Columbia Gorge Genealogical Society: Uncovering The History Of The Dalles Chinatown- New exhibit, Columbia Gorge Discovery Center

The Columbia Gorge Discovery will be opening a new exhibit on January 28, 2017.
The new exhibit "A Community Forgotten: Uncovering The History Of The Dalles Chinatown" will start off with a dinner and lecture by Priscilla Wegars, PhD, on “Chinese Tunnels: Myth or Reality?” Wegars is an Affiliate Assistant Professor and Volunteer Curator of the Asian American Comparative Collection (AACC) at the University of Idaho. For more information, ticket and reservations for this event please log on to the centers website.

https://www.gorgediscovery.org/event/chinese-history/

For more information on The Dalles historical Chinese communites here are some suggested websites:

http://restoreoregon.org/the-dalles-chinatown/

https://www.facebook.com/thedalleschinatown/

Also, the U.S. Forest Service and the Department of Agriculture has a historical booket that can be downloaded in PDF form. This historical overview is about the Chinese community above Mill Creek
around 1900. " A Sense Of Place" can be downloaded here:

https://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/fsbdev3_036427.pdf

2024 Program Schedule

January 6, 2024 - America's Extension Service - Resources for Genealogy - Georga Foster
February - Original Courthouse History Forums- Members are encouraged to attend.
March - Darrelll Jabin - Oregons Traveling Historian- March 23, 2024
June 10, 2024 - Hood River Museum Meetup - 1:00pm
July/August - Summer Break
September 14, 2024 - Solutions To Geneaogical Research In Todays Economy
October 5, 2024 - Thomas MacEntee LIVE
Nov. 9, 2024 - FamilySearch Workshop -LDS LIbrary
December- No Program- Merry Christmas

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.