Before I give you the official “tour” of Kam Wah Chung, I thought I’d share some of the many photos I took of the place. This photo essay post will be bookended between last week’s post about my workamping experience at Kam Wah Chung and the tour itself. Sign on the main street of John […]
The workamping assignment I did during the month of August 2021, Kam Wah Chung, was in the town of John Day, Oregon. I thought it would be fun to share a little bit about the community and the area before I give you the “tour” of the building. Additionally, I want to share general information […]
Today, I wanted to revisit an early article to see if my thinking is the same. I wrote this article when I’d been on the road for just six months, so I still really had no idea what I was doing. Like when I revisited What I’ll Miss About Sticks-and-Bricks life, I’ll put my new […]
I took a lot of photos during my two weeks as a volunteer for HistoriCorps at the Soderberg Bunkhouse. Many didn’t fit into articles I wrote about volunteering and about my experience. So, you know what that means? It’s time for another photo essay. These are non-duplicative photos from the previous Soderberg Bunkhouse and HistoriCorps […]
After building a little suspense over the last few weeks with the teaser posts, the history of Soderberg Ranch and the ins and outs of becoming a HistoriCorps volunteer, we finally made it to the best post on the subject. My HistoriCorps experience as part of the crew restoring the Soderberg Bunkhouse near Fort Collins, […]
Before I share the experience of working with HistoriCorps on the Soderberg Bunkhouse, I want to take a step back and tell the story of the Soderberg Ranch. I think learning the story gives perspective as to why the work we did on the building was important and relevant to the US history of westward […]