Here’s Episode 2 in the Creston Valley Public Library’s epic wanderings! Episode 3 appears on the Library’s Facebook page later today! Missed the first instalment? Find it here!
We Got Mail!
Okay, that’s perhaps a rather every-day occurrence. But today’s mail was unusually exciting. It contained a little notecard from Jill Hood, and inside that notecard was an old postcard of Creston, dated 1909, that she found while going through “stuff.” …
Grandfather’s Barn
You may have heard – we’re working on a new exhibit! Grandfather’s barn was always an intriguing place: crammed full of all sorts of stuff that he kept because he knew he might be able to use it someday. Grandfather …
Coffee Patio: An exercise in relaxing after doing nothing.
The hot weather is finally here. It felt like a long time in coming, after an unusually cool, wet spring. The length and tediousness of which, was probably not helped by the current state of discombobulation in the world that …
Coffee Patio
Join us on Wednesdays for our “ArtiFACT or ArtiFICTION” themed coffee patio at 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM! If you would like to play and guess if the artifact’s story on display is “ArtiFACT” or “ArtiFICTION”, you will be rewarded …
Coffee Patio
Please join us for Coffee Patio this Saturday, July 25th at 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM and help us out with your feedback on a brand new exhibit! We’ve been working to try and put together a new exhibit in …
Standing Strong
We have exciting news – we have partnered with the Ktunaxa Nation Council to create an immersive exhibit! Standing Strong: Ktunaxa Traditions in a Changing World will be opening to the public later this summer, and we could not be …
It’s Apart!
Dismantling the logging arch yesterday went really well, thanks to our awesome volunteers – Chris, Skip, David, Todd, Walt, John, Lance, and Paul. We’ve identified a few original pieces of eastern hardwood, surprisingly – most of the logging arch’s wood …
Logging Arch!
Sometime between 1908 and 1913, C.O. Rodgers brought a logging arch into the Creston Valley, for use in the logging operations for his Canyon City sawmill. A logging arch is a horse-drawn log-skidding machine. Two huge wheels – ten feet …