Note: this is a past event.
This year we will host our annual fundraising dinner and auction on Saturday, May 11th, 2013 from 5 to 9 pm at Club Green Meadows in Vancouver. Guests will enjoy an evening with celebrated historian Richard Etulain taking a lively and definitive look at Abraham Lincoln and the Oregon Country accompanied by a catered dinner, silent auction, and sales of Etulain’s latest book, “Lincoln and Oregon Country Politics in the Civil War Era”, which was released in February. Arrive at 5 pm for cocktails and to mingle with the author!
Tickets are $65 for current CCHS members, $75 for non-members, and $520 for a table of 8 and must be reserved prior to the event. To reserve yours, call (360) 993-5679.
For directions to Club Green Meadows, use the map at right or click here for a larger version.
“Once again, historian Richard Etulain has provided a scholarly, lively, and definitive look at Lincoln and the Pacific Northwest. Lincoln himself thought the ‘Far Corner’ of Oregon simply too far to become his own home, but his close ties to many friends who did migrate there remained important in both elections and war. Etulain re-creates the pioneer spirit and political fractiousness of Oregon with a keen eye for both the sweep of history and the small anecdotes that make the best history books irresistible.”
—Harold Holzer, Chairman, Lincoln Bicentennial Foundation
If you’re interested in getting a copy of Richard’s book before May 11th, you can stop by the museum store or use the mail-order form provided here.
About the Author
Richard W. Etulain is the author or editor of more than fifty books, including Conversations with Wallace Stegner on Western History and Literature, Beyond the Missouri: The Story of the American West, and Lincoln Looks West: From the Mississippi to the Pacific. A Professor Emeritus of History at the University of New Mexico, he lives in Clackamas, Oregon.
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