It was no joke when our Trails Across Time Living History Immersion Program teacher Elaine Butler traveled to Salem on April 1st. The occasion was the Willamette Heritage Center’s annual Heritage Awards Banquet. The Education award had four deserving nominees, but the Philip Foster Farm’s “schoolmarm” was its winner. The award recognizes programs, projects and […]
JZH is moving the Lucy House this summer! Philip’s daughter Lucy and her husband, Josiah Burnett, built their home in Eagle Creek in 1860. After 156 years, it will finally be accessible to the public. Learn More. Wanna help? Email [email protected].
October 31st was the end of our fall season, but there is still lots of exciting activity to report: 1) New Programming Director Jennifer Goldman is on board, and working to connect the Farm with county, state, and local resources and organizations. 2) Plans are progressing for the move of the Lucy House across Highway […]
For the 2015 year, members of the Jacknife-Zion-Horseheaven Historical Society receive free admission and/or store discounts at the following historic sites in Clackamas County: End of the Oregon Trail Interpretive Center, Museum of the Oregon Territory, Mount Hood Museum, Barclay House Gift Shop (at the McLoughlin House in Oregon City), and the Holmes House (aka Rose Farm). Simply show your JZH […]
Welcome back, 4th graders! We’re looking forward to a full spring of Pioneer Life field trips. If you haven’t booked yours yet, there are still a few openings in the calendar. Take a look and make your reservation today.
The Trails Across Time Living History Immersion Program is growing like gangbusters! Students in grades 6-12 are learning, serving, teaching, dancing, and singing together for the benefit of the Philip Foster Farm. Estacada Web Academy and the Philip Foster Farm are collaborating on this program that brings together learning and service for kids with a […]
I don’t know how you found us, but we are doing our darndest to be the best historical site people have actually heard of – instead of the best little site NOBODY’s heard of. Check out Philip Foster Farm on Yelp, radio promotions on The Buzz and The Wolf, Groupon, Facebook, Twitter, Google ads, collaborations with […]
Your “Little House” Girl and “Tom Sawyer” boy will love this day camp! Why? 1) Activities that let children wallow in the past, dressing and living the part of pioneer children. 2) Taking the real responsibility children took in the 1800’s for their animals, gardens, family and friends. 3) Real crafts, like blacksmithing, fire-building, cooking […]
Spring 2014 has seen a spate of new hires, although the faces aren’t new to the Farm! Kate Damon is doing outreach and administrative work for the Farm. She volunteered here at events in her youth before acquiring a degree in history and museum studies, and completing internships with the Portland Art Museum and Fort […]
Here at the Philip Foster Farm, we are busy from April through October, hosting children from schools, camps, day cares, and families who want to learn more about Oregon’s pioneers. But there’s another layer of learning happening, as many of our volunteers are also young people, learning about the past, and discovering their own skillsets […]