Monday, May 30, 2005

Baker City, Oregon - Oregon Trail National Interpretive Center

We had a very nice drive from Cascade Locks and the next day went to the Oregon Trail National Interpretive Center (I like to call it a walk through history) set on a hill overlooking the ruts from when settlers who followed Lewis and Clark drove their wagons through the valley on their way to the Pacific.

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Westward migration had already begun by trappers and on the ocean by sea going explorers. What Lewis and Clark did was map the territory for the settlers to use in the westward migration.

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We caught them early in the day as some nice people like Nancy were setting up a recreation of a settlers campsite. Scraccle Queen asked if the dresses were hot. Nancy explained thatr the blousieness of the frontier dresses acted as a cooler as the wind blew through them and it was kind of being like a walking swamp cooler.

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My favorite picture from the campsite was of this man and little girl.


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The museum at the center featured so great exhibits and movies about the area. This picture is a very small portion of a hugh mural on one of the walls.

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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Love the pictures you are taking. Can't wait to see the rest of your trip

Anonymous said...

Hello,

am loving the blog! i find it ironic that you are more web-savvy than i am, but at least it lets me keep in touch since ya'll never seem to include me on your email lists (mhogle@gmail)
missed you terribly this weekend. i would have loved to share my graduation day with you guys. you were there when i started college and were my second parents for the first few years it didn't seem right to celebrate the end without you.
it was the first sun in weeks so the VT hills were at their finest. dad took tons of pictures and i'm sure we'll share.
hope to see you soon. enjoy your trip. someday i hope to make one like it.
love always,
michelle

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