Unincorporated Oregon City
Oregon City’s destination extends well beyond its city limits. The surrounding unincorporated communities of Clackamas County, from the riverside enclave of Carver to the rolling farmland of Carus, share the…
Read MoreHeritage Holidays
A free, annual community event where visitors can enjoy holiday decorations, period crafts, music, live performances, and costumed docents in historic homes.
Read MoreOregon City Tree Lighting
Enjoy festive music, visit with Santa, and shop a handful of select holiday vendors and count down to the big tree lighting. Bundle up, bring the family, and soak in…
Read MoreOregon City Cemetery Tour
An interactive, historic, and sometimes spooky experience featuring live actors portraying early Oregon settlers, founders, and prominent figures in one of the state’s oldest, most scenic graveyards.
Read MoreMovies in the Park: Night at the Museum
Free outdoor movie night from Oregon City Parks and Recreation. Vendors and activities (pre-movie activity hosted by the Oregon City Library) begin at 6:30pm, with the movie (Night at the…
Read MoreWagon Crawl: Tales from The End of The Trail
It wasn’t all unicorns and rainbows on the Oregon Trail. Historian John Jarvie leads a tour through the darker history (and comedy) of the iconic journey at the End of…
Read MoreHomeSchool Dayz at The End of the Oregon Trail
A special homeschool day at End of the Oregon Trail Interpretive Center featuring educational programming and activities for homeschool families.
Read MoreAfter Arrival: Establishing New Lives at the End of the Oregon Trail
Join Clackamas Heritage Partners’ Resident Historian, John Jarvie, for a deep dive into the new beginnings at the end of the Oregon Trail. Part of the End of the Oregon…
Read MoreFifteen Million Years in the Making: The Geologist’s Tour of Oregon City
A conversation about deep time, catastrophic floods, ancient fish, and why this particular drop in the river changed everything. This is the origin story for a self-guided geologists tour of…
Read MoreJust Beyond the City Limits: Carver, Oregon
A Historic Community Built from Basalt and Timber on the Clackamas River On a late spring morning, I turned right off South Clackamas River Drive and pulled into the parking…
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