History Pub: The Lava Lake Murders of 1924
August 27 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
$5
In the fall of 1923, trapper and horse packer Ed Nichols was hired by Bend logging contractor Ed Logan to tend to Logan’s Little Lava Lake fur farm through the winter. Nichols was joined by two friends, Dewey Morris and Roy Wilson, both loggers from Bend. Little did the three friends know that Charles Kimzey, a ruthless man with a grudge, had other plans for them.
April 2024 marked the 100th anniversary of the recovery of the men’s remains at Little Lava Lake. Mike Berry, DCHS Board member and local raconteur, shares the story of how these men crossed paths in a most fateful way.
Mike Berry is a retired county surveyor who has lived in Bend since attending COCC in the 1970s. The combination of his surveying skills and love of local history has inspired a curiosity about what happened in the past that leads him to dive deeply into stories and tales from history.
To register for History Pub, visit
www.mcmenamins.com/events/257170-the-lava-lake-murders-of-1924