BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20190202T010000Z DTEND:20190202T030000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Educational Talk on Southern Oregon History and Local Author Signing DESCRIPTION:Oregon Books and Games is excited to announce this First Friday we will be hosting two local authors from 5:00-7:00PM for a Lecture on two men that were paramount to the history of the Rogue Valley. \n\n\n\nDuring his lifetime\, John Beeson (1803 1889) was called the Indian Apostle\, Father Beeson\, the Alpha and Omega of the Indian cause\, a monomaniac\, a depraved liar\, vile\, fanatical\, and venerable. Because of his insistence on justice for the Indians\, he was politically disqualified for residency in Territorial Oregon. His passion for justice and human rights in the face of adversity still resonate today.\n\n\n\nIn a different Role\, A history of Oregon without Jesse Applegate would be like Exodus without Moses. Like Moses\, Jesse led pioneers through the wilderness across the Oregon Trail in 1843 and like Moses\, Applegate was a lawgiver\, and like Moses\, when proper provocation occurred\, he sometimes threw down the tablets in his role in the formation of Oregon\n\n\n\nLocal Author Jan Wright has spent over 20 years of research on John Beeson culminating in her newly released "Oregon Outcast". She will be speaking alongside Leta Lovelace Neiderhauser who is the premier expert on Jesse Applegate\, her book by the same name has been touted as one of the best sources on early Oregon History. \n\n\n\nJoin us for an evening of insight and history and hear from the experts. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Oregon Books and Games is excited to announce this First Friday we will be hosting two local authors from 5:00-7:00PM for a Lecture on two men that were paramount to the history of the Rogue Valley. \;
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\nDuring his lifetime\, John Beeson (1803&ndash\;1889) was called the Indian Apostle\, Father Beeson\, the Alpha and Omega of the Indian cause\, a monomaniac\, a depraved liar\, vile\, fanatical\, and venerable. Because of his insistence on justice for the Indians\, he was politically disqualified for residency in Territorial Oregon. His passion for justice and human rights in the face of adversity still resonate today.
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\nIn a different Role\, A history of Oregon without Jesse Applegate would be like Exodus without Moses. Like Moses\, Jesse led pioneers through the wilderness across the Oregon Trail in 1843 and like Moses\, Applegate was a lawgiver\, and like Moses\, when proper provocation occurred\, he sometimes threw down the tablets in his role in the formation of Oregon
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\nLocal Author Jan Wright has spent over 20 years of research on John Beeson culminating in her newly released "\;Oregon Outcast"\;. She will be speaking alongside Leta Lovelace Neiderhauser who is the premier expert on Jesse Applegate\, her book by the same name has been touted as one of the best sources on early Oregon History. \; \;
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\nJoin us for an evening of insight and history and hear from the experts. LOCATION:Oregon Books and Games 150 NE E. St. Grants Pass OR\, 97526 UID:e.1818.30422 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260413T172631Z URL:https://business.grantspasschamber.org/events/details/history-talk-and-local-author-signing-30422 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR