

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: History Pub - Subscribe Now! How the West Was Written
- **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 11 Mar, 2026 at 07:00 pm
- **Event Description**: McMenamins and Friends of Historic Forest Grove present
History Pub  

Subscribe Now! How the West Was Written  
Presented by Travis E. Ross 

McMenamins Grand Lodge Theater 
Wednesday, March 11, 2026 
7pm/doors 6pm  
$5
All ages welcome  

In the 1880s, California publishing tycoon Hubert Howe Bancroft invested a fortune to write the history of western North America. With personal stories contributed by the public and a staff of uncredited research agents, Bancroft produced a 39-volume subscription series released quarterly in 800-page books that laid the bedrock of western regional history. Historian Dr. Travis E. Ross retraces the incredible lengths Bancroft and his agents went to realize his ambitious and lucrative plan to sell 10,000 subscriptions. 

In our 21st century, it’s easy to take for granted the assumption that knowledge about everything must already exist. But how did we get here? Join us as Dr. Travis E. Ross investigates rare evidence of the “history of history” and the Gilded Age for-profit subscription industry that morphed into the mainstream historical record—for good or ill.  

Dr. Travis E. Ross is an award-winning historian and technologist focused on the intersection of knowledge and capitalism during moments of rapid disruption. Currently an Assistant Professor of History at George Fox University, Ross completed a PhD in history at the University of Utah and a postdoctoral fellowship in informatics at Yale School of Medicine and the West Haven VA Medical Center.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/forest-grove/history-pub-subscribe-now-how-the-west-was-written/200029520361221
- **Event Categories**: art, theatre
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 11

## Ticket Details

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## Event venue details

- **city**: Forest Grove
- **state**: OR
- **country**: United States
- **location**: McMenamins Grand Lodge
- **lat**: 45.52159832569
- **long**: -123.08622480367
- **full address**: McMenamins Grand Lodge, 3505 Pacific Ave,Forest Grove,OR,United States

## Event Organizer details

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- **organizer**: McMenamins History (https://allevents.in/org/mcmenamins-history/10113027)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Wed, 11 Mar, 2026 at 07:00 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** McMenamins Grand Lodge, 3505 Pacific Ave,Forest Grove,OR,United States
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** McMenamins History
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** art, theatre
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about History Pub - Subscribe Now! How the West Was Written ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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