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Pioneer Day: Summer Camp Preview

Pioneer Schoolhouse 91949 Purkerson Rd. , Junction City, OR, United States

Join us on May 30th at our new home, to celebrate the pioneer lifestyle and our rich Oregon history! We will have refreshments and music, hands on activities and crafts, tours of the building, and more! Please join us and dress in your pioneer best (if you can.) Pre-registration is required. Help support our programs, […]

$5

Homeschooler’s Pioneer Adventure Day

Pioneer Schoolhouse 91949 Purkerson Rd. , Junction City, OR, United States

Homeschooler's pioneer adventure day- come and make and do things like a pioneer. We have dress up clothes for boys and girls! Churn butter, write with a quill pen, play school in our one room schoolhouse, learn square dancing and more! Parents stay for this event and shop for delicious fresh-milled flours and baking mixes […]

$10

Pioneer Adventure Day for Public

Pioneer Schoolhouse 91949 Purkerson Rd. , Junction City, OR, United States

Pioneer adventure day for boys and girls!  Come and make and do things like a pioneer. We have dress up clothes for boys and girls! Churn butter, write with a quill pen, play school in our one room schoolhouse, learn square dancing and more! Parents stay for this event and shop for delicious fresh-milled flours […]

$10

Living History Festival

Pioneer Schoolhouse 91949 Purkerson Rd. , Junction City, OR, United States

Cost: $5 per person or $15 for a family. Location: Singing Creek Educational Center and the School House at Camas Country Mill. 91949 Purkerson Rd, Junction City, OR. For more info email karen@singingcreekcenter.org washing clothesEnjoy hands-on family fun like: Washing clothes pioneer style HAYRIDE along the creek to the pioneer homestead weaving on a loom […]

Grandparent’s Pioneer Tea

Pioneer Schoolhouse 91949 Purkerson Rd. , Junction City, OR, United States

Treat your Grandparent (or Grandfriend) to a special Pioneer Tea on National Grandparent's Day! This Event is SOLD OUT- please join us next year. Older adults in our lives give us so much- let's take some time to thank them! We will have scones, muffins, treats, and coffee and tea with all the fancy pioneer […]

ALHFAM Conference

Pioneer Schoolhouse 91949 Purkerson Rd. , Junction City, OR, United States

On behalf of Dorris Ranch, we are delighted to invite you to the 2016 Association for Living History, Farms, and Agricultural Museum’s Western Regional Conference. In an age where the answer to any question can be found by the click of a mouse or the tap of a button, what obligations do we, as historians […]

Winter Light Party

the Granary building at S.C. 92194 Purkerson Rd., Junction City, OR, United States

Join us on Saturday, December 10th from 1pm - 3pm and celebrate the Winter Season! Our party will include winter crafts, games, prizes, a shadow puppet show and a bake sale! All within the theme of pioneer living in the 1860's. Make a candle lantern to take home, try your hand at "snowball toss" and […]

$10

Homestead Arts: Knitting and Crocheting

the Granary building at S.C. 92194 Purkerson Rd., Junction City, OR, United States

  Join us for a Homestead Arts class featuring knitting and crocheting. Bring your favorite project, even cross stitch or needlepoint. If you don't know how, we will teach you some simple finger knitting techniques. We will provide yarn and scissors, and some hot drinks around the wood stove. Also try out our table top […]

$5

Pioneer Girls: Home on the Prairie

the Granary building at S.C. 92194 Purkerson Rd., Junction City, OR, United States

Go back in time and live like an Oregon settler in 1850 at our pioneer education center. The family farm includes a pond, chickens, garden, one-room schoolhouse, and a pioneer "homestead". We can provide pioneer clothing like bonnets and aprons or you can wear your own. Complete with fun activities, authentic "chores" and crafts. This […]