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The Rudd House and Cabin on the museum grounds- Come Inside the museum, meet the staff and some of our outstanding Volunteers! |
Cliff Hight - curator and director |
Natalie Bard "the brains in the basement" where all the really good stuff is! |
The City of Cañon City, in partnership with Main St., U.S.A., Cañon City, Inc., has sponsored and administered State Historical Fund grant projects and other preservation activities for restoration and preservation of 16 historic structures in Cañon City.
The City of Cañon City’s Municipal Museum and Local History Center is a publicly and privately funded facility that obtains and preserves records and artifacts of enduring value to provide public access to a collection of materials that reflects the ongoing history of Fremont County. It houses not only artifacts and documentation of our county’s heritage, but also provides exhibits of widespread interest, including the largest single exhibit of historic phonographs in the world. Collections include:
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Genealogical Resources
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Business Histories
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Historic Property Files
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Cemetery Records
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Homestead Maps
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Census Records
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Newspaper Microfilm
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Church Records
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Oral Histories including Warden’s Reports
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Photographs and Negatives
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Participation in the Colorado Collaborative Digitization Project
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Sue Cochran "she knows everything" ! |
Loretta Baily and Sammy Burman, two of our excellent volunteers! |
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Seth Adams let us peak inside the Rudd Cabin. |
Doni Lacey, another great volunteer! |
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The DeWeese Fireplace: The Garden Park Paleontology Society and the Denver Museum of Nature and Science both assisted with the reconstruction of this remarkable fireplace. Come inside and learn about the different dinosaur bones inbedded in this fireplace that was developed by Dall DeWeese! |
A well done diorama on the early buffalo herds that existed in our region! |
