Located north of Salem in the Willamette Valley, Keizer was named for a pair of brothers who came west on the wagon train of 1843.
The pioneering spirit lives on at the Keizer Heritage Center, a 19th-century Craftsman schoolhouse turned museum that preserves the town’s rural history. Get a bite at a local restaurant and taste wine around town. Get pumped for the annual Great Oregon Steam-Up — a celebration of trains, tractors, trollies and more.
