Sometime between 1908 and 1913, C.O. Rodgers brought a logging arch into the Creston Valley, for use in the logging operations for his Canyon City sawmill. A logging arch is a horse-drawn log-skidding machine. Two huge wheels – ten feet …
How to use a logging arch
Seriously, getting to work in a museum is the best thing ever. I mean, where else do you get to talk to all sorts of fascinating people, get transported back in time through old newspapers and photographs, and play with …
Whether the weather be cold…
Whether the weather be cold, whether the weather be hot… One thing you can always be sure of is there will be weather, and you can be almost as sure that we’re going to be talking about it. It’s too …
All Good Things…
…must come to an end. Isn’t that how the saying goes? When we look back at the history of the Creston Valley, we see a lot of “lasts.” Like the one hinted at in the newspaper ad to the left …
It’s almost Hiring Season!
I really can’t believe just how fast time flies! I’m getting a little bit of a jump on this one because, well, I am a *cough* bit… of a procrastinator…when it comes to motivation to write sometimes, and there is …
THE SIDEBOARD EPIC
Hey! last time, I wrote about about our little run with restoring everything in sight. It started with a cash register, and then evolved to a beautiful old handcrafted sideboard that was donated by a local family. Also, last time, …
Restoring the faith…actually restoring the artifact…(it’s all in a days work)
Before I get started on this post, I am going to pre-apologize for the potentially extravagant energy that may erupt from your internet accessing device. This post is all about restoring things. To many, old stuff is just that. Old …
BIG CHANGEZ IZ AFOOT!!
I know…I know…it has been sooooooooooo very long since the last time my fingers struck keys to this blog…but this winter has been full of bits and bites and thisses and thatses. But lots of little theses and thoses grow …
Our Castle Has a Crypt. And it’s almost Hallow’een!
T’was the day before hallows eve, and all through the town Children ran about in disguise, some in fang, some in gown All a-buzz with excitement over the next nights events And parents bracing for the sugar highs of their young ladies …
WE HAD A MOVIE NIGHT OUTSIDE AND IT WAS AWESOME!
It has now been a little over a month since our big new event, ‘Evening in the Courtyard’. In case you haven’t heard about it, that is where we throw all convention to the wind, hang a big white sheet …