BAKER CITY, Oregon -- The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is seeking nominations to fill all seven positions on the National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center (Trail Center) Advisory Board. Positions on the Board include representatives of the local business community, trail advocacy groups, Federal, County or local government, and the public-at-large. All materials should be sent to the point of contact listed below no later than February 14, 2011.
Baker City, Oregon - The National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center will be on a winter schedule from Sunday Dec. 1 through Saturday Feb. 15. During the winter schedule the Center will be open to the public Thursdays through Sundays for viewing exhibits, films and interpretive programs, Oregon Trail Shop and hiking from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
BAKER CITY, OREGON - The National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center again offers the annual Thursday Outdoor Club for ages 8 to 12 starting June 25 and each Thursday through July 30. The 2015 theme is "Surviving along the Oregon Trail." Starting at 1:30 p.m. each Thursday, each class focuses on what it takes to survive conditions found along the Oregon Trail. Not only how pioneers managed the harsh conditions, but how people, plants, and animals lived in the west for centuries. We can learn from the past how to stay safe in the outdoors today.
Baker City, Oregon - Popular northwest folk singer Hank Cramer will present his program "Wanderin' Minstrel" July 3 - 5 at the National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center. Daily performances are at 10:30 a.m., noon, and 2 p.m. All performances are inside in the air conditioned Leo Adler Theater.
BAKER CITY, OREGON - A special exhibit at the National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center examines the material culture - the "stuff" - that pioneers carried on their journeys west. "Cargo for a Continental Crossing" is open through Oct. 13 of this year, and helps visitors consider how we choose possessions and supplies for any of life's journeys by looking closely at the pioneer Oregon Trail experience
BAKER CITY, Ore. The annual National Public Lands Day will be observed at the National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center (NHOTIC) on Saturday, September 26, with volunteer trail and vegetation projects, free admission for all visitors, and a special presentation by folk musician Hank Cramer. Restoration activities at the Trail Center begin at 9:00 a.m.
BAKER CITY, Ore. Living history interpreter Mike Follin brings a re-created traveling frontier medicine show to the National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center August 14-17. Presetations of Dr. Balthasar are scheduled daily at 10:30 a.m., noon and 2 p.m. in the Leo Adler Theater located inside the Center.
BAKER CITY, ORE. ? Visitors to the National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center (NHOTIC) will hear the history of the west as preserved through folk music, with several presentations over the next few weeks. Musician and storyteller Bill Boycott will present three daily programs June 26th-30th in the Leo Adler Theater located inside the Trail Center. Performances are at 11:30 a.m., 1:00 and 2:00 p.m. Boycott uses music ? both traditional and contemporary ? to tell the story of the pioneers who settled the West. In another program, Boycott demonstrates the art of Indian Sign Language used by Native Americans, explorers, and traders to communicate in an era when many cultures were moving about the Great Plains and the Pacific Northwest. Boycott accompanies himself on guitar and banjo.
BAKER CITY, ORE. -- Visitors to the National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center (NHOTIC) will hear the history of the west as preserved through folk music, with several presentations over the next few weeks. Musician and storyteller Bill Boycott will present three daily programs June 26th-30th in the Leo Adler Theater located inside the Trail Center. Performances are at 11:30 a.m., 1:00 and 2:00 p.m.
BAKER CITY, Ore. - The story of the Fort Rock homestead era will be retold in an exhibit of contemporary photographs at the National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center in Baker City this fall. "High Desert Dreams: The Lost Homesteads of the Fort Rock Basin" by Corvallis photographer Rich Bergeman will be on view at the Oregon Trail Interpretive Center's Flagstaff Gallery from Sept. 19 to Nov. 30.