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Tillamook finds its northern Blue Star once more

Posted on: May 7th, 2013 in News & Press, Roadways and Waysides |

When OTE assumed management of the Tillamook rest area one year ago, its onsite rest area team embarked on a vigorous campaign to revitalize the surrounding landscape. The team’s goal was to improve visibility and safety for motorists, and at the same time, highlight the rugged beauty of Oregon’s North Coast.
In 2012, OTE held a grand rest area “re-opening” event and invited the Tillamook community to celebrate with us. However, …

Travel Information Council to meet

Posted on: January 7th, 2013 in News & Press |

A regular quarterly meeting of OTE’s governing body, the Oregon Travel Information Council will be held this coming Wednesday, January 9, 2013 at OTE’s Salem headquarters. The meeting is open to the public and begins at 9:00 a.m. The meeting will take place in OTE’s first floor conference room at 1500 Liberty St. SE, Suite 150, Salem, OR.
Agenda items are as follows:

Approval of December meeting minutes
Financial overview
Agency strategic goals
Proposed amendments …

In memorium: Maynard Drawson, friend of heritage trees

Posted on: December 17th, 2012 in News & Press |

Maynard Drawson, July 3, 1925 – December 13, 2012
OTE, the Oregon Heritage Tree Program and its committee members were sorrowed to hear of our friend Maynard Drawson’s passage from this world to the next.
Maynard was instrumental in helping to save some of Oregon’s most important trees. The Oregon Heritage Tree Program would not exist if not for his life’s work preserving trees. All of us involved with heritage trees are …

Travel Information Council to meet telephonically

Posted on: November 29th, 2012 in News & Press |

Special December 7, 2012 meeting

The Oregon Travel Information Council will hold a special telephonic meeting in OTE’s Salem office on Friday December 7, 2012 from 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. The Council will approve minutes from a special November meeting and discuss (or possibly approve) janitorial and rest area contracts for OTE’s supervised I-84 rest areas. You are welcome to download an agenda for reference.
For more information regarding OTE’s governing Council, …

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 …

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 …