APRIL 12, 2019, KEIZERTIMES, PAGE A9
for kids
by kids
Take a trip back in time at Jawbone Flats
BY LAUREN MURPHY
copper, silver and zinc.
Of No Adults Allowed
During
the
Great
Years and years ago, Depression,
President
Oregon was home to Franklin Roosevelt signed
over 20 diff erent Native off on a number of programs
American tribes. Two of and projects to help the
these tribes used to live American people get back
in an area now known as on their feet. He called it
Opal Creek. Apart from its the New Deal. One of the
beautiful hiking trails and projects he authorized was
resistance to forest fi res, the construction of the
Opal Creek has a special Gold Creek Bridge, there
hidden treasure: Jawbone were also some mining
Flats. It may not
roads.
In
seem
like
M i n i n g
the 1850’s
much with
at
Opal
gold miners came
buildings
Creek was
to Opal Creek. They never very
d a t i n g
back
to built the Jawbone Flats successful.
the 1930s,
In fact in
mining camp in 1930, the 1950s
water from
almost 80 years
the
creek,
the
camp
slow
internet
was
mostly
shut
later.
and no phone; but
down due to snow
the Jawbone Flats are damage.
more intriguing than you
Although the Jawbone
may think.
Flats was left behind, it was
In the 1850s gold not forgotten. About ten
miners came to Opal years after Amalgamated
Creek. They built the Mining Co. stopped using
Jawbone Flats mining the fl ats, Shiny Rock
camp in 1930, almost Mining Company moved
80 years later. The in. Through the 1960s and
camp
processed 1970s a small group of
The remnants of an old mining camp still
stand at Jawbone Flats.
miners and their families
lived at Jawbone Flats.
In the 1980s, rumors of
logging started to spread.
Some locals who cared
greatly about Opal Creek,
and saw the beauty it had
to off er, established Friends
of Opal Creek an activism
group. They wanted the
land to be protected
from logging,
mining
and
any
further
damage. In the
early 1990s Shiny Rock
Mining Company gifted
Friends of Opal Creek
over $12 million worth of
land. This land included
Jawbone Flats and a part
of the forest they wanted
to cut down. Friends of
Opal Creek were fi nally
able to get the government
to turn the land back to
public ownership in the
mid 1990s.
Currently, the Opal
Creek forest has over
20,000 visitors per year.
From April to November
groups can rent out part of
the Jawbone Flats camp.
They also off er several
programs,
volunteer
weekends, hiking and
more.
Jazz up tea time with these recipes
A soothing cup of tea after a tough day at
school is one of the best feelings. Everything
about it, from the smell to the taste, is relaxing.
Drinking tea is one of the best parts of my day,
so I wanted to try and make some. Below are
some fairly simple recipes you can use, be sure
to ask an adult to help you so you can enjoy it
together.
MINT TEA:
Bring two cups of water to a boil and pour it
into a teapot. Steep two or three green tea bags
in the water for three minutes. Add mint leaves
(tear the leaves up to release the fl avor) and let
it steep for three more minutes and then top it
off with more hot water. Mint tea can have a
very light fl avor so feel free to add a little sugar
to sweeten it.
PINE NEEDLE TEA:
Rinse a handful of pine needles. Pull off any
of the brown bits at the bottom, they should
come off easily. Ask your adult for help to cut
the needles into about a ¼ to ½ inch long
pieces. Bring about two cups of water to a
boil (you’ll need the adults help with this step,
too). Pour the hot water over a teaspoon of
pine needles. Be sure to put the needles in a
tea strainer. Let steep until you get the desired
strength. Enjoy.
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FENNEL SEED TEA:
Bring two cups of water to a boil. While
waiting for the water to boil, gently crush
about a teaspoon of fennel seeds to release the
fl avor. Put the ground seeds into a tea strainer
and pour a cup of hot water over them. Let it
steep for seven to 10 minutes. Take the strainer
out and top it off with more hot water.
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