“Do It.”
A letter from volunteer Remy Buxton, after his first time volunteering with HistoriCorps at the 2020 IOOF Cabins project in Deschutes National Forest, OR. To all of you who might be considering volunteering with [...]
My HistoriCorps Experience
Hello HistoriCorps past and future volunteers! I am Irieix Costa, a technical architect from Girona, Spain. I spent four weeks this summer as a volunteer on three different HistoriCorps projects. So what brought me all [...]
How to HistoriCorps – Stay Warm When Camping
By Volunteer Eric Ockerhausen There’s nothing like going to sleep under the stars and waking up to incredible sunrises over the mountains. In fact, the experience is one reason lots of volunteers join HistoriCorps projects [...]
Ten Years Ago: Recollections from HistoriCorps’ Founders Jonas Landes, Doug Stephens, Terri Leistman, & Ann Pritzlaff
A decade ago, a group of individuals saw a need to create an organization that would utilize a volunteer workforce to save historic places. We spoke with HistoriCorps founders, Doug Stephens and Terri Leistman of [...]
Why HistoriCorps
By Sarah Scruggs (left) Why HistoriCorps? Why not? There is no reason that I shouldn't or couldn’t do what is asked of me in my time as a volunteer on a HistoriCorps crew; I know [...]
Why HistoriCorps
By Brian Brogie: On a trip last year that took me along the Oregon Trail, I saw many historic structures that were in desperate need of attention. I thought, how sad that we are letting [...]