Exhibits
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| Margaret Keys |
Key’s 1908 Homestead
The Key’s house is a replica of the one she was born and raised in on Riverside Road near Terrace Heights. Margaret was born in 1911 to David and Lucy Keys. Her parents had a herd of eight dairy cows and farmed several crops. She continues to live on her family’s farm still today. Yes, Margaret is 99 years old! The replica home is furnished with many things from her original home just as it was furnished when she was born, even the bed! Step back in time to a much simpler and smaller lifestyle.
Railroad Box Car
Volunteers can make a big difference in the life a museum!! Through the efforts of Les Vannice the museum box-car was donated by Northern Pacific. In 1988, during a winter trip to Fort Worth, Texas, Les stopped in at the Railroad’s headquarters with only a museum brochure and asked the railroad to donate a box car and they did!
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| Railroad Box Car |
Six weeks later Les received a letter of two box-cars in Pasco that were ear-marked just for the museum. At the same time Yakima City was taking its street-car tracks out along Nob Hill in preparation to widen the street. The museum was able to obtain and use 150 feet of tracks and ties to accommodate the coming addition. By April 1989, with the help from three different movers who all donated their labor to the museum, the car was finally in its resting place at the museum.
The box-car houses historical working replicas of the Yakima Railroad yards during the 1930’s. “Mag” Magness and John Holmquist (a conductor on the SP&S railroad) donated many things which reside in the box-car including a conductor’s uniform which was Johns’ in his working days.
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| Amos Cabin interior |
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| Magnus Tool Collection |
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| The Grange Library |
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| Lindeman Building interior |
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| Saw Mill |
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| Farmstead |
Amos Cabin
The Amos Cabin was built by Joseph D. Amos and other family members in 1917. The family lived in Cowiche. It was donated to the museum by the J. Harold Amos family in April of 1993. Donations from Joe & Jim Cameron in honor of George & Celestine Eschbach along with a matching donation from the Smith-Kline Beecham Foundation made moving, restoring and furnishing the cabin to time period a reality. Many museum volunteers worked diligently for over a year to restore and furnish this excellent example of a pioneer cabin.
Craig Eschbach Educational Center
This building was built by Bob & Marty Eschbach in honor of their son Craig. Until recently it housed many unique artifacts collected by the Eschbach’. The family realized that a building was needed for use in our up coming educational programs and has graciously donated the use of the building for this purpose.
Magnus Tool Collection
This wonderful collection is located in the east end of the visitor’s center. Owner “Mag” Magness donated the room and his tool collection of over 3,000 beautifully restored hand tools.
The Grange Library
The Library area was built by area Grange associations. It houses many written resources, meeting tables, and Grange memorabilia.
Lindeman Building
Built in honor of the Lindeman family, this building displays six distinct areas of early pioneer life: a tack shop, gas station, wood-smith shop, homestead, early American toys and general store. It also houses restored horse drawn buggies! This exhibit is a must see!
Drive Thru
Created in 2010, the Drive-thru Equipment display will take you from the early horse drawn equipment up through the 1950’s by the decade.
Saw Mill
1930’s saw mill with display of antique chain saws. The mill is demonstrated during the Antique Farm Equipment Show each August.
Farmstead
The farmstead includes a kiddy train, train depot, windmill, corn crib and many turn of the century artifacts pertaining to farm life.
There are many other wonderful exhibits on the museum grounds. They are too numerous to mention. Come visit, bring your camera, and enjoy learning about the way farming and farm life happened.
