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Thursday, May 27, 2021
GO! magazine — A&E in Northeast Oregon
Wagons move west into Baker City
■ Memorial Day wagon
encampment relocates
to Geiser-Pollman Park
By Lisa Britton
Go! Magazine
BAKER CITY — This summer
the Oregon Trail is coming west
right into town.
The National Historic Oregon
Trail Interpretive Center, (NHOT-
IC) located fi ve miles outside of
Baker City, remains closed to visi-
tors. (The trails around Flagstaff
Hill are open, however.)
The fi rst wagon encampment is
traditionally held over Memorial
Day weekend. This year will be no
different, but the wagons will be
relocated to Geiser-Pollman Park
and the Baker Heritage Museum.
The “Oregon or Bust” encamp-
ment will be active from noon to 4
p.m. on Saturday and Sunday, May
29 and 30.
Hank Cramer, known as The
Wandering Minstrel who has per-
formed for years at the center, will
play throughout both days.
Cramer will also kick off the cen-
ter’s summer concert series with a
performance on Saturday, May 29,
at 5 p.m. in the park.
Saturday evening concerts are
planned for nearly every weekend
this summer.
Summer schedule
• June 5-6: Carter Junction, 11
a.m. to 2 p.m., at NHOTIC
• June 5: Carter Junction, 5 p.m.,
Geiser-Pollman Park
• June 12: Wild Horse Day, times
TBD, NHOTIC
• June 12: Lonnie Shurtleff,
10:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m., 2:30 p.m.,
NHOTIC
• June 12: Lonnie Shurtleff, 5
p.m., Geiser-Pollman Park
Weekend events
“Oregon or Bust” wagon
encampment: May 29-30, noon
to 4 p.m., Geiser-Pollman Park
Concert in the Park featuring
Hank Cramer: May 29, 5 p.m.
• June 19: TBD, 5 p.m., Geiser-
Pollman Park
• July 3 and 4: Great Bear Folk
Theater, 10:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m.,
2:30 p.m., NHOTIC
• July 3: Great Bear Folk The-
ater, 5 p.m., Geiser-Pollman Park
• July 9-11: Susan Matley,
10:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m., 2:30 p.m.,
NHOTIC
• July 10: Susan Matley, 5 p.m.,
Geiser-Pollman Park
• July 17 and 18: Frontier’s Day
at Miners Jubilee, times TBD,
Geiser-Pollman Park
• July 23-25: Linda Russell,
10:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m., 2:30 p.m.,
NHOTIC
• July 24: Linda Russell, 5 p.m.,
Geiser-Pollman Park
• Aug. 6-8: William Rossiter,
10:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m., 2:30 p.m.,
NHOTIC
• Aug. 7: William Rossiter, 5 p.m.,
Geiser-Pollman Park
• Aug. 12-15: Mike Follin
(performing as Dr. Balthazar),
10:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m., 2:30 p.m.,
NHOTIC
• Aug. 14: Mike Follin, 5 p.m.,
WEEKEND OUTLOOK
Contributed photo/National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center
National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center staff are packing up their wagons and heading west to
Baker City, just like pioneers would have done from Missouri in the spring of 1843.
Geiser-Pollman Park
• Aug. 28: TBD, 5 p.m., Geiser-
Pollman Park
Sept. 4-5: Labor Day Wagon En-
campment, times TBD, NHOTIC
• Sept. 4-5: Carter Junction, 10
a.m.-2 p.m., at NHOTIC
• Sept. 3-5: Karen Haas, 10:30
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