By Loretta (Stevens) Bailey Now: One day after numerous phone calls from the telephone marketers, which has been going on for years. I had a thought about snake oil salesmen of days gone past. I did some reading about snake oil on-line. Found this definition on Wikipedia. The term snake oil has since been established […]
The ledger pictured above was recently donated the museum. While the outside appears as a simple ledger, the inside contains insight into one of our local organizations: Women of Woodcraft. The ledger has the minutes of each meeting, as well as correspondence. One letter, sent from the head of the organization on December 9, 1918, […]
Toast is a staple breakfast item that is simple to make with the use of a toaster. However, before the invention of the electric toaster, it was a time-consuming task. Hand sliced bread would be held with a long metal fork or in a metal frame held over a flame. As wood and coal stoves […]
While traveling by train through Glenwood Canyon, Cyrus Osborn of the General Motors Electro—Motive Division came up with the idea of a panoramic dome. This would allow train passengers to see all around them while traveling by rail. While similar ideas had been thought of before, none were successful until the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy […]
Today is National Cat Day, which was created to encourage adoption of cats. However, we’ve decided it would be fun to share a story about a type of cat that should not be adopted – the mountain lion. Other names that can be used for this large cat include cougar, puma, and catamount. Mountain lions […]