Sundays at Singing Creek

Mar 5, 2015 | Work party/ moving

We are having so much fun at Singing Creek Center on Sundays. That is the one day a week I have to work on this place- it’s really my dream come true. I’d love to have your help out there too. Families that have visited Alvord Farm and Museum in the past...

Registration Forms for Summer Camps are released

Feb 14, 2015 | Programs

Summer Camp forms are here! We hope the new online forms and paypal experience works well for you. Please let Karen know if you have any trouble. We are looking forward to more setup at the Singing Creek Center and planning a wonderful curriculum for you! Our new site...

Karen and Opal share a distant relative

Feb 9, 2015 | Opal Whiteley

I am related to Opal Whiteley! I was reading a book about Opal Whiteley that I had been given by Sue Hunton, and I discovered that Opal and I are related! We share a distant relative, Daniel Boone. I immediately dug through my old paperwork, found my genealogy packet,...

The Schoolhouse Project at Camas County Mill

Feb 4, 2015 | Pioneer/ Historical

The walls of the Lower Fern Ridge School still show the graphite signatures of local school children from over 100 years ago. One hundred years ago, the distinct silhouettes of one-room schoolhouses were rural anchors in areas across the west, much like stone grist...

Moving to a new home!

Feb 3, 2015 | Work party/ moving

We are so excited to start moving to our new home at the Camas Country Mill and to be working with Tom and Sue Hunton. We are trying out a new relationship for one year and seeing how things go. Their farm, creek and pond, and pioneer schoolhouse and granary is the...