Wednesday, May 19, 2021 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon C O M M U N I Making history By Sue Stafford Correspondent PHOTO BY JERRY BALDOCK Fred Boyd installed a historical plaque at Sisters City Hall — one of 13 that are part of a newly designed historical walking tour. Emme Shoup (center) created the brochure/map. Karen Swank (right), secretary for Three Sisters Historical Society, created content and found photos for the plaques. Correspondent In celebration of Sisters9 75th anniversary of incorpo- ration as a city, Three Sisters Historical Society and the City collaborated to produce a map for a self-guided walk- ing tour of historic landmarks and sites in Sisters. Maps are available at the Sisters History Museum at 410 E. Cascade Ave., on the front porch, at City Hall a block away at 520 E. Cascade Ave., or online at https://www.ci.sisters.or.us. With a map from The Nugget for inspiration, Emme Shoup, the City9s assistant community engagement and program coordinator, created the tour brochure with each of the 18 sites numbered on the map, with accompany- ing photos and descriptions. The project took her about a month to complete. Printing and folding of 600 brochures was done by XPress Printing of Sisters. As part of the tour proj- ect, the historical society has created plaques with photographs and text, to go on locations of histori- cal significance throughout town. A number of years ago, plaques were installed in five locations including at Sisters Saloon and Ranch Grill (the original Sisters Hotel) and the Maida Bailey Building (first library) next to the Chamber of Commerce Y Buckmann retiring from Sisters Chamber accessible in Sisters By Sue Stafford T 3 office. Thirteen more loca- tions have been selected for identification, so there will be 18 in all. History museum volun- teer Fred Boyd took on the job of securing permission from owners of the 13 loca- tions and received a positive response from each one of them. Each has a photograph of what was originally on that site that is of historical significance. Accompanying text provides background information. Last week, a plaque was installed on the front of City Hall, which was the site of the old two-story, six- room, white wooden school See HISTORY on page 17 When Jeri Buckmann closes the door of the Sisters Area Chamber of Commerce Visitors Center building behind her the end of this month, she will be say- ing goodbye not only to her 21-year job as event coor- dinator, but also to a way of life.