Adult Lectures, Classes, Events and More
May 12 Lunch and Lecture: Wildflowers of Central Oregon with Pacifi Northwest Wildflowers author Damian Fagan and a wildflower walk. Members $10; non-members $15. Includes Lunch. Call 382-4754 ext 241 to register.
May 14 Curator Lecture with Bob Boyd
- Buckaroo - Hispanic Hertage in the High
Desert. What is a buckaroo? Discover the history of
these distinctive cowboys of the High Desert with Bob Boyd, the
Museum's Curator of Western History. The heritage of the
High Desert rangeland began two centuries ago in Spanish
colonial California, where vaqueros developed a culture of
training horses and working cattle on the missions and ranchos.
In the late 1860s California cattlemen began to drive their
herds north and establish ranches in Nevada, eastern Oregon and
southeastern Idaho.With the cattle came California vaqueros,
transplanting their customs, and finely crafted gear of rawhide
and leather, silver and horsehair. This evening's presentation
will tell the story of how the early vaqueros evolved into
today's High Desert buckaroos, illustrated with historic and
landscape photographs and an extensive display of vaqueros and
buckaroo gear.
6:30pm - 9:30pm. Members $10; non-members $15. Call
382-4754 ext 241 to register.
