It's a Wild Weekend in Oregon
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Updated: 5:49 PM Jul 15, 2010
It's a Wild Weekend in Oregon
Oregon Trail Days festival kicks off Friday, with a weekend full of cowboys and Indians.
Posted: 5:35 PM Jul 15, 2010
Reporter: Chris Linden, 23Hometowns
Email Address: hometowns@wifr.com
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OREGON (WIFR) -- Oregon is ready for cowboys and Indians this weekend, but don’t forget about the tipis, the gunsligners and the cowboy stew. It's all hail to the chief as the city celebrates its famous Native American statue this weekend.

Step back in time this weekend as Oregon celebrates its history of Native Americans and early settlers. Visitors can sleep in the tipi city at Lowden State Park and enjoy plenty of food and history throughout the weekend. Some will even walk inside the famous Black Hawk statue that overlooks the Rock River and Oregon. Proceeds from the festival will help to repair massive cracks and chips in the 100-year-old concrete statue.

"You can pay $5 a person and go in and see,” says committee member Beth Henderson. “There's legends that you can go up and look out his eyes, but you have to come and find out what the real secret is. All that money goes 100 percent to the restoration of the statue."

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FRIDAY EVENTS:
Outdoor saloon and eatery
6 p.m. until midnight
$5 per person, includes food and music acts

SATURDAY EVENTS:
Whip artist, gun shooter, magician, cowboy culture and Native American encampment. Events start at 10 a.m. at Lowden State Park.

SUNDAY EVENTS:
Lions Club breakfast and canoe race, and 8K race.

For full details and more on the festival, visit their Web site, www.oregontraildays.org.

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