25th Anniversary Celebration
Leave a reply
Celebrating 25 years at the National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center located 5 miles east of beautiful Baker City, Oregon!!!
Category Archives: Blog
Trail Tender George Johnson, the man wearing the capote
Wearing his signature striped capote, volunteer George Johnson, 86, greeted visitors and many old friends during the 25th anniversary celebration at for the National Historic…
Read more…
25th Anniversary…Volunteers: 239,000 hours, and counting.
When you get involved, you feel the sense of hope and accomplishment that comes from knowing you are working to make things better. We have…
Read more…
25th Anniversary Story: Volunteering
Both volunteerism and a keen interest in the Oregon Trail flow through Rachael Nickens’ blood. When she was 17, she started volunteering in the gift…
Read more…
25th Anniversary – Oregon Trail people
“Asking an interpreter a question is like taking a drink from a fire hose.” -Robert Fudge, NPS One of the folks you might meet when visiting the Oregon Trail…
Read more…
“Roll on “Columbia” Roll on”
Just where did the Great Columbia River that borders the states of Washington and Oregon get its name? The year is 1792, after many years…
Read more…
The Blue Mountains
Riley Root: August 17, 1848 15 miles to camp, on Grand Round river. Eight miles across the head of the beautiful Grand Round valley, to…
Read more…
Catherine Sager Pringle
Catherine Sager Pringle was nine years old when she accompanied her family across the plains from Iowa to the Oregon Country in 1844. Her leg…
Read more…
Dead Man’s Pass
In 1876, a particular concern of the settlers of the Grande Ronde Valley region (east of the Cascade mountains in the Oregon Territory) was the…
Read more…
Utter Van Ornum Massacre 1860
The year is 1860, the date September 9th. Between 9:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. a small wagon train of 8 wagons were attacked by Indians…
Read more…