Corvallis Walking Seminar: Placekeeping

Welcome, eager community stewards, to the outdoor classroom! We'll launch from the air-conditioned lobby of the Courtyard Marriott - 1st & Adams.

Placekeeping has been described as the active care and maintenance of a place and its social fabric by the people who live and work there.

Become a local storykeeper: walk away from our hour together able to explain:

• how the Willamette Valley became a regional breadbasket
• what medieval forests in Europe have to do with the Pacific Northwest
• how the Oregon Trail became a household name
• timelines of the native Kalapuya
• the source of three downtown building booms
• the impact of WWII on Corvallis
• how Corvallis is connected to the Panama canal
• the most destructive decade of the 1900s
• the most innovative decade of the last 50 years

Get connected to Corvallis! 

Visitors to Corvallis are also welcome to come learn the stories of Corvallis.