Steve Lent will be giving a presentation on Early Transportation in Central Oregon. The program will be a visual presentation with many old photographs of various transportation methods through the years. It will include the transition from livestock trails to wagon roads and then to automobiles. The various travel routes that provided access to and from Central Oregon will also be discussed and include the Willamette Valley Cascade Mountain Wagon Road (Santiam Road), the McKenzie/Salt Springs Road, The Dalles to Canyon City Wagon Road and the roads from The Dalles to Prineville. Anecdotes on early travel will give a sense of what it was like to travel on rugged and primitive mountain roads and the hardships that were endured in traveling.

Steve Lent, native of Prineville, has a keen interest in local history and has avidly researched the past of central Oregon and re-photographed rare photos for the Bowman Museum. He has published books on Central Oregon Place Names and the photographic history of our area. In 2001, he was awarded a commendation award from the National Association of State and Local History for contributions to local history. He is a member of the Western Writers of America.

Come learn about our Early Transportation History!

Thursday October 6, 2022 – 6:30PM
(Doors open at 6:15)
Admission is Free