Columbia Gorge Genealogical Society

Picnic in the Park - June 21, 2025

Present and past members of the Columbia gorge Genealogical Society will have a potluck lunch on June 21, 2025 at Sorosis Park Lions shelter. Bring you favorite dish and don\t spare the calories!

More info coming soon.

Annual Wasco County Pioneer meeting and lunch - May 3, 2025

CGGS Historic Publications - New price list

CGGS members over the years have written and compiled 25 historical books covering marriages, deaths and cemeteries in the Columbia Gorge area.

These books are available in electronic form and may be ordered by downloading our list and form or emailing your request to gorgegenealogical@gmail.com

List and order form is posted to the right on this page.

April Program - Public Domain - What is it? How to use it. Where to find it!

Virtual Online

Ever need an image for a presentation and just can't find the right one to set the scene? How about music to create a "mood" for your program or a quotation from a book or publication to add interest? This program will cover those questions and we will share where to find images, music, and publications and review the public domain structure. The facilitator is Georga Foster.

The presentation is FREE and public is invited

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/Gv4IJihtRYCxZjhRiaeuEQ

Regional History Forum 2025 - Every Satuday in February

February programs have been planned around the Regional History Forum for several years.

Society members participate in the forum and presentations.

-Joseph Brown, Jewish Merchant-

A historical overview of this program will be held on March 5, 2025 at 1:00pm at the William G. Dick Library at the Columbia Gorge Discovery Center. The project was more than we could contain in a hour presentation and attendees and the interested public are invited to ask questions and view other historical information that was collected.

Pioneers of The West

Header Photo: Helen Lundeberg created this painting while employed by the Works Progress Administration (WPA), a New Deal program that employed artists during the Great Depression. Like other WPA artists, Lundeberg depicted a hopeful view of the United States during a time of turmoil and uncertainty by showing a dreamlike image of western expansion. The group of pioneers, with their backs to the viewer, follows an ox-drawn wagon into a valley. The monumental figures appear strong and assured in their forward progress. Rising mountains melt into the sun. Lundeberg's style of mixing fantastic images with reality is evident in the background: The pink, rolling mountains blend into the orange, pink, and bluish haze of the sky; it is difficult to determine where the mountains end and the sky begins. The careful use of space and dreamlike elements in Pioneers of the West is representative of Lundeberg's postsurrealist style. This movement, derived from surrealism, purposely combined fantasy with reality and was predominantly found on the West Coast. (Helen Lundeberg, Pioneers of the West, 1934, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the General Services Administration, 1985.8.27) GSA: Information and images created or owned by the GSA unless otherwise indicated, are considered in the public domain. They may be distributed or copied as permitted by applicable law.