Madeline McGraw, curator at the Springfield Museum, and Jenny Horby, a museum committee member, tabeling at PublicHouse on July 2 during the ”Hops for History” event. The fundraiser brought in $519 total. Alyia Hall/The Creswell Chronicle Beer and history fans…

During Creswell Heritage Foundation’s July 4 open house at the Old Schoolhouse on South 2nd Street that is undergoing restoration, two women peer beneath a painted canvas floor covering at the layer of old newspapers spread between the canvas and…

Cole Condit, 12, works on his award-winning July 4-themed chalk art picture of an eagle and an American flag, during the City of Creswell’s Awesome Sidewalk Chalk Art Contest. Gini Davis/The Creswell Chronicle Visitors walking in downtown Creswell on their…

Erica Barr/The Creswell Chronicle Standing in the middle of Holt Park in the early hours of July 4, I was excited to witness this year’s event – my first Fourth in Creswell. The theme, ”Out of This World,” commemorated the…

This little gal is one of hundreds who enjoyed pancakes, ham, scrambled eggs, and fresh strawberries. Gini Davis/The Creswell Chronicle Creswell’s 2019 Fourth of July Celebration theme was right on target: With daylong festivities on both sides of the freeway…

This illustration from the Feb. 18, 1865 issue of Harper’s Weekly shows celebration breaking out in the U.S. House of Representatives after the 13th Amendment was passed. Image: Archive ORG The urban-rural divide in Oregon is something that’s gotten quite…

Dana Merryday/The Creswell Chronicle As you read this I will be camped out and ready for the opening of the 50th Oregon Country Fair. For the past 27 years, the second weekend in July has been indelibly marked on my…

IRC volunteer Val Moran gets enthusiastic assistance from Paisley Bielskis (left) and Kali Roberts in identifying objects as she begins reading a book to children in Holt Park last Tuesday during Creslane IRC’s Summer Reading in the Park program. Gini…