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Pendleton group helps nudge history forward

Posted on: August 11th, 2015 in News & Press |

On August 6, 2015, a new Oregon historical marker was dedicated by the community of Pendleton and Oregon Travel Experience. The marker’s installation and historic text revision was sponsored by the 2015 Leadership Pendleton Class. A brief ceremony took place in front of the new marker on the eastern end of Pendleton, along Highway 30.
OTE’s Annie von Domitz and Oregon Historical Marker Committee member George Forbes attended the dedication and …

Upcoming Heritage Dedication

Posted on: August 19th, 2025 in News & Press |

Tuesday, November 11 at 11 a.m. Registration required!

The dedication of the Oregon Nisei Veterans WWII Memorial Highway Historical Marker will take place during Hood River’s annual Veterans Day program. Highway 35 from Hood River to Government Camp was dedicated as the Oregon Nisei Veterans WWII Memorial Highway by Governor Brown on March 7, 2022. The highway commemorates the second-generation Japanese American soldiers who served America, even as many of …

JQA Young House Fruit Trees

Posted on: August 19th, 2025 in Heritage Tree Details |

Shellbark Hickory, Gravenstein Apple, Bartlett Pear

These trees are all that remain from an extensive orchard planted on the west side of the Elizabeth Constable and John Quincy Adams Young House. Family orchards were common in the 1870s, but few homes from Oregon’s Resettlement Era survive to show the association of the trees with the house. Familiar fruit and nut trees provided a customary food source for some pioneers and connections …

Oregon Nisei Veterans WWII Memorial Highway

Posted on: August 19th, 2025 in Historical Marker Details |

SAVE THE DATE – Oregon Historical Marker Coming Soon!

Highway 35 from Hood River to Government Camp was dedicated as the Oregon Nisei Veterans WWII Memorial Highway by Governor Brown on March 7, 2022. The highway commemorates the second-generation Japanese American soldiers who served America, even as many of their families were incarcerated in camps on American soil.

On Veterans Day 2025, a state-sponsored historical marker will be dedicated in Hood River …

Cape Sebastian

Posted on: July 17th, 2025 in Historical Marker Details |

Native people call this cape Daa-ghvsh-ne’. European explorers noted the landmark because of its elevation rising 668 feet above the Pacific Ocean; the name Cape San Sebastian was later given in 1603 by Spanish explorer Sebastian Vizciano. In the 1960s, the seventy-pound, fossilized remains of a duck-billed hadrosaur were discovered in the sandstone that forms the cape. The sandstone and fossil share a complex geologic history. During the Late Cretaceous period (84 to 72 million years ago) the creature fell into a river or was swept out to sea …

Hinds Walnut at Yellow Creek

Posted on: July 15th, 2025 in In Memoriam-Trees |

Juglans hindsii

The Hinds Walnut died on November 11, 2017 when it collapsed into the highway. Foresters removed the tree. It’s story lives on below:

This tree is notable for its size, age and that it is not native to Oregon. It is located at the probable Indian camping and fishing ground where migrating salmon were in abundance and accessible. It predates the arrival of settlers and may have sprouted from a …

Silver Maple at Seven Oaks Farm

Posted on: July 15th, 2025 in In Memoriam-Trees |

Acer saccharinum

Arborists determined the hollow limbs of the tree were a liability for people walking under it. In 2013, the arms were cut leaving a stump and trumpet vine. The story of the tree lives below:

This Silver maple, remarkable for its age and size, was planted around 1860 to provide shade for the adjacent log cabin. This historic cabin served as the store for the pioneer-era stagecoach stop that operated …

Camp Oregon Caves Port Orford Cedar

Posted on: July 15th, 2025 in In Memoriam-Trees |

Chamaecyparis lawsoniana

The Camp Oregon Caves Port Orford Cedar died in 2014 due to Port Orford root rot disease. In 2024, the Wild River Ranger District removed the tree because it became a hazard to the campground. The story of the tree lives below:

This Port Orford cedar is the only remaining tree standing from when Camp Oregon Caves Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) facility was established on this site in 1933. …

Lee Oak Tree

Posted on: July 15th, 2025 in In Memoriam-Trees |

Quercus garryana

The Lee Oak Tree split in 2023 and was taken down for public safety. The story of the tree lives on below:

This Oregon white oak was planted in 1869 by the pioneer Lee family. Philander Lee was a supporter of the O&C Railroad line which ran through his land and connected Portland to San Francisco. Lee filed the Canby plat in 1870, naming the community for Major General …

Thank you, Bob.

Posted on: June 10th, 2025 in News & Press |

The Travel Information Council and agency staff bid a very fond farewell to Councilor Garcia. Yesterday, June 9, was his last quarterly meeting with TIC as he comes to the end of his second four year term with the Council. Executive Director Lynde presented him with a small token of the agency’s appreciation for his work with TIC. Thank you for everything!

TIC Celebrates Arbor Month & Bring Your kids to Work Day

Posted on: April 25th, 2025 in News & Press |

TIC had an amazing Bring Your Kid to Work Day.

We took our kids out of Salem Administration office up the road to the Southbound French Prairie Rest Area. The Heritage Tree Grove of the States was in need of it yearly maintenance. The kids, TIC Administration, and Rest Area staff were able to clean up and lay fresh bark dust in tree rings and around all of the signs. …