Clackamas Heritage Partners are excited to present several reoccurring monthly lectures. Tickets are available in the visitors center or online below. General Admission always includes events held in the theatre on the day of your visit. Daytime lecture only tickets are available for $5
The Wagon Crawl: Tales from The End of The Trail
Every Third Friday of the Month at 5:30pm
It wasn’t all unicorns and rainbows on the Oregon Trail, we’re going to talk about the dysentery and ugliness. Historian John Jarvie leads a tour through the darker history (and comedy) of the iconic journey at the End of the Oregon Trail Interpretive & Visitor Center. Tickets are $30/person and include two drinks, either alcoholic or nonalcoholic. Participants must be 21 years or older and purchase tickets online before the event. *Mature Content*
After Arrival: Establishing New Lives at the End of the Oregon Trail
Every First Sunday of the Month at 2:30pm
Join CHP’s Resident Historian, John Jarvie for a deep dive into the new beginnings at the End of the Trail. Lectures in this series delve into topics including land claims; dispossessing indigenous people of their land; establishing towns, trade, newspapers, transportation, race-based restrictions; relationships: courting/arrangements, marriage, divorce; and more.
- January – Claiming Land
- February – The Oregon Question
- March – Town Development Along the Lower Willamette
- April – Settler-Era Politics
- May – The Pacific Northwest during the Civil War
- June – Dispossessing Indigenous Peoples
- July – Race and Race-based Restrictions
- August – Relationships: Courtship, Marriage, Divorce
- September – Chasing Profit in the PNW: Shipping and Other Mercantile Concerns in the mid-19th Century
- October – Chasing Profit in the PNW: Gold in the mid-19th Century
- November – Chasing Profit in the Early PNW: Agriculture and Industry in the mid-19th Century
- December – Connecting the PNW: Settler-Era Communications and the Press
