ELGIN, OREGON__It’s rumored train robbers will strike the Eagle Cap Excursion Train Saturday, June 28. Passengers are warned to leave their valuables at home but bring their camera and a sense of adventure on the ride. It happens every year, about this time. Bandits stop the train and reinforcements ride out of the woods to...Continue Reading
Looking for a different view of the Hells Canyon Scenic Byway and The Wallowas? The Eagle Cap Excursion Train is preparing for the next train ride on Saturday, June 14. Family Fun Day was created to attract more families and young passengers by offering a shorter one-way train ride and lower fares. Tickets for this...Continue Reading
Baker City, OR – With the Memorial Day weekend around the corner, National Forests are gearing up for the start to the traditional Northwest recreation season. A wide range of activities awaits in Oregon and Washington’s 16 national forests, Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area, and Crooked River National Grassland: camping, hiking, biking, horseback riding,...Continue Reading
BAKER CITY, OR. – The National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center is offering two days of special programs featuring historic re-enactors and demonstrations of frontier life on Saturday and Sunday May 24 and 25. Between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. each day, volunteers and staff will demonstrate pioneer skills such as quilting, crafts, and food....Continue Reading
ELGIN, OREGON__Area residents and visitors looking for a fun way to celebrate Mother’s Day might want to take a ride on the Eagle Cap Excursion Train. The popular Mother’s Day Brunch Train kicks off the 2014 excursion season with a delicious meal from Ten Depot Street, exceptional spring canyon scenery and a special gift for...Continue Reading
JOSEPH, Ore. – The Pacific Northwest’s art season gets under way along the byway with the traditional Mother’s Day Weekend Art Walk, in Joseph, Oregon’s art colony. Joseph’s widely renowned galleries will exhibit new pieces of art and serve wine and hors d’oeuvres while artists demonstrate their talents in various media. The event takes place...Continue Reading
Three area artists will be among hundreds of artists formerly featured on Art Beat to showcase their work April 19-June 15 OPB’s long-running TV production, Oregon Art Beat, and The Peoples Art of Portland are presenting a special art exhibition celebrating the work of hundreds of Northwest artists who have all appeared on Art Beat...Continue Reading
Baker City, Oregon__It’s spring! Beautiful Spring! And activities along the byway are warming up. In addition to a greening landscape, frolicking baby animals everywhere, and the gorgeous blue sky, byway attractions and communities are creating fun and educational ways for travelers to enjoy Spring Break. Note: Spring in Eastern Oregon is very capricious. When planning...Continue Reading
BAKER CITY, Ore. – The National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center is offering several activities during President’s Weekend, including reopening the popular annual children’s exhibit “Wagon’s Ho! An Interactive Oregon Trail Experience” Feb. 13, and celebrating Oregon’s Birthday Feb. 14. Friday, Feb. 14 through Monday, Feb. 17 are all free days. The Center will resume...Continue Reading
ENTERPRISE, OREGON__Sled Dogs and their mushers arrive in Northeast Oregon this week for the 10th annual running of the Eagle Cap Extreme sled dog race. Nineteen mushers and their teams will participate in this year’s race, two shy of the largest field in race history. Laura Daugereau, reigning champion of the 200-mile race, returns to...Continue Reading
As we approach Thanksgiving and slide into the Holiday season, it’s nice to hear about all of the fun entertainment and activities community groups are planning for cold winter days. Christmas parades, holiday open houses, craft shows and workshops are bountiful along the byway. For instance, on Sunday, December 15 and Saturday, December 21, there...Continue Reading
Baker City, Oregon – The National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center will be on a winter schedule from Sunday Dec. 1 through Saturday Feb. 15. During the winter schedule the Center will be open to the public Thursdays through Sundays for viewing exhibits, films and interpretive programs, Oregon Trail Shop and hiking from 9 a.m....Continue Reading
For all those looking forward to beginning their Christmas shopping in downtown La Grande, your first gift of the season just arrived. Starting the Friday after Thanksgiving, November 29, and running through the Friday after Christmas, December 27, the City of La Grande has granted an exception to the 2 hour parking time limit in...Continue Reading
Baker City, Oregon – The National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center will offer a variety of pioneer style activities and simple frontier crafts for families to share together during “Family Fun Day” the Friday after Thanksgiving, Nov. 29 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. For families with youngsters and holiday visitors looking for an alternative...Continue Reading
The U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management (BLM) are waiving fees at most day-use recreation sites over Veterans Day weekend, Nov. 9-11, in honor of U.S. veterans and members of the U.S. armed forces. This includes entry to the BLM’s National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center near Baker City. People who have not...Continue Reading
BAKER CITY, Ore. – A special exhibit of quilts will be on display at the National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center Sept. 27 through Nov. 17. “Enduring Patterns: A Quilted Heritage” includes two dozen quilts representing popular traditional patterns and explores how these patterns have been interpreted by quilt makers over the past two hundred...Continue Reading
BAKER CITY, Ore.__The Oregon Trail Interpretive Center will hold a local event on Saturday, Sept. 28, as part of the nationwide “National Public Lands Day” volunteer effort to improve public lands. For 19 years the last Saturday of September has been designated as National Public Lands Days(NPLD) with an estimated 170,000 volunteers throughout the country...Continue Reading
The sun is out and the festivals and fairs of Union County kick off the final leg of your summer adventure for 2013. With such mainstays as the Union County Fair, Cove Cherry Festival, Grassroots Festival and the Highland Games, the last leg of Union County’s Summer journey is shaping up to be a great...Continue Reading
SVRR Starlight Express 2013 The Sumpter Valley Railroad invites you to board the Starlight Express, August 10, 2013. Departing from the McEwen Depot at 8 p.m., passengers will be treated to a steam powered twilight trip to Sumpter as the moon rises over the valley. After complimentary cake and coffee at the Sumpter Depot, the...Continue Reading
Fourth of July celebrations abound in communities throughout the byway. Parades take place in the tiny towns of Imbler (noon), Wallowa (11 a.m.), Huntington, (noon), and Haines (10 a.m.). There are flea markets in Lostine and Sumpter. Or, catch the cowboy action at the Haines Stampede Rodeo, beginning at 1:30. If you love fireworks, byway...Continue Reading
Baker City, Ore. – A special exhibit examining morals, tolerance and diversity on the western frontier opens June 21st at the National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center. The exhibit runs through September 9th in the Flagstaff Gallery, located within the Trail Center. Sinners & Saints: Indelicate Stories of Emigrants in the West offers a unique...Continue Reading
The Baker City Herald announced Monday, May 20, Forest Road 39 is open for the season. The road, also known as the Wallowa Mountain Loop, connects the southern leg of the byway (OR 86), including Baker City, Richland, Halfway and the Snake River parks and dams, with the northern segment: La Grande, Elgin, Enterprise, Joseph...Continue Reading
BAKER CITY, OREGON__Are you yearning for the smell and taste of camp cooking? The National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center near Baker City invites you to learn the basic techniques of outdoor cooking using the versatile Dutch-oven, in a series of workshops. The workshops are lead by instructors from the Trail Tenders, the organization known...Continue Reading
Here is an amazing opportunity to mix the beauty and excitement of Hells Canyon with the fun of photography! Winding Waters River Expeditions, Joseph, Oregon, invites you to spend five wonderful days photographing the peak of spring bloom in Hells Canyon of the Snake River, while rafting your way through the deepest river gorge in...Continue Reading
BAKER CITY, OR – A wagon encampment by historic re-enactors will provide a step back in time for families and travelers visiting the National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center over Labor Day Weekend. Historic re-enactors will present an Oregon Trail pioneer wagon camp on Saturday and Sunday September 1-2, 2012, from 10 to 2 each...Continue Reading
Miniature golf, or garden golf as it is also known, is a long-standing tradition in Hells Canyon byway country. Those of us who grew up frequenting Wallowa Lake know that a game of miniature golf there is an important part of the daily routine. And, with four courses to play (including a shiny new course...Continue Reading
BAKER CITY, Ore. – Legendary Northwest folk musicians Phil and Vivian Williams bring their program of historic fiddle music to the National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center August 9-11. Phil and Vivian Williams have been researching, recording and preserving folk music for five decades. They founded the Seattle Folklore Society and the Northwest Folklife Festival....Continue Reading
Since the mid-nineteenth century, Baker City, Oregon, has been praised for its beautiful setting, friendly residents and fascinating history. Those traits were recently reinforced when a team from the Rand McNally Best of the Road competition paid a visit early in July. The community rolled out the red carpet and made a great impression, right...Continue Reading
The 2012 Wallowa Union Scenic Railway season gets off to an exciting start this Saturday, June 23. A notorious gang of bandits associated with the Elgin Stampeders plans to rob the train near Elgin. Passengers can expect lots of laughs as horseback-riding robbers stop the train and climb on board while the train is passing...Continue Reading
Beginning July 6, Crossroads Carnegie Art Center in Baker City, welcomes “Persistence in Clay: Contemporary Ceramics in Montana”, a national traveling art exhibition from the Missoula Art Museum celebrating the 60th Anniversary of the Archie Bray Foundation. While many regions of the United States are known for their mastery of other mediums, in Montana, the...Continue Reading
