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If you're looking for a special Field Trip or outing for your group, this is the place! We take reservations for most activities up to one year in advance. Check our calendar first for openings, then call us or use our online reservation system.

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Pioneer Life Tour
3rd to 8th grades
Available April - October. This hands-on tour is a favorite with two full hours of activity. Students grind corn, use a crosscut saw, visit a pioneer house, store and barn, use a washboard and wringer, build a log cabin, and pack a wagon for the long trip west. Many teachers tell us its their favorite field trip ever, and students agree!

Cost is $6.00 per person, including adults. School staff is free. September and October tours are $5.00 per person.

Check the calendar for available dates and reserve your tour soon. Spring of 2009 is already filling up!

Winter Traditions Tours
Visit the Foster Farm inDecember for a glimpse of pioneer life in winter with crafts, songs, stories, and tastes of the season. This tour is designed with primary students in mind. Students visit a pioneer home, where they hear the traditional Christmas story, sing carols, learn about keeping warm in winter, traditional foods and food preservation methods. They visit the barn to learn about animal care, sleighrides and jingle bells, then to the craft room (our store is emptied to make room for this) to make a stocking and learn about pioneer Christmas expectations.

Cost is $5.00 per person, including parents. School staff is free.

Our one-hour introduction to the history of Eagle Creek and the Foster Family includes a guided tour of the house, store and barn. Cost is $3.50 per person. Available April through October.

Most of the tour is wheelchair accessible, including centrally located restrooms. Guests are welcome to picnic on the grounds and enjoy the trees and gardens.

Call 503-637-6324 or email us at jzhhistsoc@cascadeaccess.com for more information.