Historic Silver Falls Days

THE LATE 19TH AND EARLY 20TH CENTURIES CELEBRATED
WITH HISTORIC SILVER FALLS DAYS AT SILVER FALLS STATE PARK

Silver Falls State Park is holding the third annual Historic Silver Falls Days July 14-15, 2012.. It is a celebration of history that includes such attractions as: Model T and Model A antique cars; demonstrations of antique logging tools; flint knapping and basketry; families participating in old-fashioned games and listening to historical tales well told. The event hours are from 10:00 am to 4:00 PM Saturday and Sunday.

Displays by area historical societies will be located in the historic South Falls Lodge. The Forest History Center will have a display of Civilian Conservation Corps artifacts and a list of thousands of names of the 80,000 men who served in the corps in Oregon.

A miniature canoe race each day, with prizes for first, second and third place, will celebrate Al Faussett's 1928 canoe trip over the South Falls.

Admission to the event is free. A park day-use parking pass is required. A one-day pass can be purchased at the park entrance for $5.00.  Twelve and Twenty-four month passes can also be purchased.

Information is available online at www.oregonstateparks.org/park_211.php. For further information call Lou Nelson, Friends of Silver Falls, at 503-581-4155 or Ranger Dylan Edwards at 503-874-0201.