Oct 16, 2022 | Work party/ moving
After three years of teaching hundreds of kids about history in Cottage Grove, the Singing Creek Educational Center is looking for a new home. We are grateful to the Prospectors Club for allowing us to use the historic Snapp House for the past 3.5 years. The club has...
Jun 2, 2019 | Pioneer/ Historical, Work party/ moving
Have you heard? Singing Creek Educational Center has a very special new home in a place that’s full of local history! We will now be located in the historic Dr. Snapp House in Cottage Grove, OR at 360 River Road. The house is located along the Coast Fork of the...
Apr 7, 2019 | Opal Whiteley, Pioneer/ Historical, Work party/ moving
What Do We Love Most About Cottage Grove? History abounds here! Even Cottage Grove’s name represents a bit of history, describing where the first post office sat (a cottage in a grove) around the middle of the nineteenth century when pioneers first came to settle the...
Apr 4, 2019 | Work party/ moving
We are so thrilled to be moving to Cottage Grove this Spring and taking up residence in the historic Dr. Snapp House on River Road! It’s exciting to be embraced by such a welcoming community. Cottage Grove is very alive with history and has an active historical...
Apr 27, 2016 | Events, Pioneer/ Historical, Work party/ moving
The Pioneer Garden Project will break ground June 4th. It will be sponsored by Pacific Continental Bank with support from Jerry’s. We are going to transform a patch of bare garden ground into a replica pioneer garden. Little Hands Can is the non-profit...
May 17, 2015 | Work party/ moving
Come join us on Sunday May 17th to clear the brush and blackberries off Treasure Island so we can use it for pioneer summer camps! We meet at 11am and there will be cookies and brownies- plus all kids that help will get a treasure to take home (polished stone or...
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...
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...
