| Friday,
November 5, 2004
Heritage Museum Sponsors a Museum Tour to Abilene
Destination points were Buffalo Gap Historical Village,
Perini's Steakhouse, Grace Museum, and Frontier Texas!
Pictures end at the steakhouse, as the photographer forgot his extra
batteries.
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| The museum rented a van, Katie
Lou Cathey drove her Escalade, and the two accommodated the 14 people
who shared the experience. |
Director Nancy
Raney, Curator Tammy Schrecengost, Katie Lou Cathey, Lucy Bonner,
Virginia Davidson, Steve Haynes, Jane Jones, Lanita Fryar, Lyndel Moody,
Sue Ann Damron, Charlene Ragan, Carolyn Hansen (who met us there),
Janice and Lane Bond (the designated driver) made up the tour group.. |
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| Guess where this is. |
Janice Bond, flanked by Nancy
and Tammy |
Janice's husband has to get in
on the fun. |
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| Virginia, Carolyn, and Katie
Lou |
Sue Ann and Charlene |
This piece of history is
across from the museum. It obviously predates the museum. |
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| We were there when the gates
opened. |
Maybe iron isn't the best
material for a sign. |
Same sign in context.
The sundial is a nice touch. |
The sign says:
Taylor County
Organized July 3, 1878
Buffalo Gap
County Seat
August 8, 1878 - October 30, 1883
First Taylor County
Courthouse and Jail
Constructed 1879 |
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The sundial up close |
The first jail |
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| Field artillery, old style |
Spitters beware |
State of the art, once |
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| One less bad guy |
Courtroom |
Kerosene lamp |
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| Relic of millions, now gone |
Native American tools |
I don't want to live here. |
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| The museum is upstairs in the
jail |
J.M. Knight home |
Several antique items |
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| Did you ever make btter with
one of these? |
Into to the Knight home |
Water pitcher and basin |
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| Drawing of the Knight home |
This was the FANCY
bathtub |
Barber chair with shoeshine
chair |
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| I got my mail like this for a
while |
Typical water system for early
farms |
Clapboard home |
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| Decor early in the century |
Old fashioned oil lamp, and
vase |
Note the trunk. |
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| Looks like my Mother's old
sewing machine (Singer) |
It was a thoughtful hostess
who provided these niceties |
Nostalgia for many of us who
sat in desks just like these |
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| Typical service
station (colors maybe a little brighter than the real ones) and Model
T. Handpumps for gas! |
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| Washer with wringer.
Many later had three other tubs for rinses. |
Perambulator |
A surrey with the fringe
missing on top |
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| Coffee mill and ice cream
freezer |
Churns with dashers, replaced
by the modern paddle in a glass above |
Meat grinder attached to the
table |
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| Iron before detachable handles |
Smoothing iron with detachable
handle |
Iron and handle assembled. |
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| Go away, bugs! |
hanging lantern |
milk bucket, spitton,
berry-picking bucket, with many other uses as well. |
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| Does your curling
iron look like this? "Burned your scalp" say those who
used them. |
The legendary pine box |
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| Model 15
linotype -1910 |
The rear printing press is the
Model 15 |
Plaque for the Miller-Hi Speed
Automatic Printing Press |
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| The Miller Hi Speed Printing
Press |
It was a long ride to town |
Church time |
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| Reminds me of my Baptist roots |
Upright piano |
Approaching Merini Ranch
Steakhouse |
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This is the end of the pictorial presentation of the tour.
The photographer failed to bring an extra battery.
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| Then we ate. And did we
eat! |
Off to the next stop on the
tour |
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