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The National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center is a
National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center
- official site {{authority control Oregon Trail
History museums in Oregon American West museums in Oregon Buildings and structures in Baker City, Oregon Museums in Baker County, Oregon Natural history museums in Oregon 1992 establishments in Oregon Bureau of Land Management areas in Oregon
The National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center is a interpretive center
An interpretation centre, interpretive centre, or visitor interpretive centre is an institution for dissemination of knowledge of natural or cultural heritage. Interpretation centres are a kind of new-style museum, often associated with visitor c ...
about the Oregon Trail
The Oregon Trail was a east–west, large-wheeled wagon route and Westward Expansion Trails, emigrant trail in the United States that connected the Missouri River to valleys in Oregon. The eastern part of the Oregon Trail spanned part of what ...
located northeast of Baker City, Oregon
Baker City is a city in and the county seat of Baker County, Oregon, United States. It was named after Edward D. Baker, the only U.S. Senator ever killed in military combat. The population was 10,099 at the time of the 2020 census.
History
Pl ...
on Oregon Route 86
Oregon Route 86 is an Oregon state highway running from Interstate 84 at Baker City to the Idaho state line at Oxbow (near the former site of Copperfield). OR 86 comprises most of the Baker-Copperfield Highway No. 12 (see Oregon highways and r ...
atop Flagstaff Hill. It is operated by the Bureau of Land Management
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is an agency within the United States Department of the Interior responsible for administering federal lands. Headquartered in Washington DC, and with oversight over , it governs one eighth of the country's la ...
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.
Exhibit themes include area natural history, pre-emigrant travelers and explorers, Native Americans, pioneer life, the General Land Office
The General Land Office (GLO) was an independent agency of the United States government responsible for public domain lands in the United States. It was created in 1812 to take over functions previously conducted by the United States Department o ...
and Bureau of Land Management
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is an agency within the United States Department of the Interior responsible for administering federal lands. Headquartered in Washington DC, and with oversight over , it governs one eighth of the country's la ...
, 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.Key dates
*March 1, 2001—The center re-opens to full-time operation after major structural retrofit. *May, 1992—National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center opensSee also
*National Historic Trails Interpretive Center
The National Historic Trails Interpretive Center (NHTIC) is an interpretive center about several of the National Historic Trails and is located northwest of Casper, Wyoming on Interstate 25. It is operated through a partnership between the Bureau ...
References
External links
National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center
- official site {{authority control Oregon Trail
History museums in Oregon American West museums in Oregon Buildings and structures in Baker City, Oregon Museums in Baker County, Oregon Natural history museums in Oregon 1992 establishments in Oregon Bureau of Land Management areas in Oregon