TR SNIPPET THE CLARK COUNTY HISTORICAL MUSEUM

Picked up Josh's father, Carl, and we all went to the Clark County Museum out in Henderson. It was a grand place! Outside were displays of heavy equipment, all real artifacts, and some furnished houses from different eras. Inside were Indian exhibits, rocks, and other interesting collections.

The senior price was just a dollar.

I did not take too many photos because I was just pretty tired, but I did take these of a slot machine that was named after Admiral Dewey.

All the pieces of history collected outside are authentic. Very few are replicas. We saw Paiute shelters for summer and for both seasons, the winter one clearly made tighter to resist snow.

There was a prisoner cage similar to those we see in the old Western shows. It was terrible really to think of someone imprisoned in that heavy metal barred box with cement floor.

In one exterior building was a cast iron stove made in Albany NY. Rathborn and Company Black Giant 44.

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There was a small and fading cemetery set up and one piece in it was an old wooden coffin.

We were all fascinated by the large grind stones and Carl remarked that he used to sharpen his knife on one.

There was something called a Toll Cabin and many old wagons, including a Conestoga Wagon. One 1917 wagon had steel hoops for wheels supported with large bolts for spindles.

Farm equipment pulled by horses included one of the first John Deere and one McCormick Derring.

There was a great Western Union building with an electric morse code machine clicking away.

We saw a collection of rails and plenty of train memorabilia, including one car that we could enter and then hear the sound of the old steam engine.

Particularly interesting was the collection of dated railroad spikes from the early 1900's on. The dates indicated when the rail had been installed or last serviced. I like that a lot.

Then we toured the houses. There was a great house with 1920's furnishing. One had old photos of the folks who lived there and was located not far from the Four Queens. Beckly House 120 S 4^th Street.

There was an old camper and plenty of interesting vehicles, including a really old Rambler.

Inside there was an Anasazi dwelling that was much different than the simple Paiute places made of branches. The Anastazi used a clay to make actual walls. Their songs played while we toured.

The wolf exhibit did nothing to dispel the idea that wolves can be vicious. It was snarling with its big teeth, protecting cubs who snarled a bit behind the mother.

There was a slot machine that had been made to celebrate Admiral Dewey. It was very ornate. My father was named Dewey after the Admiral in 1897, and so he is important in the history of my name.



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Afterward we went to a very funky locals diner. It was a fine place for lunch. I was hungry and tired. I'd been up most nights playing poker.

I'll see that museum again on one of my visits.