Village Events
On Saturday, September 18, 2010, The Oysterville Restoration Foundation will be hosting members of the Lower Columbia Preservation Society to a bay front tour of historic Oysterville with an emphasis on the oyster industry then and now. The progression from Native to Eastern to Japanese oyster cultivation as well as tonging, plunger, and dredging techniques will be discussed in the midst of the town built for the purpose of harvesting the tasty bivalves. Noted author Sydney Stevens (Oysterville published in 2010 as part of Arcadia Publishing's Images of America series) and ORF president Tucker Wachsmuth will serve as tour guides. The tour will begin at The Oysterville Church (1892) at 11am and will be followed by a picnic on the grounds of the Thomas Crellin House (1869), the present day home of Nyel and Sydney Stevens.