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Our goal is to inspire, entertain, educate and involve
our local community, as well as visitors from all over the
world, in the stewardship of our unique history.
our local community, as well as visitors from all over the
world, in the stewardship of our unique history.
Executive Director:
Gordon Gillespie
Address:
246 North Main Street,
Prineville, Oregon 97754
Hours:
Winter
Tues. - Fri.
10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Sat. 11 - 4 p.m.
Summer
(Memorial Day thru
Labor Day)
Mon. - Fri.
10 a.m to 5 p.m.
Sat. & Sun
11 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Gordon Gillespie
Address:
246 North Main Street,
Prineville, Oregon 97754
Hours:
Winter
Tues. - Fri.
10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Sat. 11 - 4 p.m.
Summer
(Memorial Day thru
Labor Day)
Mon. - Fri.
10 a.m to 5 p.m.
Sat. & Sun
11 a.m. - 4 p.m.
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Welcome to A.R. Bowman Memorial Museum
| Website by Dhyzen Central Oregon Web Designs 2010 |
Check out our new digital exhibit which is a supplement to the expansion of the physical space. It presents some of the
family heirlooms - photos, video clips, and stories of the local timber industry - that have been generously shared with the
museum. The Ponderosa Pine Capital of the World exhibit will anchor the new exhibit space in the expanded museum. It
will include "The Woods" and "The Mill," two full-size areas that highlight the workers, tools, and history of the trade. The
history is one that is not yet complete. One of the takeaway messages of the exhibit is that the wood products industry is
poised for reemergence.
family heirlooms - photos, video clips, and stories of the local timber industry - that have been generously shared with the
museum. The Ponderosa Pine Capital of the World exhibit will anchor the new exhibit space in the expanded museum. It
will include "The Woods" and "The Mill," two full-size areas that highlight the workers, tools, and history of the trade. The
history is one that is not yet complete. One of the takeaway messages of the exhibit is that the wood products industry is
poised for reemergence.
Since the creation of the Bowman Museum in 1971, generations of
Central Oregonians have contributed time, money, and family
heirlooms to help tell the history of their county. With our region
changing faster than ever, the time is now to expand the A. R.
Bowman Memorial Museum in downtown Prineville.
Central Oregonians have contributed time, money, and family
heirlooms to help tell the history of their county. With our region
changing faster than ever, the time is now to expand the A. R.
Bowman Memorial Museum in downtown Prineville.
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Journals of Charles Congleton
Discover the story about Charles Congleton; a Forest Service Ranger
stationed in the Ochocos from 1907 to 1927. These newly transcribed journal
entries provide valuable insight into the life of a Forest Service Ranger and
offers readers a chance to learn what it was like to build community
relationships and develop early management strategies while fighting bug
infestations and forest fires, building telephone lines and constructing forest
trails.
Also part of this unique collection is an array of Forest Service photos, maps
depicting designated forest areas, both then and now, and a personal
overview of his life and his 20 years as a Forest Service Ranger written by
Charles Congleton in his later years. Read More ...
Discover the story about Charles Congleton; a Forest Service Ranger
stationed in the Ochocos from 1907 to 1927. These newly transcribed journal
entries provide valuable insight into the life of a Forest Service Ranger and
offers readers a chance to learn what it was like to build community
relationships and develop early management strategies while fighting bug
infestations and forest fires, building telephone lines and constructing forest
trails.
Also part of this unique collection is an array of Forest Service photos, maps
depicting designated forest areas, both then and now, and a personal
overview of his life and his 20 years as a Forest Service Ranger written by
Charles Congleton in his later years. Read More ...
Closed major holidays &
during the month of
January.
Phone:
541-447-3715
Email Us!
during the month of
January.
Phone:
541-447-3715
Email Us!
We serve Crook County residents and
Central Oregon visitors by offering new
exhibits every year. We also feature exciting
speakers, area tours, historical and
genealogical research assistance, annual
celebrations, regular visitation hours,
newspaper articles and quarterly publications.
Central Oregon visitors by offering new
exhibits every year. We also feature exciting
speakers, area tours, historical and
genealogical research assistance, annual
celebrations, regular visitation hours,
newspaper articles and quarterly publications.
| Charles Congleton |
A Larger Museum for a New Time
Central Oregon is changing fast. Our economy is in transition. Growth brings
new values, opportunities and perspectives. Globalization brings new tests for
our rural students. During this time we must preserve tangible links to our
history, present what makes Central Oregon unique, and prepare our students
for their future by giving them a solid grounding in their past. Expanding the
Bowman Museum through the Let’s Make History! Campaign will help us do all
of these things. See drawings of the new expansion ...
Let's Make History! (Slated to Start Summer 2010)
Let’s Make History! will make it possible for us to create permanent exhibits
telling Crook County’s story of timber, homesteading and ranching, the
entrepreneurial Les Schwab, and more. Flexible spaces will increase our ability
to host traveling exhibits. In a roomier space with a “potbelly stove”
atmosphere visitors will enjoy historic re-enactments, an expanded lecture
series and family-focused oral histories. Read more ...
Central Oregon is changing fast. Our economy is in transition. Growth brings
new values, opportunities and perspectives. Globalization brings new tests for
our rural students. During this time we must preserve tangible links to our
history, present what makes Central Oregon unique, and prepare our students
for their future by giving them a solid grounding in their past. Expanding the
Bowman Museum through the Let’s Make History! Campaign will help us do all
of these things. See drawings of the new expansion ...
Let's Make History! (Slated to Start Summer 2010)
Let’s Make History! will make it possible for us to create permanent exhibits
telling Crook County’s story of timber, homesteading and ranching, the
entrepreneurial Les Schwab, and more. Flexible spaces will increase our ability
to host traveling exhibits. In a roomier space with a “potbelly stove”
atmosphere visitors will enjoy historic re-enactments, an expanded lecture
series and family-focused oral histories. Read more ...
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| nearing completion. We are 85 Percent Funded! The New Expansion is expected to start this coming summer. |