“I Smell a Rat!’ at Knappton Cove Heritage Center
Open House | May 20 | 1-4 pm
Program 1:30:
Join us as we unveil our newest exhibit in partnership with the CCC MERTS program! Students have constructed a rat guard for ships using US PHS historic diagrams. Rat guards were used to prevent rats, notorious for spreading disease, from getting aboard ships.
Book Reading 2:00:
Friedrich Schuler will read from his new book, Pestered by Plague: The U. S. Public Health Service Station in Astoria, OR and Knappton Cove, WA, from Cannery to Quarantine Station 1899-1901.
Explore history where it happened! This event is family friendly and free of charge, partnering with Pacific County’s Museum Month as we celebrate Historic Preservation Month.