Silver Striders Guide Service, Central Oregon 541-383-8077

Hiking and Snowshoeing
Daytrips and Overnights

Geared toward those age 50 and older, travel easy and intermediate trails with a trained naturalist. For more information visit them at www.silverstriders.com

With wide open vistas, clear air and starlit nights, the high desert of Oregon was an intoxicating place...and it still is!

Though most of the Fort Rock homesteaders did not make it financially, they left stories of fond memories of the community they forged out of this land.   For most, their optimism and positive spirit was rewarded as they moved on to take advantage of the bounty the Northwest had to offer during that period.  

Preserving the Past

On February 15, 1984, the Fort Rock Valley Historical Society was formed by eight people interested in preserving the history of the homestead era, which peaked in 1912.

In 1988 the Historical Society opened the Fort Rock Homestead Village Museum which preserves and protects homestead-era structures by moving them from their original locations to the museum site just west of the town of Fort Rock.

Volunteers from the community, Lake County Road Department and Midstate Electric Co-operative move the buildings, then local society members restore them, including authentic period furnishing.

Open
May 18th
to
September 16th

Friday - Sunday
10 AM - 4 PM

(Museum may be open other weekdays, if volunteers are available. Call)

Please call for tours
541-576-2251