by Rich Wandschneider | Oct 27, 2020 | Amos & Pearl Marsh, Great migration, Joseph Hilliard, La Grande, logging, Maxville, Wallowa County, Wallowa High School
I’ve heard about the Black loggers at Maxville for the 50 years I’ve lived in the Wallowas, and about Amos Marsh, the only pro football player ever to come out of Wallowa County, for as long. In recent years, I’ve watched my grandson and teammates in football and...
by Rich Wandschneider | Jun 30, 2017 | American ethnicity, Anglo-American, Great migration, integration of military, Manifest Destiny, racism, World War II
I believe that Manifest Destiny was the nineteenth century idea that the United States of American—led by Anglo-Americans—was picking up the mantel of world leadership and the white man’s burden from the British Empire and would become greater than its predecessor. I...
