Thursday, November 12, 2020
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November brings new exhibit ‘Timber Culture’ to
National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center
■ Learn about Oregon’s multicultural logging industry in this traveling exhibit
BAKER CITY — The Bureau
of Land Management’s National
Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive
Center will be offering insights
into pioneers’ lives along the trail
throughout November.
Admission to the center is free to
all through the end of 2020.
Center hours of operation are 9
a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday through
Sunday each week. The center is
closed Monday through Wednesday.
Daily programming includes
“Oregon Fever!” with descriptions
of various emigrant experiences on
the trail at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., and
the opportunity to discuss life on
the trail during Trail Talk at noon.
TIMBER CULTURE
A special traveling exhibit, “Tim-
ber Culture” will open Thursday,
Nov. 12, in the Flagstaff Gallery, of-
fering an inclusive look at Oregon’s
multicultural logging industry.
Learn about the lives of loggers
and their families drawn together
from different cultures during the
great migration.
For instance, Maxville was
mapped in a way to segregate
residents by marital status and
ethnicity. In 1926, two buildings,
one for white students and one for
Black students, were hauled to
Maxville. The school for white stu-
dents was located on the south side
of Maxville and taught up to 75
students while the school for Black
students was located on the north
side of town and taught around 13
students. Maxville’s schools were
the only segregated schools in
Oregon at that time.
FAMILY FUN DAY
The center will be closed
Thursday, Nov. 26, in observance of
Contributed photo
Learn more about Oregon multicultural logging industry at the exhibit “Timber Culture.”
Thanksgiving, but will resumes its
regular schedule Friday, Nov. 27,
with a special Family Fun Day.
This free event will take place
from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. with COVID-
safe activities for all ages, including
charades, a touchless scavenger
hunt, pioneer games, music and
more.
TAKE A HIKE
The center’s pet-friendly 4.2-mile
trail system is open seven days a
week, offering waystations and in-
terpretive signage, intersecting the
ruts of the original Oregon Trail at
several points.
Users should be aware that trails
are not plowed or de-iced.
Visitors can also access the ruts
from a roadside pullout on High-
way 86 leading to an easy 180-foot
trail.
SAFETY GUIDELINES
While visiting, the center staff
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strongly encourages all visitors to
make smart decisions and follow
Centers for Disease Control and
State of Oregon guidance to help
reduce the spread of COVID-19.
These measures include:
• Practice social distancing by
maintaining two wagon wheels (6
feet) between you and others visit-
ing the center.
• Wear cloth face coverings, like
bandanas, where social distancing
is diffi cult (except for those who
are under age 2 or have trouble
breathing).
• Wash your hands often. While
you’re outdoors, use hand sanitiz-
ers.
• Cover your mouth and nose
when you cough or sneeze.
• Avoid touching your eyes, nose,
or mouth.
• Most importantly, stop the
wagon train and stay at home if
you don’t feel well.
The center is located just outside
Baker City, Ore. Take Exit 302 from
Interstate 84 onto Oregon Highway
86 eastbound for fi ve miles.
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