National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center

The National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center is a 23,000-square-foot (2,100 m2) interpretive center about the Oregon Trail located 6 miles (9.7 km) northeast of Baker City, Oregon on Oregon Route 86 atop Flagstaff Hill. It is operated by the Bureau of Land Management in partnership with Trail Tenders and the Oregon Trail Preservation Trust, and offers living history demonstrations, interpretive programs, exhibits, multi-media presentations, special events, and more than four miles (6 km) of interpretive trails.[1]

National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center
Established1992
LocationBaker City, Oregon, United States
Coordinates44.814608°N 117.72884°W / 44.814608; -117.72884
Websitewww.blm.gov/or/oregontrail/
Entrance to the center

Exhibit themes include area natural history, pre-emigrant travelers and explorers, Native Americans, pioneer life, the General Land Office and Bureau of Land Management, and the mining and settlement of Northeast Oregon.

History

The book Trail of a Dream by Dorthy Wooters chronicles that dream from the early planning stage in 1987 through funding and construction and, ultimately, opening day in 1992.[2]

Key dates
  • March 1, 2001—The center re-opens to full-time operation after major structural retrofit.[3]
  • May, 1992—National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center opens[4]

See also

References
  1. "Oregon National Historic Trail". National Park Service. 2007. Retrieved 2007-08-08.
  2. "Baker County, "Home of the Oregon Trail"". Baker City Herald. May 24, 2002. Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2007-08-08.
  3. "Museum and trail center open in time for state basketball tournament". Baker City Herald. 2001. Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2007-08-08.
  4. "Oregon Historic Trails Report". Oregon Trails Coordinating Council. Retrieved 2007-08-08.
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