Sisters in the 'good old days'

If you would like to see the changes in the lifestyle and appearance of Sisters Country from the days of yesteryear and today, come to the Sisters Library on Sunday, June 17 at 1:30 p.m. to hear Jean Nave's Friends of the Sisters Library talk on the history of Sisters.

Nave is the founder of the Sisters Country Historical Society and is currently the president. Her talk will include historic photographs of Central Oregon.

Long before the present USFS fire lookout was on the summit of Black Butte, it was located in the growing town of Sisters. Long before the current salmon recovery project was on-going in Whychus Creek as it is today, native, ocean-run salmon were so thick in the ancestral creek it was almost possible to "walk across the creek on their backs during spawning season." (John C. Fremont, 1842.)

Native Americans camped, hunted and fished throughout Sisters Country until pioneers made life so tough for them they left, leaving Whychus Creek to serve the need for irrigation water to convert flood plains to pastures.

These subjects and many more will be highlighted in Nave's library talk, presented as part of the Diane Jacobsen Memorial Series. Doors will open 30 minutes before the program, and there is no fee and no need for reservations.