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October 24, 2014 – March 8, 2015
The Columbia Pacific Heritage Museum presents a special exhibition, Hope in Hard Times: the Long Beach Peninsula During the Great Depression.
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The 1930s saw many changes to life here on the “North Beach” peninsula. From man-made cataclysmic events like the fire that destroyed the Ilwaco High School and the fish trap ban that caused Chinook to lose its livelihood, area residents learned to rebuild and reinvent themselves. Federal programs came to our region in the form of the Civilian Conservation Corps at Fort Canby and the WPA Documenting Communities in Oysterville. However, it was local ingenuity and generosity of spirit that gave our community hope in hard times.
The exhibit is built around photographs, artifacts and information pulled from local collections to tell the story of the Great Depression here at the Beach. The exhibition will be on view through March 8, 2015.
