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Public Forums => Wrightwood History => Topic started by: GRAHAM_RANCH on Jul 30, 08, 12:20:33 AM
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Two weeks ahead of schedule, the Wrightwood Historical Museum is reopening on Saturday, August 2nd. With a brand new carpet, some new displays & and some rearranging of things that haven't been moved in twenty years, there is a new air about it. Thanks for the help for the many who helped with all the help. Your comments are welcome to help the walk through Wrightwood history enjoyable to all...after all, the museum belongs to you.
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Lori Jennings and Fran Baker introduces a new Indian display that features the Serrano Indian. Complete with new artifacts, it takes the study of one of the areas first Indian tribes into a whole new level. Check out the document "Indian Signs", that covers all the tribes that affected the Lone Pine Cyn, Pinon Hills, Valyermo, and the San Gabriel areas; the ones that left a good impact, the others that basically just ran amok. Either way, they all influenced the history of the southwest. And they are hung out here...in our own corner of the nation.
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The story of Samuel Scott Guffy, the original owner of the property once owned by Wrightwood founder, Sumner Wright comes alive in the document "Sourdough." Forget what you've heard about the so-called "Wright's Ranch"-which wasn't really it's real name (at least according to Wright). Forget about Wright's apples putting the Swarthout Valley on the map. It was the bread...Sourdough to be exact. The document, with the help of Wright's writing, separates the fact from local folklore...and most of the time it's fact that is much interesting than the folklore.
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The document "Water Works" reveals the early history of Twin Lakes, at least up to the 1970's. From land sales and a free swimming hole for all, to the fencing off of the lakes to make it private...we endeavor to present "Water Works" in a clear picture.
For your reading, the Historic Society of Hesperia donated the history of Hesperia in the leather bound "Hesperia-Inland Gateway to Southern California. Hesperia shares a similar history with this mountain community....including the creation of our first school district that no one knows about. We do...it's all revealed in Graham's "Skool Daze."
See you at the museum.