I stayed in the Baker City area today to spend time at two museums. One was the Oregon Trail Regional Museum, which is a local history venue in Baker City. It was nice, but not much on the Oregon Trail. I did find out that the founder of Airstream Trailers, a fellow named Byam, was born in Baker City. The highlight was an extensive collection of rocks and minerals that had been put together by two sisters over a period of 34 years. It was very nice and very informative.
The second museum was the National Oregon Trail Interpretive Center, which was an extensive treatment of the history and culture of the mid-19th century migration over the 2000-mile Oregon Trail. It was very nicely done with excellent displays and dioramas. The center is on Flagstaff Hill, which overlooks a portion of the tracks of the Oregon Trail.
Mileage: 133. Cumulative mileage: 2,308
