Merci Train - Oregon
The Oregon Merci Boxcar is no longer at Simpson Park as shown in the picture. It is now located at the North Bend Visitor Information Center. The car is currently covered with a tarp. Plans are to build a cover for the car at a later date.
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Boxcar at its former location at Old Fort Stevens Historical Park
in Hammond, OR.
Since 1951, the Benton County Historical Society has been preserving historical artifacts, photographs, and manuscripts. The society is located in the 1867 Philomath College building which is on the National Register of Historic Places, The Society opened the building to the public in 1980 as a history museum, research library and art gallery. The Merci Train boxcar artifacts came to the BCHS as a part of the Horner Collection, which was transferred from Oregon State University after the University's Horner Museum was closed due to budget reductions.
All pictures below courtesy of John Irving
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