High Plains Historical Society and The Northern Drylanders Museum [CO]

Description

The High Plains Historical Society seeks to preserve and share the history of Northern Weld County, Colorado. To this end, the society operates The Northern Drylanders Museum. Located within the 1934 Old Nunn Municipal Hall, the museum presents information and artifacts of local historical interest.

The museum offers exhibits, tours, lectures, and outreach presentations. Reservations are required for group tours.

Trinidad History Museum [CO]

Description

Visitors can explore Trinidad’s past and its place in the American West at the Trinidad History Museum. The museum features several attractions on one block in Trinidad's acclaimed historic district. The Baca House and Kitchen Garden is a unique adobe home which evokes the lifestyle of community leaders Dolores and Felipe Baca and their children. Heirloom herbs and vegetables thrive in the garden. The Bloom Mansion and Historic Gardens preserve the Victorian home of banker and cattle baron Frank Bloom. The Santa Fe Trail Museum is a historic adobe building housing family heirlooms, commercial goods, and photographs that tell the stories of the people and events of Trinidad's past.

The museum's sites offer exhibits, tours, and educational programs.

Troutdale Historical Society [OR]

Description

The Troutdale Historical Society owns and operates three museums in the Troutdale region. The Barn Museum and Harlow House are historical house museums that are open by appointment. The Rail Depot showcases the history of the railroad next to Troutdale and also serves as a more general local history museum.

The society offers guided tours of the Barn and Harlow House Museums, as well as special presentations and exhibits in the Rail Depot. The website offers visitor information, online versions of the society newsletter, and an events calendar.

Sam Bell Maxey House State Historic Site [TX]

Description

Samuel Bell Maxey and his wife, Marilda, moved into their fashionable new home on the south side of Paris, TX, in 1868. Built in the High Victorian Italianate style, the frame house, plus book house and stable, were a progressive addition to the city's architecture and a proper home for the ex-Confederate general and later United States Senator. Maxey moved to Paris with his family in 1857. Construction of the house began in 1867 and it was remodeled in 1911. Members of the Maxey family lived in the house until 1966. The house has been restored and furnished to reflect almost 100 years of continuous use by the Maxey family.

The site offers tours.

The Historic Sheridan Inn [WY]

Description

The Historic Sheridan Inn opened in 1893. William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody (1846-1917), leased the interior shortly thereafter. Important figures who stayed at the inn include Herbert Hoover and Ernest Hemingway.

The inn offers guided tours of all three floors and self-guided tours of the first floor. The website offers architectural plans and elevations.

Pardee Home Museum [CA]

Description

The Pardee Home Museum is the centerpiece of Oakland's Preservation Park Historic District, and is a phenomenal piece of 19th century architecture. The home was built by California Governer Enoch Pardee who became famous for his handling of the enormous earthquake in 1906. The home was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976, and today stands as a historic house museum.

The home offers tours and an educational curriculum for fourth through sixth graders. The curriculum corresponds to collections inside the home. The website offers visitor information and basic historical information regarding the home.