The other natural destination in Hot Springs is Mammoth Site, the location of at least 60 ancient animals, all male. The guided tour goes right into the site that was uncovered by a construction developer who sold it at cost to the organization that now manages the site as a research facility.
One of the skulls was of a short faced bear, a very rare find.
A key feature of this town is the early 1900 sandstone buildings. These are well preserved and used as businesses and offices. The 1893 four-story school house is now a museum filled with a wide selection of items used from the mid 1800s to the 1960s.
The exhibits are nicely arranged by categories such as toys,
kitchen items and are displayed in the former classrooms.
This is the bed President Coolidge slept in at the Game Lodge in Custer.
This picture is made of nails from buildings that have been torn down.
One room was dedicated to Caroline Case Goddard, an amazing woman for her time. She was a college graduate who then attended the Chicago Art Institute, was a friend of Amelia Earhart, and was an active leader of the community. Items from her home fill more than one room of the museum. This is one of her crazy quilts
and these were her fashion designs.
Anna Lee is sure glad she didn’t have to endure these hair dryers.
This is a model of the Hall homestead, built in the mid 1800s. Many generations later the family continues to reside there.
While the history was good to learn, it was fun to find toys we played with as children, household appliances from our own time and graduation pictures from the years we graduated. I guess we qualify as “antiques.”
We needed a break from all this touring (actually we spent two days doing it), so we paused for delicious ice cream at Gus’ Best Ice Cream, a well-deserved name. We also went into the meat store because our freezer was empty. We’ll let you know later if our purchases were good ones.
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