Yesterday, we went to visit the Western Museum "Ghost Town" in Manitou Springs, which is a suburb of Colorado Springs. Although somewhat miniaturized since it was all in one building (two actually but connected) it contained re construction of most of the different type stores and what would be found in a small western town in the 1800 (19th century)hundreds.
It's a lot different when you walk through the displays and savor the moment of what it must have been like to live in those days. We all fantasized about that while watching western movies. The multitude of artifacts piled into small spaces was almost overwhelming. Here are a few photos of the displays and shops as well as a home that must have been owned by royalty as I'm sure the average family didn't have the things shown here. (there were no "entitlement" families back then). Prairie people were quite poor and only the well to do could afford what you see in the pictures.
Outside were a few wagons that were supposed to be authentic like the ones inside but the reality of the day was seeing the painted Elk. Apparently, some of the area artist had fun painting it.
A Child's Saddle
Where's the Fire?
Need something Sewed? Singer Machine
Are You Dead Yet?
Go West Young Man
You Want/Need it. We Got it
Sears? WOW
Can I go For a Ride?
Normal Street
I drank Too Much
Typical Room
We Can Make Anything
Rich Woman's Parlor
Spoiled Brat!
Whew! We Sure Walked a Lot
Back to Reality
Well, Boomer loves it! He didn't want to come in, he was sniffing at every bare spot in the snow and prancing around like a kid. Ten minutes after we came in, he wanted to go out again.
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