We went with some friends to see this museum in Auburn. It is a small museum but very well done. It explains how the area was founded and the different groups of people and events that settled in the area and made it what it is. They had a log cabin that you could walk through which was nice because we just finished reading "Sign Of The Beaver" where a young boy lives in a cabin waiting for his family. This gave the children the chance to make the coralation between the house they saw and the cabin in the story. Michael says it is no wonder they got cold from the weather coming in through the cracks, the cracks between the logs were large.
They also had rooms that were done up to resemble a local hotel, a general store and a hat store. And we can't forget about the life sized cabose that showed how the engineers lived.
The caboose was a favorite as was a horse ride. One that you drop a coin into and it jumps around for a minute or so. However, this was no ordinary ride, this horse really jarred you! The lady showing us around liked to explain that it could knock a filling out. I guesse it was the actual horse that sat in front of one of the local stores and people who visit the museum often remember having riden it as a child.
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