Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
The story in last week’s Creswell Chronicle entitled “Students tour town’s history at Creswell Museum” was a timely prelude to the recognition of May as National Historic Preservation Month. It highlighted the fact that Creswell is fortunate to have a group and a place dedicated…
Dear Editor, Thank you so much for printing my appeal for help a few weeks ago. The day that the paper came out, I got a call with the information I needed on the Gay-Cogswell cemetery. I called the owners and got permission and forwarded…
When I was a young lad in the 1930s there were several holidays that were observed every year. Naturally they included New Year’s Day, Memorial Day, Fourth of July (Independence Day), Labor Day, Armistice Day (later changed to Veterans’ Day), Thanksgiving and Christmas Day. I…
If you’re being abducted, might as well enjoy a beer. PHOTO PROVIDED/LYNDSEY HEWITT Thanks to my initials and to Steven Spielberg, I can’t tell you how many times I’ve been told to ”phone home” in my 27 years on this planet. I call my mother…
Dear Editor, While much of the world spent last weekend watching the royal wedding, over 400 Creswellians (that number is according to Sunday night’s KVAL news) rolled up their sleeves and went to work on home makeovers for two local families whose children attend our…
Dear Editor, Thank you for doing an in-depth article on the situation of cats in our society. The cat problem is actually a people-caused problem. All it takes is one unaltered female and within a year you can have a dozen cats, generally unwanted and…
The history of Creswell seems to be tied up in one old building. It is the Old Schoolhouse, which was built in 1875. It served for many years as the only school in town. A fire almost destroyed the building, but it was restored and…
May is National Historic Preservation Month. As we traverse the streets of our town we encounter a number of things that have been part of this town far longer than we have. The museum and the old schoolhouse have been discussed in previous articles in…
What would you do if the Cascadia earthquake were to hit our area? Or, how about another repeat of the 1962 Columbus Day storm? As most of us have witnessed throughout our lifetime, Mother Nature can get nasty at any time, thus making all of…