Brownsville Hands on History gives enjoyable for all

By Cindi Hamar
For The New Era

Despite an excessive warmth advisory, individuals confirmed up in droves for the fourth annual Hands on History day, celebrated Saturday, Aug. 23, in Library Park in Brownsville.

The free occasion supplied alternatives for individuals to have interaction first-hand in actions reminiscent of beeswax candle dipping, cornhusk doll making and washing garments in an previous galvanized tub on a washboard – particularly enjoyable on a sizzling day.

It additionally included a variety of historic actions – from previous time fiddlers to genuine Kalapuyan tales to studying how obsidian projectile factors are made.

People stood in line,  ready for his or her flip to pan for gold, straighten wool, grind flour, make a corn husk doll or go on a trip in a carriage pulled by mules by the streets of Brownsville.

Water misters supplied reduction from the warmth and individuals sipped fresh-pressed apple juice as they listened to dwell music. For those that wanted further cooling, a go to to the museum supplied that choice.

Compelling shows lined quite a lot of pursuits: Oscar B. Hult the embalming surgeon;  Roy Houtz, president of the Mid Valley Prospectors membership; and Mariah Rocker, who spoke on  challenges confronted by Black pioneers in Oregon.

Parents break up up, going in numerous instructions –  one taking the child to the fiddler enjoying music whereas the opposite taking kids on the carriage trip. There was one thing for everybody.