Oregon Trail Interpretive Center

I was out in Eastern Oregon for a work meeting, and is often the case with these trips, we also got to see a part of Oregon I usually would not have seen.

About 10 miles outside Baker City is the Oregon Trail Interpretive Center. It is run by the Bureau of Land Management and they have some great displays that bring to life what life was like for a person making the trek out to Oregon in the 1800's. In a nutshell it was a hard trip. The vast migration took off in 1843 and lasted for over 25 years. The tip was over 2000 miles, with most people making 16-20 miles a day. Then when you got to the end, there was a sign pointing north to Oregon and south to GOLD. It's an interesting kind of person that choose north.

National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center
22267 Oregon Highway 86
Baker City, OR 97814-0987
541-523-1843