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The First City with the Next Story
Why Oregon City
The End of the Trail is the Start of Your Journey
Here at Willamette Falls, 20 minutes south of Portland, is where the Oregon Trail officially ended and the Pacific Northwest began. From sacred Indigenous fishing grounds to frontier capital and mill town, Oregon City has always been a place of gathering, resilience, and reinvention. The pioneers and visionaries who built this city left behind a downtown you can still walk through today. Now a new generation is writing the next chapter. Come for the history. Stay for the story being written right now.
First incorporated City west of the Rockies
Second largest waterfall by volume in the US
Only vertical street and municipal elevator in North America
Confluence of the Willamette and Clackamas Rivers
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Abundance at the Farm: Sound Bath & Cider at ChamBurn
Join us for an evening of Abundance at ChamBurn Farm: Settle into a cozy, covered, heated space warmed by a crackling fireplace. Begin with a grounding meditation, then rest into an immersive sound bath with Gabi Urbani of Hearthsounds Sound Healing. Enjoy warm cider and a seasonal treat prepared by the farm, a celebration of the harvest and the community around it.
Saturday Night Spirits Haunted History Tour & Investigation
Spooky season doesn’t end with Halloween! Join us for a ghost tour and investigation of the Stevens-Crawford House and a haunted history tour of the Ermatinger House. The Falls Distilling will also be joining us to serve up samples of their “spirits” and will have their gin products available to purchase.
Heritage Holidays
A free, annual community event where visitors can enjoy holiday decorations, period crafts, music, live performances, and costumed docents in…
We acknowledge that Oregon City sits on the traditional homelands and ancestral village sites of the Clackamas, Tumwater and Cascades bands of the Chinook, the Tualatin and Pudding River bands of the Kalapuya, the Northern Molalla, and many other Indigenous peoples. Known historically and culturally as Hyas Tyee Tumwater, the falls next to Oregon City are a sacred gathering place and ancient fishery for regional tribes. We honor the enduring relationship to this land at the confluence of the Willamette and Clackamas Rivers, and their ongoing contributions to the story of this place.
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Dispatches from the Trail
