Wednesday, March 8
“The Fur Trapper’s Cabin” with Ranger Casey 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.
Ranger Casey Taylor offers the history of Oregon’s fur trapping trade.
Ranger Casey Taylor is a lifelong resident of Oregon. Casey’s first ancestors to the Oregon Territory in the 1850s and settled in the Mayville area of Wheeler County. Ranger Casey has been working at the National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center since 2018, where he specializes in fur trade era, historic weapons, gold mining, and early agriculture in Eastern Oregon. Ranger Casey enjoys sharing stories about cowboying, buckaroo-ing, and tall tales.
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!
Image courtesy of National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center.