The Colony House Museum in Palmer is a window into the history of how the Matanuska Valley was settled by New Deal farmers.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - The Colony House Museum in downtown Palmer is an original colony house built in 1935 and restored after a years-long effort by the Palmer Historical Society. Although the home was owned by Oscar and Irene Beylund, it’s representative of the many homes built to occupy the original Matanuska colonists.
Gerry Keeling, a longtime Palmer Historical Society board member, is one of the “Colony Kids.” Keeling’s parents were colonists who came to the state in 1935 and she was born several years later in Palmer. Keeling said it was a tough life for new families, whose property mostly consisted of uncleared woods. But for the children, there was plenty of adventure.
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