A presentation by Gwendoline Trice, Maxville Heritage Center director

Maxville was a rural logging town in Eastern Oregon from 1923 - 1933, it represented the timber industries great migration of African American timber workers that came from the south and midwest. Black loggers and their families were 15 percent of the 400 souls that lived in this segregated logging community that also included Greek loggers. Stories of African American travel, relocation to and from Maxville to Vanport are part of this story.

Share our vision of the Maxville site post exclusion laws when Black families first arrived. The future of Maxville holds 240 acres of exploration, education and access for all. Our host for the virtual presentation will be Beyond Toxics,

Credit for video short directed by Marv Ross, Honorary Arce video short produced by Cold Coffee Media.

Maxville Heritage Interpretive Center: To gather, preserve, and share the rich history of African American, Indigenous, and immigrant loggers in the Pacific Northwest. We utilize inclusive stories of multicultural logging communities to better connect the experiences of the American narrative.

https://www.maxvilleheritage.org

This is a free, virtual event

Register to receive Zoom link OR watch live broadcast on Vanport Mosaic FB and on this page.