OCTOBER 19, 2018, KEIZERTIMES, PAGE A7
Keizer history is still
just around the corner
The earliest settlers in the area that became Keizer came from
18 separate families in the mid-1800s. The city is named after
Thomas Dove Keizur who arrived in 1843. Before that time,
fewer people had settled here. There was a trading post and a
lodging known as the Wallace house or fort nearby.
Until recently, the oldest house in Keizer was on Verda Lane
by the cow pasture. It was originally built around 1875 and be-
longed to John and Sally Pugh whose parents were some of the
original settlers. Sally’s maiden name was Claggett, and is the
same family where the Keizer creek and middle school get their
name from.
The fi rst school was built in 1878 on the corner of what is
now Chemawa Road Northeast and River Road North. Much,
much later some of the people who attended the school raised
money to preserve the building and move it next to the Keizer
Civic Center. It is now known as the Keizer Cultural Center,
the big white building next to city hall where you can go to the
library or museum, take art classes or see a play.
The second-oldest structure in the Keizer area is the log cab-
in now known as the Log House Garden at Willow Lake. The
log house was built around 1907. It was built by William and Ida
Blake and their descendants still own it to this day.
MAKE IT:
FUNfacts
THE GIANT SQUID HAS
THE LARGEST EYES IN
THE WORLD.
IT IS PHYSICALLY
IMPOSSIBLE FOR PIGS
TO LOOK UP INTO THE
SKY.
LIKE FINGERPRINTS,
EVERYONE’S TONGUE
PRINT IS DIFFERENT.
THERE ARE 293 WAYS
TO MAKE CHANGE
FOR A DOLLAR.
A SHARK IS THE ONLY
KNOWN FISH THAT
CAN BLINK WITH
BOTH EYES.
Clothespin
butterflies
WHAT YOU NEED:
Scissors
Glue
A paper towel OR
thin sheet of paper
Paint or markers
A pipe cleaner
A clothespin
A pair of
googly eyes
STEP 1: Cut the edges
of the paper or towel so
they are rounded.
STEP 2: Spread out
your paper towel
or paper and start
designing your
butterfl y’s wings from
the middle out to the
edges. Make a careful
design or just make it
colorful.
STEP 4: Pinch your
wings in the middle and
slip them into the mouth
of the clothespin.
STEP 5: Bend your pipe
cleaner to form antennas
and put them in the
clothespin above the wings.
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STEP SIX: Glue on the
eyes.
STEP SEVEN: Go
outside and fl y it around
or hang it from your
ceiling.
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