenous, and immigrant loggers in the Pacific Northwest. We utilize inclusive stories of multicultural logging communities to better connect the experiences of immigrants and migrants to a larger American narrative.
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A COLLABORATIVE STORYSHARING PROJECT WITH THE COMMUNITY
OF WALLOWA COUNTY, OR
HELLO NEIGHBOR
Living in Wallowa County is a varied and complex experience. How can we find new ways to meet our neighbors and build understanding across our different experiences and cultures? One way is through story sharing.
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Support our Land Management fund
Help MHIC preserve and steward the
240 acres where the historical townsite of Maxville was located.
Get involved
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Exhibits & Events
celebrate the rich and diverse cultural history of oregon’s logging communities
Land Acknowledgment
MHIC acknowledges the ancestral, traditional and contemporary lands of the Nez Perce Tribe and the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation
Explore
The Maxville Heritage media archive
ORegon Stories
An audio program exploring RACE & DIVERSITY IN OREGON’S early LOGGING COMMUNITIES
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TIMBER CULTURE
A Traveling Exhibit
Timber Culture is a 20-piece traveling exhibit and exploration into cultural heritage in the Pacific Northwest. Find out how your learning institution, heritage society, library or museum can help share the history of Oregon’s multicultural logging industry.
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help fund the
oregon stories
album project
About
our founding and history
SUpport our cabin relocation effort
the annual
maxville gathering
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