Secrets of the Past: Linfield Before It Was Linfield, 1858-1922

Name: Secrets of the Past: Linfield Before It Was Linfield, 1858-1922
Start: 2025-10-21T18:00:00-07:00
End: 2025-10-21T19:30:00-07:00
Location: 11275 SW Durham Lane, McMinnville, OR, United States, Oregon 97128

Schedule

Tue Oct 21 2025 at 06:00 pm to 07:30 pm

UTC-07:00

Location

11275 SW Durham Lane, McMinnville, OR, United States, Oregon 97128 | Mcminnville, OR

In 1858, a five-page document was all it took to establish a Baptist college in McMinnville. The school didn’t become known as Linfield College, or feel somewhat secure about its future, until 1922. Join us for the wildly improbable survival of a small, religious college in the Oregon Frontier, and some of the notable people and events from its early history.