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Fort Vancouver/Hudson’s Bay Co.

  • Start date: 07/12/2011

  • Start time: 12:00 AM

  • End date: 07/12/2011

  • End time: 11:59 PM

Description:

Cost: $38 members, $40 non-members. Due Jun 30
Reservations and checks to: Janet Speelman (541-344-3019), 1496 W 28th Ave. Eugene, 97405

Venture back in time to the Hudson’s Bay Company, British fur trading fort. Walk the garden, climb the bastion, watch blacksmiths, bakers and other costumed interpreters work. We will visit “Officer’s Row” to view the exterior of 22 restored Victorian era homes. We will visit inside the George c. Marshall house. As time permits, we will view the Vancouver barracks and the two replica houses representing the village where 500 workers lived. Plan to bring a picnic lunch- we have the perfect setting.

  • Event Leader: West Mary Ellen

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  • Event category: Bus Trips

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  • Departure Location: See Trip Description

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  • Season: 2011

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  • Event Status: Passed

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  • Member Fees: 38

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  • Non-Member Fees: 40

  • Committee: Bus Trips

  • Junior member fees: —

Trip Report

Thirty Obsidians and guests visited the Fort Vancouver historic site on July 12. The reconstructed Hudson's Bay Company is built on the original site of the British fur trading post established in 1825. More than two million objects have been reclaimed and the archeological research is ongoing in this National Park Service facility. Several digs were in progress during our visit.
Across the street from the Park Visitor Center, is Officer's Row, 22 restored homes built for the Army officers who served at Vancouver Barracks. This army facility was created in 1849 to insure the orderly settlement of the Oregon Territory. The George C. Marshall house, built in 1886, was open for us to visit. It is an elegant Queen Anne Victorian, where George Marshall lived while serving as Commander of Vancouver Barracks in 1936-38. We were also able to visit the Hudson's Bay Company Village, home to workers and families who worked at the Fort. There are two reconstructed houses open for viewing. The Fort is constructed and stocked with artifacts to present a picture of life in a busy trading post, including a blacksmith shop, bake house, fur warehouse, counting house and more. It gives a glimpse into the lives of Indians, settlers, fur traders, and Chief Factor John McLoughlin and his family. Fort Vancouver was a wonderful picture of the very early northwest and modern life exhibited by the nearby railroad, highway, and jets taking off from the Portland airport.

Members & Guests signed-up & waitlisted

No. Status Full name Phone Transportation Needed? Trip Fee # Can Take?
1 Signed-Up West, Mary Ellen 541-342-8672 N 40
2 Signed-Up Adamcyk, Thomas 541-302-8160 N 38
3 Signed-Up Allen, Ethel 541-736-0692 N 40
4 Signed-Up Anderson, Alice 541-338-3135 N 40
5 Signed-Up Arthur, Bill 541-844-5156 N 40
6 Signed-Up Bauer, Ron 541-434-6436 N 40
7 Signed-Up Beard, Barbara 541-994-2337 N 38
8 Signed-Up Beard, Paul 541-994-2337 N 38
9 Signed-Up Cheadle, Mary Lee 541-689-1085 N 40
10 Signed-Up Ewing, Joella 541-513-7896 N 38
11 Signed-Up Ewing, Jack 541-344-9197 N 40
12 Signed-Up Flanders, Barbara 541-747-9803 N 40
13 Signed-Up Flanders, Dennis 541-747-9803 N 40
14 Signed-Up Jacobsen, Janet 541-206-1251 N 38
15 Signed-Up Jensen, Ray 541-345-5366 N 40
16 Signed-Up Kocken, Verna 541-513-3501 N 38
17 Signed-Up Ledet, Joanne 541-914-6586 N 40
18 Signed-Up McManigal, John 541-345-2036 N 40
19 Signed-Up McManigal, Lenore 541-345-2036 N 40
20 Signed-Up Newlove, Natalie 541-465-4909 N 38
21 Signed-Up Prentice, Margaret 541-556-6596 N 38
22 Signed-Up Reanier, Liz 541-687-1925 N 40
23 Signed-Up Snell, Julie 541-681-3110 N 40
24 Signed-Up Speelman, Janet 541-344-3019 N 40
25 Signed-Up Adamcyk, Judy 541-302-8160 N 38
26 Signed-Up Altschuler, Lee 541-868-7407 N 40
27 Signed-Up McCormick, Pat 541-342-2503 N 40
28 Signed-Up Reinoehl, Susan — N 40
29 Signed-Up Seckler, Teena — N 40
30 Signed-Up Jackson, Marjorie 541-729-2902 N 40