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Preserving our
past for the future

The Maxville Heritage Interpretive Center seeks 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 immigrants and migrants to a larger American narrative.
 
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Recent Press
Maxville Heritage Interpretive Center
Maxville Heritage Interpretive Center

Travel Oregon
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The End of the Trail
The End of the Trail

Smithsonian Magazine
May 2021

Meet the Woman Preserving the History of Oregon’s Black Loggers
Meet the Woman Preserving the History of Oregon’s Black Loggers

Atlas Obscura
February 17, 2022

Bringing a Diverse Ghost Town Back to Life
Bringing a Diverse Ghost Town Back to Life

Cultural Advocacy Coalition of Oregon
February 15, 2022

Maxville Heritage Day
Maxville Heritage Day

Governor Kotec visited the Maxville Heritage Interpretive Center in February of 2023, after a tour of the museum, part of a community walk through Joseph to meet local businesses the Governor penned a proclamation declaring June 3rd be celebrated as Maxville Heritage Day by all Oregonians!

Read the Proclamation here

Letter from Senator Merkley
Letter from Senator Merkley

Senator Merkley presented a flag flown at the US capitol in Washington DC to The Maxville Heritage Interpretive Center along with his generous sentiment on our 100 year celebration during a Town Hall meeting
2023

Oregon Excellence Award 2024
Oregon Excellence Award 2024

Maxville Heritage Interpretive Center for exceptional work in preserving the Maxville townsite, a multi-racial logging community established in Wallowa County in the 1920s. The multi-phased approach included acquisition of the land, project of the last remaining building, archaeological research, and listing the site on the National Register
of Historic Places.

Support our Land Management fund

Help MHIC preserve and steward the
240 acres where the historical townsite of Maxville was located.

 
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Exhibits & Events

celebrate the rich and diverse cultural history of oregon’s logging communities

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Land Acknowledgment

MHIC acknowledges the ancestral, traditional and contemporary lands of the Nez Perce Tribe and the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation

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The Maxville Heritage media archive

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TIMBER CULTURE
A Traveling Exhibit

Timber Culture is a 20-piece traveling exhibit and exploration into cultural heritage in the Pacific Northwest. Find out how your learning institution, heritage society, library or museum can help share the history of Oregon’s multicultural logging industry.

 
 
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About

our founding and history

Our Story
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the annual
maxville gathering

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