Events

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“Hiker on the Oregon Coast Trail.” Photograph by Peter Marbach.

Type: Exhibit Opening     

Members-Only Summer Exhibition Reception

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Oregon Historical Society
1200 SW Park Ave
Portland, Oregon 97205

  • Free
  • RSVP Required
  • Members Only
Partially reconstructed stacked-rock feature in Happy Camp III on the Malheur National Forest. Photo courtesy of Katee Withee.

Type: Special Event, Tour     Series: OHQ on the Road

Tour of Chinese Mining Sites in Malheur National Forest

Led by archaeologists Don Hann and Katee Withee

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Kam Wah Chung State Heritage Site
125 NW Canton Street
John Day, Oregon 97845

  • Free
  • RSVP Required
  • Researchers
  • Family-friendly
Canyon City circa 1880, with Chinatown at center foreground. OHS Research Library, OrHi 3867.

Type: Panel Discussion     Series: OHQ on the Road

Uncovering the History of Chinese Mining in Eastern Oregon

Presented by Don Hann, William F. Willigham, and Katee Withee


Canyon City Community Hall
123 S. Washington Street
Canyon City, Oregon 97820

  • Free
  • Researchers
The Wing Hong Hai Company Store operated out of this building from 1894 to 1912. Photograph by Cliff Danger, 2020.

Type: Special Event     Series: OHQ on the Road

Wing Hong Hai Company Store Open House

Presented by Jacqueline Y. Cheung and Eric Gleason


Wing Hong Hai Company Store
210 E First Street
The Dalles, Oregon 97058

  • Free
  • Teachers
  • Researchers
Pi Fen Len, Salem Mayor Chuck Bennett, and Zhen Yuan stand in front of the recently recovered funerary table on April 5, 2018, in Salem’s Pioneer Cemetery during Salem’s Qingming festival. Photo courtesy of Kimberli Fitzgerald.

Type: Panel Discussion     Series: OHQ on the Road

Searching for Salem’s Early Chinese Community

Presented by Myron Louie Lee, Kylie Pine, and Kirsten Straus


Willamette Heritage Center
1313 Mill Street SE
Suite 200
Salem, Oregon 97301

  • Free
  • Researchers
Meier and Frank 1976 Christmas display. CN 023668 bb006591

Type: Special Event     

Holiday Cheer


Oregon Historical Society
1200 SW Park Ave
Portland, Oregon 97205

  • Free