Look Back Lecture Series "The Chautauqua at Gladstone"

Name: Look Back Lecture Series "The Chautauqua at Gladstone"
Start: 2025-03-13T19:00:00-07:00
Location: Museum of The Oregon Territory

Schedule

Thu, 13 Mar, 2025 at 07:00 pm

UTC-07:00

Location

Museum of The Oregon Territory | Oregon City, OR

Live, in-person, history programs are back at the Museum of the Oregon Territory with the Look Back Lecture series! See experts recount histories from our region, ranging from culture and community to nature and ecology. Come see the latest in our 2025 series with "The Chautauqua at Gladstone" with author Kim Argraves Huey.
In 1874, a summer camp to train Sunday school teachers in Lake Chautauqua, New York, started a movement that spread across the country. The Chautauqua movement came to Gladstone in 1894, offering educational and cultural experiences through lectures, concerts, and outdoor activities. By 1924, Chautauqua assemblies drew millions of visitors each year. From 1894 to 1927, Gladstone became known as the "Mother Chautauqua of the West," where orators such as William Jennings Bryan and Rev. Billy Sunday held thousands of attendees spellbound in Gladstone Park. Come learn about the Gladstone Chautauqua from Kim Argraves Huey, author of Images of America: Gladstone and Chautauqua at Gladstone, an activity book of historical fun facts about Gladstone's Chautauqua for kids of all ages.
Admission to the 2025 Look Back Lecture series has been made FREE thanks to the Union Pacific Railroad Community Ties Giving Program!