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History Pub Presents: Should Lane County Change Its Name? A Panel Discussion
September 14, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Should Lane County Change Its Name?
This panel discussion will cover the currently hot question of renaming Lane County.
Scheduled for September 14, 2020.
RSVP: history.uoregon.edu/should-lane-county-change-its-name
Panelists:
Pete Sorensen, LC Commissioner
Marc Carpenter, UO (History)
Eric Richardson, NAACP
Esther Stutzman, Kalapuya Elder
Shannon Applegate, author/pioneer family
R. Gregory Nokes, author
Learn More about Joseph Lane here: Joseph_Lane 1801_1881 (by Fred Blue)
Harry Lane here: Harry_Lane_1855_1917 (by Kimberly Jensen)
and the Election of 1860 here: Election_of_1860 (by Richard Etulain)
Courtesy of Oregon Historical Society and Oregon Encyclopedia