Welcome to the Grand Encampment

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Welcome to the Grand Encampment Museum
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A Little History Behind Our Museum
The museum started as a volunteer effort with
support from the earlier families Oldman and
Parkison certainly, but also from others
including such names as Herring, Platt, Vyvey-
Verplancke, Kraft, Peryam, Wolfard, Kuntzman, and
on and on. Even today the museum operates
primarily with volunteer labor as the hub during
the copper boom and since. And like the spokes of
a wheel the story spreads from mining to
timbering and agriculture. (Moulton, Candy. The
Grand Encampment. Glendo, Wyoming High Plains
Press, 1997.)
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Doc Culleton Memorial Building
The Doc Culleton Memorial Building is the main
building here at the Grand Encampment Museum. It
was erected in 1966.
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Come on in and take a tour of the inside of our
main building!
The Mosley Folding Bathtub was originally
purchased by Mr. H. H. Andrews of Callaway,
Nebraska in 1895. He bought it from the Mosley
Folding Bathtub Co., 161 South Canal St.,
Chicago, IL. The bathtub was given to the Grand
Encampment Museum by the family of Walter Flohr
of Cheyenne, WY.
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Back in Time
Moving on down the hallway you will see pictures
of some of the original homesteaders of
Encampment.
This bike was restored by Henry Flohr of
Saratoga, WY in 1957. Mr. Flohr found the bicycle
in the Saratoga dump. It was broken and the
wheels badly bent. It took Henry three years to
research how to make new spokes for the wheels
and to rebuild it. It came from the Charles
Sanger Ranch on Brush Creek and had been brought
into the valley by the Sanger Family.
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Bert Vera Oldman Research Center
Here you can come look at any of our magazines,
photo albums, newspapers, and whatever else you
can find for research materials!
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Main Building
This is the last section of the main building.
Here you see a married couple, a collection of
hats, and a Square Grand Piano that belonged to
Ben and Marie Welch in Saratoga, Wyoming.
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The Aerial Tramline
The Aerial Tramway ran 16 miles between the
smelter in Encampment, WY and the Ferris Haggerty
Mine up in the mountains. There were 375 wooden
towers and 800 ore buckets. Each ore bucket could
hold up to 700 lbs of copper ore. Every day the
Ferris Haggerty produced fifty tons of copper
ore. The smelter was built in 1902 and burnt down
in 1907 for the third and final time.
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Two Story Outhouse
This is the world famous two story outhouse. This
is a replica of the original located in Wyoming.
When it started to snow, they would lift up the
bottom seats as seen on the lower right. Once
spring came and all the snow melted they cleaned
out the whole thing and locked the top, for
prankster sake, and went back to using the bottom.
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Tie Hack Cabin
They cut logs all winter long which is how they
earned their nickname as Tie Hackers. Once
spring came and the snow melted, they hauled the
logs to the river and rode them to Ft. Steele
which is where they were then shipped to the
train yards.
This is the Tie Hack Cabin. These cabins were
located in what were called tie hack camps. There
were usually 2-3 of these cabins in each camp
along with a two story outhouse and a cookhouse.
They would sleep 6-8 men in one cabin.
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The Peryam House
This is the Peryam House, it was built in 1886 by
Guy Nichols and his nephew Ezra. After the
Nichols moved out, the Peryams moved in. It was
moved to Riverside, just a few miles away. This
building was so big that we had to cut it in half
to move it to its new location at the museum.
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INSIDE...
Mrs. Peryam was obviously a very strong lady, she
waxed her floor two to three times daily with the
waxier leaning against the stove. The brown
linoleum that you see on the floor is the
original from when the Peryams still lived here.
Mrs. Peryam was also a very short lady. She hated
it when she sat in her rocking chair and her feet
wouldnt touch the floor, so because her husband
was so sweet, he shortened the legs and made it
her size as you can see on the right of the wood
stove.
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The Wolford Schoolhouse
This is the Wolford Schoolhouse. It was built in
1895 by William Henry Wolford. It was located out
on their ranch. They had ten kids, nine boys and
one girl, and the one girl was the youngest! It
was moved to the museum in June 1986.
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Inside...
They would teach about 20 students in here at a
time. The brown quilt that you see on the left
wall is their family quilt.
Their oldest son Merl also became a school
teacher. He taught the neighboring farm children
along with his own siblings.
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This is the view looking back towards the
previous buildings. On the far left you see the
Wolford Schoolhouse. Next to it is the Peryam
House.
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Weber Springs Guard Station
This is the Weber Springs Guard Station. It was
built in 1940 and used by the Forest Service.
There were 8 of these cabins on this side of the
Sierra Madre Mountains. Usually 2 men would come
stay at these cabins for about 2 weeks at a time,
they did things like measure growth of trees and
watch for fires.
The tools that you see in the left hand corner
are many of the tools that they commonly used.
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The Secret Escape
This has the same concept of the two story
outhouse. Where these cabins were located, the
snow commonly got deep in the winter time. When
the snow was deep enough to cover the door, they
would come in the secret door as you see above
and come through the attic and down the ladder as
you see on the right.
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Lake Creek Stage Station
This is the Lake Creek Stage Station. William
Brause built it on Lake Creek three miles North
of Saratoga in the late 1870s. Nettie Charles
Scribner bought the ranch in 1902. At one time
there were 158 horses pasteured here.
On the right you see the kitchen area of the Lake
Creek.
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Inside...
On the right you see an original baby carriage.
On the left you see the sleeping area where
people from the Hole in the Wall stagecoach
line stayed overnight.
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THE LIVERY STABLE
This is the Livery Stable. We use this building
to house all of our older means of transportation
along with farming and ranching tools.
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Inside...A 1912 Buick Donated by Mrs. W. K. Mylar
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THE HEARSE
This hearse was bought in Laramie, WY by Ed
Philips, Grand Encampments first undertaker.
Later on it was bought again from Paul McKelvey
of Rawlins, WY for display.
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The wooden piece on the bottom left is a segment
of the pipeline that ran 16 miles to Encampment
out of the mountains for Encampments first water
supply. Next to that you see a replica of the
Hole in the Wall stagecoach line. Then, on the
far right is a Sheep Herders Wagon.
TEDDY
This is Teddy. He road on the Hole in the Wall
stagecoach line that ran from Encampment to Ft.
Steele. Unfortunately he got run over by the
wagon wheels and Mrs. Scribner, his owner had him
stuffed. Today he is over one hundred years old.
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The Vo Ag Building
This is the Vo Ag Building that was built in 1935
by the Vocational Agriculture students from
Encampment School, under the direction of
instructor Wilbur Wood. The new school was built
in 91 and had no longer use for this building so
they donated it to the museum.
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Inside there are 4 different sections
Georges Hat Shop
Paul Boden Collection
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WWI WWII
Forest Service
Masonic Display
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The Eberhart Building
The Battle Miner is the only building left from
the ghost town of Battle Lake. It was built on
the Crest of the Continental Divide 12 miles West
of Encampment. This was the home of George
Eberhart in Battle Lake. In 1902 he moved this
building to Encampment where he and his wife
Josephine lived while their new home was being
built.
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Inside...
Battle Lakes newspaper was called the Battle
Miner, which the museum renamed the building.
The Linotype, job press, and the Old Cylinder
Press came from the Saratoga Sun, Saratoga, WY.
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The Kuntzman Building
The Kuntzman Building was built in 1900 by George
Kuntzman. This was his insurance office at the
time. This was a very nice office to have because
of its nice display windows. After this building
was donated to the museum, we turned it into our
saloon, really because it was the only building
that we could get the tall back bar into.
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Inside..
THE BAR
The back bar and the counter are originals from
some of the first bars in Encampment.
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Palace Bakery Ice Cream Parlor
The Palace Bakery and Ice Cream Parlor was
originally owned and operated by Mr. Mrs.
Koffman about 1800, on McCaffrey Ave. Upstairs
was the Royal Neighbors of America Lodge in 1945.
The lodge was sold for 50.00 to Robert Bechtel,
who used it for a painting sign lettering shop.
Colonel Paul Bechtel eventually donated the
building to the museum.
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The Doctor's Office
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The Blacksmith Shop
The log building was originally a cabin in
Riverside. The blacksmith shop was an important
feature of every early mining town. There were
always horses to shoe wagon wheels to shrink.
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Inside...
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The Saratoga Cabin
The Saratoga Cabin was built prior to 1890 by
John Cluff. Mildred Needham lived in this cabin
as a bride. Charley Fait Lizzie Nichols were
married in 1897 this was their first home.
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Inside...
The bathtub and wash machine came from the Jerry
Willis Collection. The tub was purchased from
Englehart Hardware for 7.50.
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The Fainting Couch for when the ladies tied their
corsets too tight and ended us fainting from the
lack of oxygen.
The Bedroom
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FIRE TOWER
The Fire Tower was originally located on Slash
Ridge, near the Ryan Park area in the Snowy Range
Mountains.
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I HOPE YOU ENJOYED!!
I hope you enjoyed your online tour of the Grand
Encampment Museum. I hope you come visit us and
take a real tour. Our hours are 10-5 Monday-
Saturday and 1-5 on Sunday! Thanks Again! Hope to
see you! Your guide, Allison Tieszen