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FESTIVALS
EVENTS AND CELEBRATIONS
AROUND EASTERN OREGON
SEPTEMBER 1�8, 2021
Bringing history to life through song
Pioneer weekend
features musical
duo Carter Junction
By Lisa Britton
Go! Magazine
B
AKER CITY — This week-
end brings history to life
with presentations, music and
activities organized by the
National Historic Oregon Trail
Interpretive Center at Geiser-
Pollman Park.
The event runs 10 a.m.-
3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday,
Sept. 4 and 5, in Baker City.
The gathering is designed to
give visitors an idea of what it
was like to travel on a wagon to
Oregon, and why the Oregon
Trail is still a cultural resource.
Special performances are
planned for both days.
Storyteller Karen Haas
can be seen at 10:30 a.m.,
Western
Feed,
LLC
Pendleton, OR 97801
12:30 p.m. and 2:30 p.m.
(For more about Haas, see
page 14.)
Clinton and Sarah Carter are
the duo Carter Junction. They
will be playing 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday. Their
music is a mixture of “cowboy
and Celtic with a little bit of
country and folk,” Clinton said.
She plays the harp; he plays
the guitar.
“The cowboy balladeer
meets the Celtic princess,” he
said.
The Carters live in a ranch-
ing valley near May, Idaho. They
recently fi nished building a log
cabin that measures 16 feet by
20 feet.
“We’re homesteading,”
Clinton said. “We’ve wanted
the homestead dream since we
got married.”
They each had separate
music backgrounds, then de-
cided to combine their talents
Travel Baker County
Carter Junction plays during the wagon event in Geiser-Pollman Park on Saturday and Sunday.
after they got married. They
play at Celtic festivals, cowboy
festivals and county fairs. The
duo has performed at NHOTIC
since 2016.
“We’re trying to get our
name out there and get more
gigs,” Clinton said.
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ACTIVITIES
This weekend’s gathering
at Geiser-Pollman Park also
includes lessons about black-
smithing and the tools, the
chance to earn a junior ranger
badge, pioneer games, and a
pioneer-themed selfi e station.
PIONEERS IN THE
PARK
Saturday and Sunday,
Sept. 4-5
10 a.m.-3 p.m.
Geiser-Pollman Park
Baker City
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