Heppner Gazette-Times, H e p p n e r, Oregon W e d n e s d a y , Ju n e 16 , 1993 - F I V E
A step back in time at Cecil store
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Springs site is a much longer
walk.
With the store now open for
business. Baker is busy dreaming
up new activities for the town of
Cecil. The visit of the Official
Wagon Train in August is, of
course, a major event for the
summer. She is also hoping to use
the large upstairs of the store as
a classroom when the weather is
too nasty for outdoor learning
about the Oregon Trail. And an
old fashioned Christmas Bazaar
is on the back burner for this
Christmas. “ We just want it to be
a real interesting, fun place to
be,” says Baker.
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Robin Baker behind the counter at restored Cecil store
and work at one of the only two
By Anne Morter
Walking through the door of actual Oregon Trail campsites in
the newly refurbished Cecil Store Morrow County. “ I had been
transports you back in time. The thinking about it for about a
place, with its fresh coat of white year,” said Baker, before bring
paint, is quickly filling with items ing the project to reality with the
of historical significance in help of numerous friends and
cluding several pieces of the neighbors.
Cecil was once like many other
original equipment. And then
there’s the proprietor, “ rut nut” little towns in the area, a busy
and history buff, Robin Baker, center of commerce. It boasted a
leisurely enjoying an ice cream big wheat and sheep shipping
bar at the table in front of the big depot and its own school. The
front windows. Things just feel store stocked a little bit of
pretty relaxed and easy at the everything, from dry goods to
cheese by the wheel to clothing
Cecil Store.
The Cecil Store was built in and hardware. Baker has no in
1888 and actually remained open tention of stocking the store to its
until 1974. In the almost 20 years former level but instead offers
since then, the building has been cold pop, ice cream and other
used as storage shed by the snacks that are sure to appeal to
Krebs’ Ranch, the owner of the hungry Oregon Trail tourists. She
property. The dream of reopen also wants to fill the place with
ing the Cecil Store had been in the crafts, made by local crafts peo
backs of the minds of some of the ple. “ We have a lot of talent here
Krebs family but their ranch work in Morrow County,” she says.
“ As we go on, it will build on
keeps them more than busy.
Then along came Robin Baker, itself, with people bringing in
who saw an opportunity to live
Library kicks off program
An unsecured line of credit
to suit your borrowing needs
items on consignment.” She
would like to keep things on a
pioneer or nostalgia theme.
Baker also offers a good selec
tion of tourist information, pro
moting both Well Springs and
Cecil. She has been one of the
primary movers in making Well
Springs a popular tourist site but
she is quick to admit that she was
spreading herself too thin where
Well Springs was concerned. She
said she was leading tours
whenever someone called, which
was getting to be quite frequent.
She continues to give tours but
only those scheduled in advance.
With the Navy contracting with
the National Park Service to in
terpret the site, she sees it becom
ing a site less likely to require a
guide.
Now a new “ hiking-only” trail
is open near Cecil, one that is
more accessible for many people.
According to Baker, the Cecil
Trail is only three quarters of a
mile off the road where the Well
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librarian Wendell Buck gets “ in
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children with tales of the Thou
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Buck was on hand at the Hepp
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