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Cannon Lecture, Big Quilt on North Oregon Coast |
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07/22/08
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Cannon Lecture, Big Quilt on North Oregon Coast
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| One of the historic cannon found in Arch Cape in February (photo Tiffany Boothe, Seaside Aquarium) |
(Cannon Beach, Oregon) - The Cannon Beach History Center and Museum will dig a bit deeper into history and local coastal life, with a special lecture on August 13 about the historical objects found in Arch Cape earlier this year and a raffle to win a massive quilt that depicts life on the beach.
On Wednesday, August 13, the Cannon Beach History Center and Museum will host a lecture by Greg Shine on the cannons discovered in Arch Cape in February 2008. Shine is the Chief Ranger and Historian at the Fort Vancouver National Historic Site and the Northwest Cultural Resources Institute. This free, public program will take place at 7:30 p.m. at the History Center.
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| Photo Tiffany Boothe, Seaside Aquarium |
Winter storms recently uncovered two short-barreled guns (carronades) on the beach near Arch Cape, Oregon. The source of the carronades has been the subject of much speculation and interest throughout the Pacific Northwest. Some believe these large objects may have belonged to the U.S. Schooner Shark and were torn loose from the vessel after it wrecked at the mouth of the Columbia River in September, 1846. The story has since garnered national attention, with the PBS television series History Detectives filming a segment exploring the relationship between the Shark and the carronades.
Using firsthand accounts, archival documents, maps, and private letters, Greg Shine will describe U.S. Schooner Shark’s activities in the Pacific Northwest and its demise at the dangerous Columbia River Bar. His PowerPoint presentation will illustrate why the vessel was sent to Fort Vancouver and the Oregon Country, and how the schooner’s officers interacted with Hudson’s Bay Company officials, officers from the British sloop of war HMS Modeste and local residents. Their stories of cooperation, intrigue, shipwreck, rescue, and even horse racing will help create an understanding of the Oregon Country as it rose to international importance in the 1840s.
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| The quilt by Jean Williams (photo courtesy Cannon Beach History Center) |
For more information about the program, please call the Cannon Beach History Center and Museum at 503-436-9301. CBHCM is located at the corner of Spruce and Sunset Streets in Cannon Beach.
Also at the museum, a new sampler wall hanging, made and donated by Jean Williams, is on display at the Cannon Beach History Center and Museum. The wall hanging, entitled “The Beach of a Thousand Wonders,” features squares depicting Oregon coastal life - from a sandcastle square, to a beach cottage square, to a square donning a purple Oregon lupine. The piece will be raffled-off as part of the fifth-annual Cannon Beach Cottage Tour on September 6th. Tickets are $1, or 6 tickets for $5, and can be purchased at the History Center, Cannon Beach Property Management, or Duane Johnson Real Estate. The drawing will take place at a free reception to be held from 4 - 5 p.m. at the Cannon Beach History Center and Museum, following the September 6th Cottage Tour.
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