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Marking the spot – The Salemtowne volunteers

Posted on: November 20th, 2012 in News & Press, Roadways and Waysides |

Feature story by Madeline MacGregor
The Oregon Historical Marker Committee regularly reviews text on the program’s iconic “Beaver Board” wooden markers. These periodic text review helps support relevant cultural and ethnic contributions. During the mid-20th century, short historical summaries inscribed on markers often described events from an Anglo Saxon view point, while the contributions of indigenous peoples or persons of color was notably absent.
While text review and correcting historical fact is …

Shipley Cook Heritage Grove dedication

Posted on: November 14th, 2012 in Roadways and Waysides |

Oregon’s Indian summer provided a halcyon backdrop for the last 2012, OTE heritage event. On a balmy Friday afternoon in early October, a small crowd gathered under a thick canopy of leaves at the Shipley-Cook Century Farmstead. The farm’s owner, Rick Cook, greeted guests enthusiastically—inviting them to sit and enjoy the rustle of the breeze in the historic trees overhead. The Oregon Heritage Tree Committee and Oregon Travel Experience held …

Laurel Hill

Posted on: October 11th, 2012 in Historical Marker Details |

Subject: Site of the most treacherous descent of the Oregon Trail through Cascade Mountains.
HISTORIC OREGON TRAIL
The Pioneer Road here detoured the Columbia River Rapids and Mount Hood to the Willamette Valley. The road at first followed an old Indian trail. The later name was Barlow Road. Travel was difficult. Wagons were snubbed to trees by ropes or held back by drags of cut trees. Early travelers named the hill from …

Emigrant Springs State Park

Posted on: October 10th, 2012 in Historical Marker Details, Oregon Trail Interpretive Sites |

From I-84, take exit 234, then drive south on old Highway 30.
Emigrants waited near the summit of the Blue Mountains for stragglers to catch up, resting from the difficult ascent and watering their livestock while they waited. Interpretive displays complement the Oregon Trail monuments at the park entrance.
Marker Text:
In the first week of January, 1812, a party of trappers and traders, members of the Astor Overland Expedition, crossed the Blue Mountains in this …

Travel Information Council to meet in Salem

Posted on: October 1st, 2012 in News & Press |

The Oregon Travel Information Council is the governing body of Oregon Travel Experience. As such, it holds regularly scheduled quarterly meetings. The next meeting is scheduled for Wednesday October 10, 2012 at 9:00 a.m. The public is invited to attend and give comment.
A summary of the agenda is posted below for your convenience. For more information on the Travel Information Council, visit the Council member web-page and the meetings and …

Shipley-Cook Heritage Grove dedication

Posted on: October 1st, 2012 in News & Press |

Heritage trees to be inducted on Friday October 5, 2012

Oregon Travel Experience (OTE) and the Oregon Heritage Tree Program announce a special dedication of the Shipley-Cook Heritage Grove in Lake Oswego. The ceremony will take place on Friday, October 5, 2012, at 1:00 p.m. in Stevens Meadows on Shipley Drive. Wine tasting by Eugene Wine Cellars (a Shipley-Cook Farm grape customer) will follow the dedication.
OTE’s Interim CEO Tim Pickett said, …

Giving name to a lost seaman

Posted on: September 13th, 2012 in Roadways and Waysides |

Black crew member finds new life two centuries after dying

Story submitted to OTE by Gwenn Carr
Last year, I had the opportunity to take my grandchildren on a drive along Highway 101 near Tillamook. We happened to notice a historical marker near the side of the road. Since I find it hard to drive past these markers, I pulled over to see what it had to say. I must admit that …

Abigail Scott Duniway marker dedication image gallery

Posted on: September 12th, 2012 in News & Press |

Celebrating the lastest historical marker installation

Oregon Travel Experience, the City of Lafayette, and the Oregon Historical Program recently dedicated a new historical marker commemorating Lafayette suffragette Abigail Scott Duniway.
The new interpretive marker is located at Joel Perkins Park on 8th and Jefferson Streets in Lafayette.
In Lafayette during the 1860s, Duniway raised a family, established her own school, took in boarders, published her first novel, and worked tirelessly for a woman’s …

Philomath

Posted on: August 21st, 2012 in Historical Marker Details |

Philomath College Building
Philomath College was chartered November 1865, as the United Brethren School for Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana and California. The name combines two Greek words meaning love of learning. The building’s center structure was completed in September 1867, of bricks made from clay extruded near the building. The center structure is 40 X 60 feet in 2-feet-thick walls. The west wing was completed in 1905; the east wing in …

Special meeting of the Council, public hearing announcement

Posted on: August 15th, 2012 in News & Press |

Council to hear public testimony on CEO recruitment and position announcement

A special meeting of the Oregon Travel Information Council will take place on at 10:00 a.m. on August 22nd. The hearing will be held at OTE’s Salem, Oregon headquarters located at 1500 Liberty Street SE, Suite 150, 97302.
The meeting will focus on the agency’s CEO recruitment process. Accompanying documents and a downloadable agenda are provided in the section below for …