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Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been categorized as “What We’re Up To Now”

Archives Shelving Project

Creston Museum November 30, 2020 Behind The Scenes, News & Articles, What We're Up To Now Leave a Comment

These are a few photos of the Archives storage vault – the space where we house all the photographs, documents, newspapers, and maps that contain so much valuable information about the community and its  people. We use these collections all …

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Logging Arch!

Creston Museum July 17, 2020 Daily Dose of History, Logging Arch, News & Articles, What We're Up To Now Leave a Comment

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 …

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How to use a logging arch

Creston Museum May 28, 2019 Logging Arch, News & Articles, What We're Up To Now Leave a Comment

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 …

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Whether the weather be cold…

Creston Museum August 18, 2018 News & Articles, What We're Up To Now Leave a Comment

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 …

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All Good Things…

Creston Museum July 20, 2018 News & Articles, What We're Up To Now Leave a Comment

…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 …

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It’s almost Hiring Season!

Creston Museum February 22, 2017 Behind The Scenes, News & Articles, What We're Up To Now Leave a Comment

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 …

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THE SIDEBOARD EPIC

Creston Museum August 3, 2016 Behind The Scenes, News & Articles, What We're Up To Now Leave a Comment

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, …

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Restoring the faith…actually restoring the artifact…(it’s all in a days work)

Creston Museum March 30, 2016 Behind The Scenes, News & Articles, What We're Up To Now Leave a Comment

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 …

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BIG CHANGEZ IZ AFOOT!!

Creston Museum February 5, 2016 What We're Up To Now Leave a Comment

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 …

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Our Castle Has a Crypt. And it’s almost Hallow’een!

Creston Museum October 30, 2015 News & Articles, What We're Up To Now Leave a Comment

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 …

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