The
Cimarron Heritage Center has expanded acreage to accommodate
four major exhibit buildings.
Bruce Goff-
Designed Home
The first is a Bruce Goff designed
home, known as the Cox House. Goff ,a student of Frank Lloyd Wright,
became internationally famous for his own unique style of architecture.
The home houses the office, archives, gift shop, Cox Button Collection,
and a Santa Fe Trail exhibit and video.
French
Building
The French Building, named
for the museum's major benefactor, Charles C. French, is filled
with an array of artifacts and information from the county and
area's vast time-line of history, dinosaurs-archeology-ranching-Dust
Bowl Days-military, and on and on. The buildings 6400 sq ft. are
filled with interesting exhibits.
Edgington
Building
The Edgington Building, located
on part of 3.5 acres donated by Bea Edgington, is filled with
refurbished wagons, buggies, antique vehicles. A linotype
press, donated by Norma Gene Young and the BC News plus other
small exhibits make this building worth visiting
Boise City ATS&F
Depot
The "newest" building
is the restored Boise City ATS&F Depot, which was moved to
the grounds several years ago. It was restored by
volunteer labor inside and out. Exhibits of railroad memorabilia
and a blacksmith shop are on display.
Volunteers' Farm
Building
This building was
built by funds raised by CHC volunteers and is the most recent.
It is now completely filled with restored antique tractors and
farm machinery, including an oil-pull Rumely tractor.
"The
Grounds"
The grounds showcase a restored homesteader's dugout with windmill,
well house, and milk trough and many pieces of antique
machinery. Also a collection of antique washing machines
with history.
The Cimarron Heritage Center is located on Highway 287 North or
1300 N. Cimarron in Boise City, just keep going north toward Colorado,
until you see a big iron sculptured Apatosaurus.
Hours of operation
are Monday-Saturday from 10:00-12:00 and 1:00-4:00 and the museum
is closed on major holidays.