History and Hops: Along the Oregon trail
Published 4:50 pm Friday, March 13, 2020
- Belle Rinehart Ferguson, M.D., was one of the first female doctors in Oregon. She is the subject of a lecture presented at the next History and Hops, Thursday, March 26, at Seaside Brewing Co.
This event is canceled.
The Seaside Museum and Historical Society presents “History and Hops Travels the Oregon Trail” at the Seaside Brewing Co. on Thursday, March 26, at 6 p.m.
The event features Nancy Anderson, director and founder of the Knappton Cove Heritage Center.
Belle Rinehart Ferguson, M.D., was one of the first female doctors in Oregon. Belle was just a toddler when she was brought west by her parents in 1863 on the Oregon Trail.
They settled first in the Willamette Valley and then moved to The Dalles. Belle ultimately practiced medicine in several Oregon locations, finally retiring in Seaside.
Anderson, a Gearhart resident and Oregon native, will tell her Great Aunt Belle’s story, based on Belle’s own written account of her life.
Anderson’s daughter, Heather Bell Henry, will join her — creating a five-generation span of history.
History and Hops, in its sixth year, is a series of local history discussions hosted by the Seaside Museum at 6 p.m. on the last Thursday of each month, September through May, at Seaside Brewing Co., 851 Broadway.
