Clackamas Heritage Partners are excited to present several reoccurring monthly lectures. Tickets are available in the visitors center. General Admission always includes events held in the theatre on the day of your visit. Lecture only tickets are available for $5
After Arrival: Establishing New Lives at the End of the Oregon Trail
Every First Sunday of the Month at 2:30pm
Join CHP’s Resident Historian, John Jarvie for a deep dive into the new beginnings at the End of the Trail. Lectures in this series delve into topics including land claims; dispossessing indigenous people of their land; establishing towns, trade, newspapers, transportation, race-based restrictions; relationships: courting/arrangements, marriage, divorce; and more.
2025 Topics
- January – Claiming Land
- February – The Oregon Question
- March – Town Development Along the Lower Willamette
- April – Settler-Era Politics
- May – The Pacific Northwest during the Civil War
- June – Dispossessing Indigenous Peoples
- July – Race and Race-based Restrictions
- August – Relationships: Courtship, Marriage, Divorce
- September – Chasing Profit in the PNW: Shipping and Other Mercantile Concerns in the mid-19th Century
- October – Chasing Profit in the PNW: Gold in the mid-19th Century
- November – Chasing Profit in the Early PNW: Agriculture and Industry in the mid-19th Century
- December – Connecting the PNW: Settler-Era Communications and the Press
