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Thursday, October 1, 2020
GO! magazine — A&E in Northeast Oregon
Quick takes
SAFELY OUT & ABOUT IN NORTHEAST OREGON
Visit the Oregon Trail
in October
BAKER CITY — The Bureau
of Land Management’s National
Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive
Center will showcase the pioneer
spirit and settlement of the West
throughout October.
Beginning Oct. 1, the center will
shift to its fall operating schedule of
9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday-Sunday,
with free admission and interpre-
tive programs at 10 a.m., noon and
2 p.m. Thursday-Sunday.
Celebrate Frontier Day Saturday,
Oct. 4, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the
center, and learn more about the
settlement of Northeast Oregon,
which exploded after prospector
Henry Griffin struck gold in 1861
just south of Baker City in what is
now known as Griffin Gulch. See
gold panning and blacksmithing
demonstrations and living history
tours of a stamp mill once used to
crush mined material to extract
metal ore.
On World Migratory Bird Day,
Oct. 10, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., the
center will offer family-friendly ac-
tivities and programs showcasing
the many birds of the sagebrush
desert.
Meet adopted wild horses and
learn more about them at Wild
Horse Day on Oct. 24. Come out be-
tween 10:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. and
meet adopters and their horses,
watch training demonstrations and
talk to BLM specialists about wild
horse management on public lands.
In addition, a self-guided exhibit
titled “Tech on the Trek” is open
through Nov. 1. The display ex-
plores how cutting-edge technologi-
cal advances of the 1800s made the
grueling overland journey easier
for later emigrants.
Find the Oregon Trail Interpre-
tive Center on Highway 86, 5 miles
east of Baker City.
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Science, hosted by the Northeast
Oregon Area Health Education
Center. Typically held at Eastern
Oregon University, the event this
year we be an all-day virtual crash
course.
Open to girls in sixth to eighth
grade, Girls in Science participants
will put their chemistry, biology,
math and computer science skills
to work to delve into the biomedical
topic of COVID-19
The session will go from 10 a.m.
to 2 p.m. Registration is $5 and
closes Oct. 16. Access the applica-
tion form at www.neoahec.org/
programs/girls-in-science or call
541-962-3422.
Only 50 girls will be selected to
attend the online event, and the
program gives preference to those
who are new to the program.
The $5 application fee provides
admitted students with a face
mask and all the supplies that will
be needed for the day. It will be
refunded if a student is not selected
to attend.
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