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JULY 6�13, 2022
CULTURE & HERITAGE
CELEBRATING THE HISTORY
OF EASTERN OREGON
History comes alive in Baker City
By Lisa Britton
Go! Magazine
BAKER CITY — Despite being
closed for renovations, the
National Historic Oregon Trail
Interpretive Center is keeping
history alive in Baker City.
Exhibits that introduce guests
to the story of the Oregon Trail
are set up inside Baker Heritage
Museum, 2480 Grove St.
And this summer, special
performances are planned
throughout Baker City with visiting
interpreters.
KAREN HAAS
Storyteller Karen Haas will
present two programs July 9 and
10 at the museum.
“Wagons West!” can be seen
at 10 a.m. both days, and she
returns for “Tales and Tunes of
the Trail” at 2 p.m. Haas fi rst per-
formed at the Interpretive Center
in 2009, and has returned every
year since — except 2020.
NIMIIPUU HISTORY
Travel Baker County/Contributed photo
Learn about Nimiipuu History with the Nez Perce on July 21 at Crossroads
Carnegie Art Center in Baker City.
The Nez Perce Tribe will present
“Nimiipuu History” at 6 p.m. July
website, www.nezpercetradi-
tions.com.
DR. BALTHASAR
National Historic Oregon Trail
Interpretive Center/Contributed photo
Karen Haas will present two history
programs July 9 and 10 at the Baker
Heritage Museum in Baker City.
21, at Crossroads Carnegie Art
Center, 2020 Auburn Ave.
Nimiipuu, which means “The
People,” is the tribe’s preferred
name. The ancestral home-
lands include portions of Idaho,
Washington, Oregon, Montana
and Wyoming.
Nez Perce Tourism off ers
history-laden jet boat tours and
white water rafting trips from
its headquarters in Lewiston,
Idaho. To learn more, visit the
AIRPORT
ANTIQUES &
THE FURNITURE
LADY
Mike Follin will become Dr.
Balthasar and try to cure all that
ails his audience in shows set for
Aug. 5-7.
The fi rst is a bit diff erent. It’s
called “Saints Preserve Us” and
can be seen at 6 p.m. Aug. 5 at
Crossroads Carnegie Art Center.
Then he’ll move his show to
Geiser-Pollman Park (just across
the street from Baker Heritage
Museum) for presentations at
11 a.m. and 2 p.m. Aug. 6 and 7.
Follin lives 45 miles north of
Columbus, Ohio. He fi rst ap-
peared at the Interpretive Center
in 1993, and has returned every
year since then.
He worked as an education
interpreter for the Ohio Histor-
ical Society. He developed the
character of Dr. Balthasar 40
years ago for a summer program.
He did research for about six
months, and plucked the name
Balthasar from a Cincinnati
newspaper printed in the 1820s.
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