Homer Davenport Community Festival

From Homer Davenport Community Festival Website:

Silverton's famous son, Homer Davenport, was an internationally renowned cartoonist in the late 19th and early 20th Centuries. Homer, left Silverton, fulfilling his desire to become an editorial cartoonist... inspired by his mother's appreciation for the art form.

He was born in the Waldo Hills region south of Silverton on March 8, 1867. He spent much of his early years on GeerCrest Farm, his mother's family's homestead, as well as in Silverton, having moved there with his family at the age of seven or so.

Homer Davenport authored several successful books, including two collections of his cartoons in 1898 and 1900. My Quest of the Arabian Horse (1909) profiled his journey to the desert. The Country Boy (1910) detailed his life growing up in Silverton.

Tragically, Davenport died at the age of 45 to pneumonia. In 1912, he passed away after drawing a series cartoons about the sinking of the Titanic. He is buried in the Silverton Cemetery next to his Father.

His legacy, however, endures. Homer Davenport Days began in Silverton in 1980. Every year since, the celebrations have kept Silverton's young and old alike in high spirits.