The Meadowlark Quarterly Newsletter Crook County Historical Society Feb. 22, 2019 246 North Main Street E-mail [email protected] Prineville, Oregon 97754 www.bowmanmuseum.org Quarterly meeting Sunday March 10, 2019 Crook County History Center 1:00 P.M. The winter quarterly meeting for the Crook County Historical Society will be held at the Crook County History Center on Sunday March 10, 2019. The meeting will begin with a potluck dinner at 1:00 P.M. Please bring your own place setting. All members and the general public are welcome to attend. Members please bring a guest. FEATURED PROGRAM Trekking New Zealand Presented by Steve Lent Museum historian Steve Lent will present a photo tour of New Zealand. Steve and his daughter Allison recently toured New Zealand and he will be sharing some of their experiences and the beautiful scenery of the country. New Zealand offers many different travel experiences from hiking, boating and a wide variety of outdoor activities. The north and south islands have different climates, vegetation and landscapes. Milford Sound on South Island, New Zealand The tour will focus on both islands. It is summer in New Zealand during our winter. Crook County Historical Society Page 1 Honoring Our Pioneer Heritage Bettie Ream Tweedt 2018 Crook County Pioneer Queen The 2018 Crook County Pioneer Queen is Bettie Ream Tweedt. She was coronated on August 5, 2018 and is the reigning queen. She was born in 1936 in Prineville and her parents were Dan and Ethel Shepherd Ream. Her grandparents on both sides of her family were early pioneers in Crook County. Bettie had a sister, Jessie, and a brother, Dan Jr. Bettie grew up on her parents’ ranch east of Post and attended the Shotgun School which was across the road from their ranch. She graduated from Crook County High School in 1954. She married Miller Tweedt in 1957. His family was also very early settlers in the vicinity. Miller and Bettie ranched just west of her parents’ ranch. They had two children, Debbie and Lanny. Bettie did a lot of the ranch work in the early years of their marriage while Miller worked for the state highway department, although he was home every evening. Later on they purchased more land and leased her parents’ ranch and became full time ranchers. Together they were honored as Conservation Ranchers of the Year in 1985. They sold part their ranch in 2014 and moved near Prineville. Miller passed away in 2016. Bettie’s sister Jessie Ream Tavernia was also honored as Crook County Pioneer Queen in 2005 and her cousin Wilma Cordes Flegel in 1998. Additionally her husband’s grandmother Tine Miller was selected as the first Crook County Pioneer Queen in 1937. Bettie has a strong pioneer heritage in Crook County. PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE A great year is in store for all of us at the museum! I invite everyone to stop by to enjoy new exhibits, highlighted by fresh paint and new LED lighting. Thank you Sarah, Steve, Eloise, and Leslie for your hard work to make that happen. We have recently kicked off a brand new People of Our Past series. Have lunch with Barney Prine on Tuesdays this month and meet Alice Day Pratt in March. Also, March 10th is the quarterly meeting honoring Crook County's Pioneer Queens. We are proud of the caboose park and will continue that momentum this year to improve the Exhibit Center (aka Hans Pharmacy) and work to bring more life to the Rancher's Memorial at the fairgrounds. Our director, Sandy Cohen, has been with us nearly a year and has seen that many projects have been completed as well as bringing new ideas to the museum. I am pleased to be your new Historical Society Board president serving with vice-president Jan Anderson, Carrie Gordon as secretary, and Casey Kaiser as our new treasurer. We, along with Mike Wright and Shirley McCullough, welcome new board members Miriam Bernard, Suzie Kristensen, and Scott Cooper. We appreciate your continued support of our wonderful museum! Respectfully, Marlise Jay Crook County Historical Society Page 2 DIRECTOR’S CORNER It’s a Happening Greetings members -- and a special greeting to our new business members! As you know, we recently sent out an inquiry to local businesses soliciting their contributions and support for the future growth of the museum. The response – as is always the case in our community (in relation to the museum) – was tremendous. As of this writing, we have now gotten approximately forty new business members – primarily from the Prineville area. The museum, of course, was closed in January…but the accomplishments during this time were many. Kudos to the staff in working “from dawn to dusk” every single day to clean, dust, paint, polish and otherwise refurbish our lobby and exhibit areas. A huge job – and a job well done! In the programs area, our most exciting recent development was the highly successful launch of our lunchtime living history show called “People of our Past.” Every Tuesday in the month of February, Matt Cleman from Sisters portrayed Prineville’s founding father, Barney Prine, with a marvelous performance before large and enthusiastic crowds. Barney got to interact with the audience as well – having conversations, answering questions, and reaching people on a personal level – all great fun! In March, Michelle Ehr (also from Sisters) will portray homesteader and educator, Alice Day Pratt. We appreciate – as always-- our wonderful partners in this venture, The Friends of the Crook County Library. In yet another exciting development related to programs, the museum has now officially completed the gazebo at the Rancher’s Memorial – replete with electrical power. We now plan on working with the Ochoco Players to do a performance at the County Fair this summer called “Shootout at Sadie’s Saloon” – an interactive, participatory play meant to engage audiences. This should also be a whole lot of fun! Finally, you’ll notice our flyer insert advertising our upcoming spring lecture series. We’re greatly looking forward to welcoming Carl Abbot, Rebecca Hom, Dick Pugh and Hank Cramer. If you plan on attending Dick Pugh’s lecture on meteorites, feel free to bring along any rocks you may have uncovered that you think are meteorites…and Dick will let you if they are meteorites (or “meteorwrongs”) right then and there. Looking forward to spring! 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