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Anya Ballinger, curator of education for the Benton County Historical Society gestures to a portrait of Mary Jane Holmes Shipley Drake. The Black History in Benton County tour features the stories of three African-American individuals who settled in Oregon and was developed with support from Oregon Black Pioneers and Linn-Benton NAACP.

‘What does a pioneer look like?’

Revisiting Black history in Benton County
Marina Kandas, Reporter
February 9, 2026

For years, Black history has existed largely in the margins of local stories. Now, that presence is coming to the forefront through the Corvallis Museum’s Black History in Benton County tour. “Our...

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