Cascade Geographic Society’s Year 2014 Mount Hood Festivals & Events
Rationing The War
(World War II On the Domestic Home Front & Abroad --- An Exhibit)
(Sunday) June 22nd, 2014 ~ Noon to 5:00 p.m. at the “Oregon Country Settlement” (a living history village)
73370 East Buggy Trail Drive in the historic Village of Rhododendron, Oregon
Free Admission! Free Parking! [Located Directly Behind Still Creek Inn]
December 7th, 1941, changed the history of the United States forever. With the bombing of Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, America entered a four-year war again Imperial Japan and the fascist Nazi Germany. To aid the war efforts in Europe and the Pacific, citizens had to sacrifice the way they lived their life and rations were put in place. Everything from gas to nylons to scrape metal was not only rationed, but became a new way of surviving while the country was at war. Sadly, some men, women, and children --- all Japanese Americans --- (because of their ancestry) were considered potential spies, and eventually found themselves without any rights and were confined to internment camps while their sons were sent overseas to fight against Adolf Hitler. This exhibit tells the story of domestic survival at home, as well as the efforts to halt the aggressiveness of the enemy. Through artifacts, music, and radio broadcasts, what happened over 70 years ago reemerges with a better understanding of why history defines those who underwent this four-year period as being the “Greatest Generation.”
17th Annual Mount Hood Oregon Trail Quilt Show:
Past & Present (A heritage exhibition)
(Saturday) July 19th, 2014 ~ Noon to 5 p.m. & (Sunday) July 20th, 2014 ~ Noon to 5 p.m. at the “Oregon Country Settlement” (a living history village)
73370 East Buggy Trail Drive in the historic Village of Rhododendron [located behind the Still Creek Inn]
No Admission! Free Parking!
The heritage of our quilting traditions is celebrated in this two-day event. Held in the Village of Rhododendron during the month of July, this special event brings together heritage quilts of the past --such as those dating back to the days of the Oregon Trail, hand-sewn by those who made the 2,000-plus mile journey westward -- with the artistic quilts of contemporary times. Besides quilts there will be arts and crafts on sale, Huckleberry jam and other wildberry goodies, historical and Nature books, and unique Oregon Trail walking sticks, plus storytelling. On Saturday and Sunday entertainers performing Native American flute music as well as old-time music will be on hand for daytime jams and concerts along with those performing Traditional Folk and Blues. It is said that there are more historic quilts in this one area than you’ll see anywhere else.
12th Annual Living History Village
(Saturday) August 2nd, 2014 ~ Noon to 5 p.m. & (Sunday) August 3rd, 2014 ~ Noon to 5 p.m.
at the “Oregon Country Settlement” (a living history village) 73370 East Buggy Trail Drive in the historic Village of Rhododendron [located behind the Still Creek Inn]
No Admission! Free Parking!
Take a journey back into time with Cascade Geographic Society in their special living history village known as the “Oregon Country Settlement”. Here, on beautiful Mount Hood and located along the Oregon Trail, the sights, sounds, and smells of frontier life can be revisited once more as interpreters in period clothing take you on a unique journey of history and wonderment. Amongst this cluster of protected historic buildings and wilderness shelters, the 1840’s is alive and well. View life as it once was as you visit the “Wilderness House”, the “Trading Post”, the “Blacksmith Shop”, the “Wash House”, the “Spirits House”, the “Parlour”, the “Community House” (school and church), the “Cook’s Shack”, the “Pantry Building”,the “Mess Hall”, the “Carpenter’s Shop”, the “Stables”, the “Hermit’s Shack”, the “Tyee Bear Lodge”, the “Smoke House”, the “Bell Tower”, the “Native American Storytelling Lodge”, and other unique structures. Purchase pioneer foods like Oregon Trail Buffalo Stew and Frontier Biscuits, fire-brewed Barlow Trail Coffee, and hot Mount Hood Apple Cider, listen to great traditional Native American flute and old-time music, Oregon Trail and Native American storytelling, try your skill at throwing knives and tomahawks, and take advantage of our gift shop where Huckleberry Jam and other goodies awaits you along with history and nature books, nickel postcards, and a whole lot more. A great family experience!
30th Annual Mount Hood Huckleberry Festival & Barlow Trail Days
August 22nd, 2014 (Friday) --- 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. ~ (plus a special “Huckleberry Friday Evening Concert” --- 7 p.m. to 10 p.m.),
& August 23rd, 2014 (Saturday) --- 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. ~ (plus a special “Huckleberry Saturday Evening Concert” --- 7 p.m. to 10 p.m.),
& August 24th, 2014 (Sunday) --- 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. ~ Mt. Hood Village, 65000 East U.S. Highway 26, [near the historic Villages of Welches and Brightwood, Oregon]
No Admission! Free Parking!
1840’s Oregon Trail emigrant Samuel Welch founded the Village of Welches in the western foothills of Mount Hood in 1880. By 1890 he had modified his two- story farmhouse into a hotel to go along with the campground he had built two years earlier. To celebrate, he decided to hold an annual festival to celebrate the birth of tourism on this Mountain that the Native Americans called “Wy’East”. This pioneer celebration survived up until the realities of the Great Depression in the 1930’s forced it to come to an abrupt halt. Then, 29 years ago, the Cascade Geographic Society revived it and started out with a table in a parking lot trying to get people to remember this Mountain’s great heritage. Today, we are celebrating our Thirtieth Anniversary. The festivities include free historical tours of the Oregon Trail, original and traditional Folk music, arts and crafts, antiques and collectables, historical and natural resource exhibits, and more. One of the highlights is the “World’s Record-Breaking Watermelon Launch” (Saturday afternoon), where catapults and other uniquely-designed contraptions launch watermelons and other produce into outer space. There are lots of delicious Huckleberry Pies and Tarts, Huckleberry jams and sauces and a selection of other Wild Berry jams, even fresh Huckleberries. There's a Native American Salmon bake, Native American storytelling, flute music and drumming, a “Huckleberry Ceremony”, and much, much more, including “Great Northwest Music” featuring incredible singer-songwriters all day long, with a “Huckleberry Friday Evening Concert” between 7 p.m. and 10 p.m., a “Huckleberry Saturday Evening Concert” between 7 p.m. and 10 p.m. There will be something for the whole family! This three-day event is always held during the month of August the weekend before Labor Day Weekend
.23rd Annual Mount Hood Salmon, Mushroom, & Bigfoot Festival
10:00 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. on Saturday/10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Sunday (see schedule for specific times for events, vendor sales, and concerts)
(Saturday) October 4th, 2014 & (Sunday) October 5th, 2014
Featuring “Native American Salmon Bake” (on both days), &
“Mount Hood Scarecrow Contest” (on both days) &
“Mount Hood Scarecrow Fashion Show” (on both days) &
“Sasquatch Talks” (on both days) &
Native American Flute Concert Featuring Foster Kalama from Warm Springs (6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m on Saturday.)
Mt. Hood Village, 65000 East U.S. Highway 26, near the historic Villages of Welches & Brightwood, Oregon
No Admission! Free Parking!
Two of the Northwest’s greatest bounties are the Salmon and Wild Mushrooms, which are the honored celebrities at this festival, is featured at this 20th annual event. This two-day, family-oriented event is held during the month of October to welcome home the return of the Salmon to the streams of Oregon’s Mount Hood and the Wild Mushrooms to its forested landscapes. Featured is Native American storytelling, original Folk music, arts and crafts, exhibits on Salmon and Wild Mushrooms (including Mushroom identification), and great food. There is a Native American Salmon bake and Salmon Habitat Walks, and Wild Mushrooms on sale. A scarecrow-making contest will take place on both days. Over the course of two days, there will even be a number of Sasquatch Talks with speakers discussing the rich oral traditions of Northwest Native American tribes about these Wild People of the mountains and forests. In addition, an exhibit featuring these hairy giants will provide even more educational information for Festival goers.
30th Annual Christmas Along The Barlow Trail
(Sun.) December 7th, 2014 ~ “Oregon Trail Christmas Village” ~ 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the “Oregon Country Settlement” (a living history village)
73370 East Buggy Trail Drive in the historic Village of Rhododendron, Oregon [located behind the Still Creek Inn]
No Admission! Free Parking!
This 29th annual celebration is a free, festive gathering held on Mount Hood that features two special events associated with the history of the Oregon Trail, where it traversed around the Mountain’s southern flank. Held on Saturday during the day a few weeks before Christmas, this is an event for the entire family.
On Sunday afternoon, visitors will gather at the “Oregon Trail Christmas Village” [the Oregon Country Settlement] from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Featured is a traditional holiday festivity held at a pioneer village [the Oregon Country Settlement] along a section of the Oregon Trail through the Cascade Mountain Range, known as the Barlow Trail, in which the Willamette Valley-bound emigrant’s traversed a route along the southern flank of the 1,295- foot Mount Hood.
“Pioneer Spirits Along Mount Hood’s Oregon Trail” will be a special feature this year. Situated in the various historical buildings on the property, re-enactors, dressed in period clothing, will allow visitors to listen in on the conversations that would have taken place back in time, interpreting this Winter holiday as it was in our past. These are not only historical characters, but all are those who traveled this emigrant path over Mount Hood and camped in one of the several meadows on this 18-acres owned by the Cascade Geographic Society.
There will be traditional Christmas caroling, Native American flute and pioneer flute music, free Christmas goodies and hot drinks. This is also an opportunity to shop for unique historical and nature books, Huckleberry and other Wildberry jams, and specialty products made from this wildland bounty, that would be ideal for gifts..,.especially for those who are hard to buy for. And, naturally, Santa Claus will be there on duty from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.
One of the main features will be “Christmas Tales of Old Oregon” that begins at 3:00 p.m., which is a unique storytelling program that takes you from the days of the Lewis & Clark Expedition at the rainy and cold Pacific Coast in 1805, to the days of the Oregon Trail and pioneer settlement, and concluding on the slopes of Mount Hood in the early 1900’s. The oral tradition being shared makes this an ideal event for adults and children alike.
14th Annual Pioneer Harvest Feast (volunteer appreciation dinner)
(Sunday) December 6th, 2014 ~ 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at the “Oregon Country Settlement” (a living history village)
73370 East Buggy Trail Drive in the historic Village of Rhododendron, Oregon
Free to Cascade Geographic Society Members --- $15.00 Non-Members
This annual dinner celebrates the efforts of the volunteers of the Cascade Geographic Society. It is a time to enjoy good food and company, reflect back on the successes of the past year, and look forward to the next twelve months. And, of course, there are awards for those special efforts that people have made to make dreams turn into reality. Lots of fun!
Rationing The War
(World War II On the Domestic Home Front & Abroad --- An Exhibit)
(Sunday) June 22nd, 2014 ~ Noon to 5:00 p.m. at the “Oregon Country Settlement” (a living history village)
73370 East Buggy Trail Drive in the historic Village of Rhododendron, Oregon
Free Admission! Free Parking! [Located Directly Behind Still Creek Inn]
December 7th, 1941, changed the history of the United States forever. With the bombing of Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, America entered a four-year war again Imperial Japan and the fascist Nazi Germany. To aid the war efforts in Europe and the Pacific, citizens had to sacrifice the way they lived their life and rations were put in place. Everything from gas to nylons to scrape metal was not only rationed, but became a new way of surviving while the country was at war. Sadly, some men, women, and children --- all Japanese Americans --- (because of their ancestry) were considered potential spies, and eventually found themselves without any rights and were confined to internment camps while their sons were sent overseas to fight against Adolf Hitler. This exhibit tells the story of domestic survival at home, as well as the efforts to halt the aggressiveness of the enemy. Through artifacts, music, and radio broadcasts, what happened over 70 years ago reemerges with a better understanding of why history defines those who underwent this four-year period as being the “Greatest Generation.”
17th Annual Mount Hood Oregon Trail Quilt Show:
Past & Present (A heritage exhibition)
(Saturday) July 19th, 2014 ~ Noon to 5 p.m. & (Sunday) July 20th, 2014 ~ Noon to 5 p.m. at the “Oregon Country Settlement” (a living history village)
73370 East Buggy Trail Drive in the historic Village of Rhododendron [located behind the Still Creek Inn]
No Admission! Free Parking!
The heritage of our quilting traditions is celebrated in this two-day event. Held in the Village of Rhododendron during the month of July, this special event brings together heritage quilts of the past --such as those dating back to the days of the Oregon Trail, hand-sewn by those who made the 2,000-plus mile journey westward -- with the artistic quilts of contemporary times. Besides quilts there will be arts and crafts on sale, Huckleberry jam and other wildberry goodies, historical and Nature books, and unique Oregon Trail walking sticks, plus storytelling. On Saturday and Sunday entertainers performing Native American flute music as well as old-time music will be on hand for daytime jams and concerts along with those performing Traditional Folk and Blues. It is said that there are more historic quilts in this one area than you’ll see anywhere else.
12th Annual Living History Village
(Saturday) August 2nd, 2014 ~ Noon to 5 p.m. & (Sunday) August 3rd, 2014 ~ Noon to 5 p.m.
at the “Oregon Country Settlement” (a living history village) 73370 East Buggy Trail Drive in the historic Village of Rhododendron [located behind the Still Creek Inn]
No Admission! Free Parking!
Take a journey back into time with Cascade Geographic Society in their special living history village known as the “Oregon Country Settlement”. Here, on beautiful Mount Hood and located along the Oregon Trail, the sights, sounds, and smells of frontier life can be revisited once more as interpreters in period clothing take you on a unique journey of history and wonderment. Amongst this cluster of protected historic buildings and wilderness shelters, the 1840’s is alive and well. View life as it once was as you visit the “Wilderness House”, the “Trading Post”, the “Blacksmith Shop”, the “Wash House”, the “Spirits House”, the “Parlour”, the “Community House” (school and church), the “Cook’s Shack”, the “Pantry Building”,the “Mess Hall”, the “Carpenter’s Shop”, the “Stables”, the “Hermit’s Shack”, the “Tyee Bear Lodge”, the “Smoke House”, the “Bell Tower”, the “Native American Storytelling Lodge”, and other unique structures. Purchase pioneer foods like Oregon Trail Buffalo Stew and Frontier Biscuits, fire-brewed Barlow Trail Coffee, and hot Mount Hood Apple Cider, listen to great traditional Native American flute and old-time music, Oregon Trail and Native American storytelling, try your skill at throwing knives and tomahawks, and take advantage of our gift shop where Huckleberry Jam and other goodies awaits you along with history and nature books, nickel postcards, and a whole lot more. A great family experience!
30th Annual Mount Hood Huckleberry Festival & Barlow Trail Days
August 22nd, 2014 (Friday) --- 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. ~ (plus a special “Huckleberry Friday Evening Concert” --- 7 p.m. to 10 p.m.),
& August 23rd, 2014 (Saturday) --- 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. ~ (plus a special “Huckleberry Saturday Evening Concert” --- 7 p.m. to 10 p.m.),
& August 24th, 2014 (Sunday) --- 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. ~ Mt. Hood Village, 65000 East U.S. Highway 26, [near the historic Villages of Welches and Brightwood, Oregon]
No Admission! Free Parking!
1840’s Oregon Trail emigrant Samuel Welch founded the Village of Welches in the western foothills of Mount Hood in 1880. By 1890 he had modified his two- story farmhouse into a hotel to go along with the campground he had built two years earlier. To celebrate, he decided to hold an annual festival to celebrate the birth of tourism on this Mountain that the Native Americans called “Wy’East”. This pioneer celebration survived up until the realities of the Great Depression in the 1930’s forced it to come to an abrupt halt. Then, 29 years ago, the Cascade Geographic Society revived it and started out with a table in a parking lot trying to get people to remember this Mountain’s great heritage. Today, we are celebrating our Thirtieth Anniversary. The festivities include free historical tours of the Oregon Trail, original and traditional Folk music, arts and crafts, antiques and collectables, historical and natural resource exhibits, and more. One of the highlights is the “World’s Record-Breaking Watermelon Launch” (Saturday afternoon), where catapults and other uniquely-designed contraptions launch watermelons and other produce into outer space. There are lots of delicious Huckleberry Pies and Tarts, Huckleberry jams and sauces and a selection of other Wild Berry jams, even fresh Huckleberries. There's a Native American Salmon bake, Native American storytelling, flute music and drumming, a “Huckleberry Ceremony”, and much, much more, including “Great Northwest Music” featuring incredible singer-songwriters all day long, with a “Huckleberry Friday Evening Concert” between 7 p.m. and 10 p.m., a “Huckleberry Saturday Evening Concert” between 7 p.m. and 10 p.m. There will be something for the whole family! This three-day event is always held during the month of August the weekend before Labor Day Weekend
.23rd Annual Mount Hood Salmon, Mushroom, & Bigfoot Festival
10:00 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. on Saturday/10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Sunday (see schedule for specific times for events, vendor sales, and concerts)
(Saturday) October 4th, 2014 & (Sunday) October 5th, 2014
Featuring “Native American Salmon Bake” (on both days), &
“Mount Hood Scarecrow Contest” (on both days) &
“Mount Hood Scarecrow Fashion Show” (on both days) &
“Sasquatch Talks” (on both days) &
Native American Flute Concert Featuring Foster Kalama from Warm Springs (6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m on Saturday.)
Mt. Hood Village, 65000 East U.S. Highway 26, near the historic Villages of Welches & Brightwood, Oregon
No Admission! Free Parking!
Two of the Northwest’s greatest bounties are the Salmon and Wild Mushrooms, which are the honored celebrities at this festival, is featured at this 20th annual event. This two-day, family-oriented event is held during the month of October to welcome home the return of the Salmon to the streams of Oregon’s Mount Hood and the Wild Mushrooms to its forested landscapes. Featured is Native American storytelling, original Folk music, arts and crafts, exhibits on Salmon and Wild Mushrooms (including Mushroom identification), and great food. There is a Native American Salmon bake and Salmon Habitat Walks, and Wild Mushrooms on sale. A scarecrow-making contest will take place on both days. Over the course of two days, there will even be a number of Sasquatch Talks with speakers discussing the rich oral traditions of Northwest Native American tribes about these Wild People of the mountains and forests. In addition, an exhibit featuring these hairy giants will provide even more educational information for Festival goers.
30th Annual Christmas Along The Barlow Trail
(Sun.) December 7th, 2014 ~ “Oregon Trail Christmas Village” ~ 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the “Oregon Country Settlement” (a living history village)
73370 East Buggy Trail Drive in the historic Village of Rhododendron, Oregon [located behind the Still Creek Inn]
No Admission! Free Parking!
This 29th annual celebration is a free, festive gathering held on Mount Hood that features two special events associated with the history of the Oregon Trail, where it traversed around the Mountain’s southern flank. Held on Saturday during the day a few weeks before Christmas, this is an event for the entire family.
On Sunday afternoon, visitors will gather at the “Oregon Trail Christmas Village” [the Oregon Country Settlement] from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Featured is a traditional holiday festivity held at a pioneer village [the Oregon Country Settlement] along a section of the Oregon Trail through the Cascade Mountain Range, known as the Barlow Trail, in which the Willamette Valley-bound emigrant’s traversed a route along the southern flank of the 1,295- foot Mount Hood.
“Pioneer Spirits Along Mount Hood’s Oregon Trail” will be a special feature this year. Situated in the various historical buildings on the property, re-enactors, dressed in period clothing, will allow visitors to listen in on the conversations that would have taken place back in time, interpreting this Winter holiday as it was in our past. These are not only historical characters, but all are those who traveled this emigrant path over Mount Hood and camped in one of the several meadows on this 18-acres owned by the Cascade Geographic Society.
There will be traditional Christmas caroling, Native American flute and pioneer flute music, free Christmas goodies and hot drinks. This is also an opportunity to shop for unique historical and nature books, Huckleberry and other Wildberry jams, and specialty products made from this wildland bounty, that would be ideal for gifts..,.especially for those who are hard to buy for. And, naturally, Santa Claus will be there on duty from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.
One of the main features will be “Christmas Tales of Old Oregon” that begins at 3:00 p.m., which is a unique storytelling program that takes you from the days of the Lewis & Clark Expedition at the rainy and cold Pacific Coast in 1805, to the days of the Oregon Trail and pioneer settlement, and concluding on the slopes of Mount Hood in the early 1900’s. The oral tradition being shared makes this an ideal event for adults and children alike.
14th Annual Pioneer Harvest Feast (volunteer appreciation dinner)
(Sunday) December 6th, 2014 ~ 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at the “Oregon Country Settlement” (a living history village)
73370 East Buggy Trail Drive in the historic Village of Rhododendron, Oregon
Free to Cascade Geographic Society Members --- $15.00 Non-Members
This annual dinner celebrates the efforts of the volunteers of the Cascade Geographic Society. It is a time to enjoy good food and company, reflect back on the successes of the past year, and look forward to the next twelve months. And, of course, there are awards for those special efforts that people have made to make dreams turn into reality. Lots of fun!