Trivia Night at The Museum! Trivia Games returns on Saturday March 18th. Do you know your saints and sinners of Umatilla County? Form your team and compete for bragging rights! Trivia night includes dinner, fun, and a live auction. Tickets can be purchased at the museum gift shop starting February 17th. $25/Person $120/Table of 6 […]
Connections How much do you know about your parents’ and grandparents’ early years? Did they tell you stories? Leave labeled photos? Have you tracked them online? What do you know about the world they grew up in? How much do your children and grandchildren know about you? What are you doing about it? Ancestry.com is […]
Kricket Nicholson will be here to talk about her new book Adventures in Oregon's Outback: (or girls just wanna have fun!) An entertaining romp through the 50-year history of one family's adventures in Eastern Oregon, featuring journal entries, family photos, and lots of memories. Snapshots of critters, trucks stuck in mud, prairie fires, kids, […]
Join us for the 19th annual Old Iron Show at Roy Raley Park. Exhibitors show off their engines in this 3-day event where you can see everything the evolution of the engine. Not only can you see them but as soon as you step into he park you will hear the pops and whirls coming […]
Join us for the 19th annual Old Iron Show at Roy Raley Park. Exhibitors show off their engines in this 3-day event where you can see everything the evolution of the engine. Not only can you see them but as soon as you step into he park you will hear the pops and whirls coming […]
Join us for the 19th annual Old Iron Show at Roy Raley Park. Exhibitors show off their engines in this 3-day event where you can see everything the evolution of the engine. Not only can you see them but as soon as you step into he park you will hear the pops and whirls coming […]
We have made a few changes to our yearly line up, Pioneer Day will now be held in June along with a spring artisan market, vendors will be located in front of the museum and a portion of the parking lot will be blocked off for overflow. Inside the museum we will have a number […]
The Round-Up and Happy Canyon—excellent conclusions to Pendleton’s “wild west” eras. Vic Kucera’s recent book, Rivoli, isn’t just about the evolution of theaters in Pendleton. The book also describes in detail the 40-year-long sway of the town’s two tenderloins, when saloons, brothels, and gambling reigned supreme—and the town was known as one of the most “open” cities in […]
Randy wells will join us for a discussion on the History of Firefighting in Umatilla County
Step back in time to the 1920’s for our Summer Fundraising Gala. The Heritage Club will throw open its doors to welcome attendees for an exciting night supporting the Umatilla County Historical Society. Funds raised at the gala will support UCHS by helping us continue collecting and preserving historical artifacts, photos, and documents from around […]
Join us for a special Terrific Tuesday on August 22nd at Heritage Station Museum. Starting at 5pm we will be showing the movie Paint Your Wagon in the Julie Reese Classroom. This fun musical was filmed in Baker and stars Lee Marvin, Clint Eastwood, and Jean Seaburg. Thank you to the Rivoli for partnering with […]
Author and artist Yvonne Pepin-Wakefield will give a PowerPoint presentation on the log cabin she built at age 18 in The Strawberry Mountain Wilderness between Prairie City and John Day, Oregon. Almost five decades later, the cabin and Yvonne have weathered the years, and both continue to stand seasoned and proud. During this time, she […]