<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; "><font size="4" style="font-family: 'times new roman', serif; "><div class="im" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); ">
<b><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">Maxville Heritage Project: <br>An exploration of a historic eastern Oregon multicultural logging community and its potential for archaeology</font></b><br><br></div>Thursday April 1st, 4 p.m.<br>
Portland State University, Smith Memorial Student Union, Room 294<br>(1825 SW Broadway, 97201)<br><br>Portland State’s Anthropology Student Association and Department of Anthropology welcome Gwendolyn Trice, the founder and Executive Director of the <a href="http://www.maxvilleheritage.org/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(195, 57, 11); ">Maxville Heritage Interpretive Center </a>to April’s edition of Portland State’s First Thursday Archaeology program. Ms. Trice will bring stories of the Maxville Heritage Project, featured on <a href="http://www.opb.org/programs/oregonexperience/programs/19-The-Logger-s-Daughter" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(195, 57, 11); ">The Logger's Daughter</a>, as part of OPB's Oregon Experience. <br>
<br>The historic town of Maxville was a multicultural community in northeastern Oregon built by a Missouri lumber company in 1923. </font><font color="#000000" size="4" style="font-family: 'times new roman', serif; "><font color="#000000"><font color="#0000ff" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Census records show that workers primarily from the southern states</font><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">moved to the remote mountains of eastern Oregon following logging and timber jobs in Wallowa County. A number of these workers and families were African American. The Maxville Heritage Project began as a story revealed through the eyes of Gwendolyn </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Trice</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">. What started out as this African American woman’s discovery of her father and grandfather’s long journey from Arkansas to Eastern Oregon has become an important addition to the diverse experiences of Oregonians. </span>Gwen is a videographer, storyteller and writer whose passion for preservation brought her back to the rural landscape of her past. </font></font><font size="4" style="font-family: 'times new roman', serif; ">Students in Dr. Douglas Wilson's Historic Archaeology course in Portland State’s Department of Anthropology are currently assisting the Maxville Heritage Interpretive Center with background research on the town and the people who lived there. Come learn about this important site, discuss the potential for its archaeological and educational value.<br>
<br>This event is free and open to all.<br>Food and refreshments will be served.<br><br>Funding for this event has been generously provided by Portland State's Anthropology Student Association, Department of Anthropology and Speaker's Board<br>
<br>For questions, suggestions or more information about the Portland State's First Thursday Archaeology Program please call 503.725.3081 or email <a href="mailto:wendyannwright@gmail.com" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(195, 57, 11); ">wendyannwright@gmail.com</a></font></span><br>