We drove south to Castle Rock to the Castle Rock Museum. My friend, Liese, set up the trip and her blog as tons of pictures - go here.
We had a wonderful docent, named John, who led the tour. The first question he asked was, "what is a museum?" Skylar immediately raised her hand and he called on her.
"It is a place you visit to see things you have never seen before."
Excellent answer if I do say so.
I only had my little phone camera so I didn't take but 2 pictures.
We learned about how Castle Rock became a town - it was voted the County seat. The museum had a small replication of a general store, a toy train, Indian artifacts, train artifacts, historical pictures that talked about the flood of 1965, the Courthouse fire in 1975 (started by a love struck 17 year old girl) and some old farming equipment such as the tool that cut off cow horns.
This sign caught my eye - appears history is repeating itself.
Grandma found this sign.
I bought a book about the history of Douglas County.
Even though the museum was super small, the kids really enjoyed it.
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