Four original drawings to be displayed at Silverton festival
Western Oregon historian Gus Frederick, a devoted fan of Homer Davenport, the legendary editorial cartoonist from Silverton, will never forget how he felt after reading an email from John Lamoreau, of La Grande, in October of 2024.
“I was shocked,” Frederick said.
And understandably so, for it’s not every day one is told that original 125-year-old illustrations by Davenport had been discovered. Lamoreau wrote that he had purchased four original drawings by Davenport, who died in 1912…