Wednesday, March 1
“Elizabeth on the Frontier” with Ranger Cheri from the National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center.
A virtual presentation at fishtrap.org
12:00pm Watch Party and Conversation at Fishtrap
or join us online anytime on Fishtrap’s YouTube Channel.
Take a step back in time and learn about a day in the life of a woman on her homestead through first-person narration. Elizabeth will offer storytelling as she unpacks her wagon on her new homestead, which is not exactly what she was expecting.
Have a question for Elizabeth? Write her a letter! She loves receiving mail and writing back! Send to:
Elizabeth
c/o National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center
22267 OR Hwy 86
Baker City, OR 97814
Image courtesy of National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center.
Ranger Cheri: Cheri Lonborg was born in the beautiful state of Washington, she has lived in Oregon since 1993. While very young her grandmother would tell her how her ancestors traveled the Oregon Trail in 1848, and how one of them picked up and kept an Ox shoe that she has to this day. She has worked at the National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center (NHOTIC) for a total of almost 20 years. In that time, she has researched and read many journals and diaries, some heartbreaking, but many successful. At the Interpretive Center, she performs many different interpretive programs. Her character in these programs is Elizabeth, based on one of her ancestors who traveled the on the Oregon Trail.
Are you in Wallowa County? Join us at Fishtrap during Fishtrap Reads as we watch the presentations from the Oregon Trail Interpretive Center together. Following each 30 minute screening, we’ll share our thoughts and and reflections on what we’ve just seen, and how they relate to The Jump-Off Creek. Light refreshments will be provided. Feel free to bring your lunch!