Dear Teachers and Groups:

SCHOOL RESERVATIONS: (For group or event reservations, please click on the Group & Event Reservations tab above)

Thank you for your interest in coming to the End of the Oregon Trail. Our focus is to give your students an interactive, hands on experience at the End of the Oregon Trail Center. Your visit to the Oregon Trail Center and Country Store includes an orientation to the Oregon Trail, displays and artifacts to view and read, along with 19^th century hands on activities such as pioneer puzzles, dress up, and laundry. Your interpretive guide in period attire will share stories and information about the Oregon Trail and early life in Oregon City. End your visit with time spent on Abernethy Green playing pioneer games such as “graces” and “gunny sack races”. Enjoy your own sack lunches in our covered picnic shelter. School visit content is based on the Oregon Department of Education Content Standards for both 4^th and 8^th grades.

4^th Grade Program:

The group presentation given by a trained interpreter in period dress will include the following information based on Oregon State Education Standards for 4^th Grade:

• Preparing for the Journey
• Life on the Oregon Trail with an emphasis on children

8^th Grade Program: The group presentation given by a trained interpreter in period dress will include the following information based on Oregon State Education Standards for 8^th Grade:

• The conflict between the US and Great Britain over the Oregon Country
• Which classes and ethnicities traveled the Trail
• What factors spurred immigration to Oregon, Manifest Destiny
• Women’s rights in claiming land

Both programs will also enjoy activities such as:

• Candle Dipping
• Puzzles and games familiar to mid 19^th century people
• Dress up clothes/laundry
• Reading panels
• Lunch in the sheltered picnic area
• Master Gardener’s program
• Butter making
• Pioneer games on the Green (weather permitting)

Cost: 1 hour presentation : $90 up to 20 people; additional cost is $4.50/person not to exceed 35.

2 hour presentation: $180 up to 20 people; additional cost is $9/person not to exceed 35.

We request your students are accompanied by one adult for every 10 students. Admission for accompaning adults is complimentary.

We invite your students to join “Who’s Traveling the Trail” and become part of our history by writing their story about their experience at the End of the Oregon Trail. We have period dress and props to take pictures in the Country Store to submit on our website. Photo release forms are available here. Journal Kits ($6.50) are coming soon!

We hope you will also enjoy the resources available at the Mt. Hood Territory Visitor Center, an Oregon State Welcome Center, where you will find brochures, books and assistance from our friendly staff with planning the rest of your adventure around Oregon City, Clackamas County and more.

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After we receive your request, a History Interpreter will contact you directly to help customize your visit. For more information, please email us here.  We look forward to seeing you!

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