| IOCTA HOSTED 2008 NATIONAL OCTA CONVENTION The Idaho chapter of OCTA hosted the national OCTA convention August 5-9, 2008 at the Nampa Civic Center. The convention was a great success. 427 participants registered for the convention with additional guests at some dinners. Activities started in July with the wagon train trek across Idaho. They continued with monument dedications at Canyon Creek and Boise and a number of pre-tours. Presentations, workshops, lunches and dinners, and a number of tours of the fine trail sites in southwestern Idaho and eastern Oregon were enjoyed by many. One highlight was the annual Three Island Crossing reenactment which was attended by three buses of participants. For more information on the convention, see the writeups by Jim McGill in the August Trail Dust and the September Trail Dust available on this website. |