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Clackamas Heritage Partners outlines multi‑year plan for End of the Oregon Trail and expands school programs
Summary
Clackamas Heritage Partners presented a 3–6 year vision for the End of the Oregon Trail Interpretive Center, described recent board retreat work on inclusive interpretation, reported a surge in school visits, and said it expects to receive 21 wagons from the Curtis collection with an associated auction on June 6.
Clackamas Heritage Partners Executive Director Corinne Lowenthal told the Oregon City Commission on May 13 that the nonprofit seeks a city letter of intent and continued partnership as it pursues repairs, interpretive upgrades and fundraising for the End of the Oregon Trail (EOT) campus.
Lowenthal said the organization’s "mission today is to answer questions that the city commission might have" and described a 3‑to‑6 year framework that begins with stabilizing finances and operations, moves to community outreach and master planning, and would eventually re‑open and reuse currently inactive buildings. "We stand to raise somewhere in the neighborhood of a quarter to a full million dollars this December," she said.
Why this matters: the EOT campus sits adjacent to the state visitor center and is a focal point for heritage tourism, school field trips and local history programming. The commission holds budgeted…
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