OREGON — "The First Female White Child Born in Oregon, Illinois: A Journey and Meditation on an Illinois Boy's Midwestern Roots."
Bob Diven, is a long-time Las Cruces, New Mexico artist, actor, singer, composer, author and sculptor who returns to his childhood home this month of May. He will be the featured speaker at the Oregon Depot Museum Saturday, May 25. Doors open at 9 a.m. and the presentation will be at 10 a.m.
On Nov. 28, 1836, Bob Diven's fourth great grandmother Martha Eliza Mix was born in a log cabin in the new settlement of Oregon City to a widow from New York and a mysterious divorced father from Vermont.
So begins the tale of how the threads of English, Dutch, Ulster Irish, Scottish, and German settlers in the New World were woven together in this small town on the Rock River. Based upon his book of the same name, Bob will recount his journeys of pilgrimage, discovery, and understanding of the deep American history that led him.
For more information about this program or other programs, please contact Roger Cain 815.757.9715, Chris Martin 815.742.8471 or Otto Dick 815.440.0639
