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Parks Bronze

An Enterprise bronze operation documented through the work and teaching of Steve Parks.

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An aerial view of Enterprise and the surrounding fields. Community context for this record.
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An aerial view of Enterprise and the surrounding fields. Community context for this record.

Sam Beebe · 2007-07-08 · CC BY 2.0 · Image & source ↗

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The Oregon Folklife Network documents Parks Bronze in Enterprise and traces Steve Parks’s work from Maiden Bronze through Valley Bronze to his own operation. The profile describes skills learned and passed on through foundry work.

Oregon Secretary of State ↗Oregon Folklife Network, University of Oregon ↗

Through time

1990-10-10

Registration date reported by the state; not an independently verified opening date.

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Around Enterprise, in photographs.

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Brick storefronts along a street in Enterprise.View photograph
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Enterprise street corners

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An old truck in a field near Enterprise, with the Wallowa Mountains behind it.View photograph
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The working landscape

Gary Halvorson, Oregon State Archives14 June 2011
A barn on Wallowa Lake Highway 82 near Enterprise.View photograph
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A barn beneath the mountains

Gary Halvorson, Oregon State Archives20 June 2016
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An old truck in a field near Enterprise, with the Wallowa Mountains behind it.
Chapter 04 Work & livelihoods

Made here. A life built here.

One Joseph worker moved from the sawmill to bronze casting to public works. His path, an earlier sign painter’s commissions, and the county’s payroll figures reveal an economy more connected than its industry labels suggest.

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