OTE - Oregon Travel Experience

Blue Star Memorial Marker dedication to take place near Grants Pass

Posted on: May 21st, 2012 in News & Press |

Just in time for Memorial Day, a new Blue Star Memorial Highway Marker honoring the US Armed Forces will be dedicated at the OTE Manzanita Rest Area. The marker is the culmination of a two year project by the Siskiyou District Garden Clubs, Inc. The event takes place on Monday, May 28, 2012 at noon on the I-5 northbound side of the Manzanita rest area (a short distance past Interstate …

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Southern Oregon Coast Marker Dedication

Posted on: May 11th, 2012 in News & Press |

Join Oregon Travel Experience, the Confederated Tribes of the Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians, the city of Coos Bay, and Three Rivers Casino at 11:00 a.m. on May 19th as we dedicate the latest in the Regional Historic Marker series.
The dedication will take place at the Coos Bay Visitors Center, 50 Central Ave, near US Hwy. 101.
A formal unveiling of the marker during the dedication will be supported by …

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SB 1591 gives more rest areas to TIC management

Posted on: May 2nd, 2012 in News & Press |

Oregon Travel Informaiton Council (TIC) is pleased that Senate Bill 1591 was passed by the 2012 Oregon Legislature. The bill makes changes to membership and powers of the agency’s council. Additionally, the legislation will amend the 2009 Jobs and Transportation Act as it relates to highway rest area supervision.
“We are pleased that the Legislature recognizes that our staff’s hard work is transforming the rest areas that were entrusted into our …

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Council meeting to coincide with April 30, 2012 public hearing

Posted on: April 27th, 2012 in News & Press |

Oregon Travel Experience (OTE) and the OTIC Council will hold a special meeting on Monday, April 30, 2012 at 9:00 a.m. to collect public testimony on a proposed fee increase to the agency’s Highway Business Sign Program. The meeting and hearing will be held at OTE’s Salem offices located at 1500 Liberty St SE, Suite 150, Salem, OR 97302.
The agency’s governing council will formally convene the meeting and provide steering …

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Class of 2012 Oregon Heritage Trees

Posted on: March 30th, 2012 in News & Press, Roadways and Waysides |

Part three: the Smokejumper Pine Tree

As part of the 2012 Oregon Heritage Tree Statewide Dedication festivities, we’re blog-posting on the four honorees. Up third, a scrappy Illinois Valley survivor of tough soils and challenging climate.
Perhaps something of a rarity, all Oregon Jeffrey pine trees are located within the state’s southwest corner. Tolerant of arid conditions, nutrient deficient soil, and high concentrations of chrome and nickel, the Smokejumper Heritage Pine Tree …

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Class of 2012 Oregon Heritage Trees

Posted on: March 30th, 2012 in News & Press, Roadways and Waysides |

Part four: The Oregon State University (OSU) Trysting Tree

As part of the 2012 Oregon Heritage Tree Statewide Dedication festivities, we’re blog-posting on the four honorees. Up fourth, a tree for romantics and historians.
For heritage tree lovers everywhere, a trysting tree equals both romanticism and history at the same time. Nominated for the 2012 Class of Oregon Heritage Trees, Oregon State University’s (OSU) 29 year old Trysting Tree will be one …

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Deep Roots

Posted on: March 30th, 2012 in News & Press, Newsletter, Roadways and Waysides |

Newsletter of the Oregon Travel Experience Heritage Programs

Oregon Travel Experience is proud of its connection to Oregon history. Many people don’t realize that not only do we manage highway business signs and highway safety rest areas, but also oversee two critical heritage programs: Oregon Historical Markers and Oregon Heritage Trees.
This publication holds information about the latest events and news concerning both OTE heritage programs and is available from our office …

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Class of 2012 Oregon Heritage Trees

Posted on: March 29th, 2012 in News & Press, Roadways and Waysides |

Part two: Shipley Cook Grove

As part of the 2012 Oregon Heritage Tree Statewide Dedication festivities, we’re blog-posting on the four honorees. Up second, an historic farm in the Willamette Valley had two founders who loved trees.

A stunning example of the diversity of heritage trees is exemplified by the Shipley Cook Grove, a group of trees representing the horticultural interests of two Oregon farm families. Tree varieties contained in the grove include: …

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Class of 2012 Oregon Heritage Trees

Posted on: March 28th, 2012 in News & Press, Roadways and Waysides |

Part one: Tub Springs Sugar Pine

As part of the 2012 Oregon Heritage Tree Statewide Dedication festivities, we’re blog-posting on the four honorees. Up first, an amazingly old and giant tree.
High in Oregon’s southern mountains near what we now call Ashland—long before Oregon Country and the Applegate Trail—pinecones scattered by squirrels and birds sprouted into sugar pine saplings. A century passed, trees grew, and in the 1860s Oregon settlers filled barrels …

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From tree to shining tree

Posted on: March 23rd, 2012 in News & Press, Roadways and Waysides |

Oregon Heritage Tree Program: The statewide dedication

What would life be without trees? Trees that shade. Trees that provide food. Trees whose bark, wood, and fiber produce the tools of trade, construction, and commerce. And, in the case of the Oregon Heritage Tree Program, trees whose roots are deeply grounded in our state’s history.
On Friday April 6, 2012, OTE and Oregon State University (OSU) will host a dedication ceremony for the …

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