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Descendants of Jennie Williams visit Native American basketry lecture
Jennie’s baskets are her legacy, keeping her spirit alive, for people to come and admire, and for her great-grandchildren to come and stand proud and say, ”Those are my Grandma Jennie’s baskets.” I know she is standing right behind us smiling, shedding joyful tears, and proud as can be that she is being lived on with outstanding PRIDE.
Coastal Mysteries
This is a great article, sent to us by one of our Web site readers, Donovan Gray. It chronicles a mystery Spanish ship wreck in the Nehalem area, and the legend of Neahkahnie mountain’s buried treasure. I recently watched the movie The Tale of Tillamook’s Gold (aka Tillamook’s Treasure) and got a basic (Hollywood) version […]
Earth Day inspiration!
If you missed the Earth Day presentation at the History Center this past Monday night, you didn’t get to meet and greet the great volunteers and city planners in the Cannon Beach community. We had a great visitor turn out, and the speakers, Katie Voelke of the Ecola Creek Awareness Program, Doug Deur (professor, historian, […]
Oregon.com Feature for CBHCM!
Friday morning brought partially sunny skies and a reporter from Oregon.com to the Cannon Beach History Center and Museum for a tour and a taste of a brand new program, set to launch this summer. Pat Johnson, Oregon.com reporter and family man with two daughters under the age of 5, visited the museum for a […]
Diane Goeres-Gardner lecture a hit!
Hey folks! For those of you who missed Diane Goeres-Gardner at the History Center on Wednesday night, you’re in luck. Visit our Facebook page for a video clip of the lecture. Here are some photos of the presentation to whet your appetite. Diane gave us some fascinating facts on early prison systems – there were […]
Sunny Weekend!
Glad to report that our last post was accurate. The weather was wonderful yesterday, and will hopefully hold out for the day. Great article the other day in the Daily Astorian on the Overbay Museum. Check it out below. Really neat collection! ALEX PAJUNAS — The Daily Astorian Ralph Overbay, owner of the Overbay Museum […]
The Weather Outside is Frightful
“In the last 2 hours we have had, rain, wind, sunshine, now some dark clouds…. high today only about 48……Not sure what to expect next, but that is the joy of being here.” ~Cannon Beach Surf Shop~
Beth Willis rocked!
Beth Willis’ performance was wonderful last night! For all of you who didn’t get a chance to make it out, check out this video clip on our new Facebook page. See you at the Low Tide Drifters performance on April 24! Beth and her lead guitar player Todd did an excellent job keeping the audience […]
Beth Willis tonight at 7:30 p.m.
Join us for singer/songwriter and sultry-blues with Beth Willis tonight at 7:30 p.m. in the John Williams Classroom of the Cannon Beach History Center and Museum. Suggested donation is $7 for adults, $2 for children. There are only a few concerts left in 2010’s Acoustic Folk! Music Series! See you there!