Pacific Northwest Cornish Society

03/08/2026

Join us for the 33rd Annual Gathering of the California Cornish Cousins in Grass Valley, CA.

03/07/2026

02/07/2026

https://mailchi.mp/470c5a587578/apply-now-cahs-travel-grant-deadline-approaching?e=ecdf522eb0

The application deadline for this year’s travel grant is only three weeks away — and I encourage every member with a dream of traveling to Cornwall or to explore Cornish-ness elsewhere in the globe to consider applying.

02/07/2026

🌹To honor the life of a beloved community member, we need your help.✊Every shirt, hat, or pin is crafted locally!🌟Now, you can wear your support on your sleeve.🕯️By wearing these, you quietly support his family and spread awareness.
✊Wear it, share it, make your voice heard today.
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02/06/2026

On January 7, The Skanner newspaper published its final digital edition, leaving a legacy as a pioneering Black-owned publication that reported on and advanced the Black community in the Pacific Northwest for over 50 years.

Founded in 1975, owners Bobbie Foster and Bernie Foster ran the newspaper under the mission of “challenging people to shape a better future now.” Over the years, the publication won many accolades from the West Coast Black Publishers Association and the National Newspaper Publishers Association. The Skanner also won the Small Family Business of the Year Award in Oregon from the Austin Family Business Program at Oregon State University.

In 2013, the Fosters were honored as Oregon History Makers for their important contributions to Oregon history. In 2017, historian Jan Dilg conducted oral history interviews with both Bernie Foster and Bobbie Foster, where they discuss founding The Skanner, its operations, and the Skanner Foundation. Researchers can access all print issues of The Skanner as well as a collection of the newspaper’s photography from 1975 to 2006 through OHS’s research library.

https://digitalcollections.ohs.org/sr-oregon-historical-society-nominated-oral-histories

Caption: Images from the 2013 Oregon History Makers Awards & Dinner on September 21, 2013, at Montgomery Park in Portland. Photo by Claude Werner Laviano.

02/06/2026

Did you know an entire village once stood where Central Park is today?

Long before these trees, paths, and open lawns existed, this land was home to Seneca Village—a thriving community founded in 1825 by free Black Americans. Located between what we now know as West 82nd Street and West 89th Street, Seneca Village was a place of stability, ownership, and independence during a time when those things were deliberately denied to many.

Families here owned their homes. They built churches, a school, and created a close-knit neighborhood where children were educated and adults exercised civic rights. Property ownership in Seneca Village even allowed Black men to vote, granting a level of political voice that was rare in New York at the time. Later, Irish immigrants also became residents, making it one of the city’s earliest racially integrated communities.

In the 1850s, the land was taken to make way for Central Park. Entire households were forced to leave. Homes were torn down. A living community disappeared so a public space could rise in its place.

Today, millions walk through this park unaware of what once existed beneath their feet. This image is more than a scenic view—it marks a place where lives were built, futures were shaped, and a community once stood proud. bh

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02/06/2026

12/05/2025

🎅🏻🎄🐄
What’s Christmas without Rodda’s Cornish Clotted Cream?
Let alone Rodda’s brandy Clotted Cream.

Now in stock.




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08/18/2025

08/02/2025

Happy Birthday!
Today is the 132 anniversary of the birth of Rowena Cade, the indomitable creator of the Minack.
Thank you, Miss Cade, for your inspiring example in building this incredible theatre.