On Thursday February 23rd, our destination was the Mohave Museum of History and Arts. This museum contained displays and artifacts covering the history of Kingman and the area.
We started out in the hall of presidents that contained portraits of all the presidents and most of their wives – very interesting! From there we walked thru the Route 66 Exhibit, Doll House Exhibit, and Native American Rooms.
Love the radio and juke box player:
The Doll House Exhibit – the detail was just amazing!
Check out the gumball machine:
And the cat food:
The toilet paper:
Ice cream sundaes and the little dog:
Even a jar of pickles:
What detail!
The Native American exhibit contained a history and diorama of the tribes of the area and how the tribes came to be based on their beliefs. Interesting!
Tribes in the area and their distinct weaving styles:
Some examples:
From there we moved to the Ranching Exhibit – Check out how to read the different brands:
Typical tack shop:
The mining and ghost town exhibit:
Miner’s Cabin:
One of the wildlife displays:
The museum was interesting. Unfortunately, the theater, some exhibits and all of the outside exhibits were closed. The outside ones were because of the weather (cold and windy – Brrr). We will be back when it is warmer – LOL!
More information can be found here: https://www.mohavemuseum.org/home.html
Speaking of the weather: The day after we arrived, it turned cold, windy and snowy. Our plans were to do a combination of road trips, outdoor sightseeing and museums. So we changed our plans to do the museums, check out some the area and town and decide what to do when we come back because we will be back.
There are so many mining ghost towns in Nevada and Arizona. Some have been “sort-of” preserved and some not! They have always fascinated me.
One of the trips we were going to do this past season was to visit a few in Nevada. Sadly, I waited too long to get there – winter was upon us. Hopefully next year. And I have now added a few to see in Arizona.
Since we had an open afternoon, we decided to do a road trip to Chloride. Chloride has been on my bucket list. It is the oldest continuously inhabited mining town in Arizona. Sadly by the time we got there, it was snowy and rainy and many of the places were shut down. Apparently we are out of season. LOL! Good to know since we now know when to come back. There was a cute general store and we had quite a nice chat with the owners – what fun!
From there we headed to Golden Valley and found this little family owned restaurant – Great American Pizza and Subs. The pizza was awesome. The owners are very patriotic and help out our veterans. Highly recommended if you are in that area.
Our final stop was the local American Legion for Happy Hour before we headed home.
What a nice day! Stay tuned for our next adventure and enjoy today!
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