The Grand Encampment Museum is one of the brightest jewels in the area, featuring historical settings in actual structures from Encampment (Grand Encampment) Wyoming in the early days over 100 years ago.
Annually, the Grand Encampment Museum opens the season with a active, historical weekend in May. The 2009 event is planned for May 23 through May 25. Hours at the Museum will be 10:00 am until 5:00 pm for tours through the historical collection in the various buildings.
The beautifully maintained grounds at the Museum are open for walking thorough at any time, but researching and viewing of the interior collections is limited to the hours when the buildings are open.
The area around Encampment, Wyoming, a town developed to meet copper mining needs in the very early 1900′s has been home to many interesting characters. Fortunately for readers today, there is a healthy population of writers in the Carbon County area who have chronicled the tales of the early days.
Lori Van Pelt, a local writer, has begun a series of books about the people of the past. The first in the series, Dreamers & Schemers: Profiles from Carbon County, Wyoming’s Past, features profiles from Carbon County specifically.
The historical elements of the Sierra Madre Mountains feature mining, ranching, logging and recreational adventures. The area has long been attractive for vacation time from larger cities in the region and from all over the world.
Contact us at Riverside Lodge about spending the opening weekend for the Museum or any other time that you can make a mountain get-away to learn more for yourself about the history of these dramatic, quiet mountains. While you are waiting, you can enjoy a good read with Van Pelt’s book
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Some of my family wants to visit the Encampment museum Memorial Day weekend, probably Monday. Could you send me the hours it will be open? Thanks so much.
The scheduling is at the Museum website: http://www.grandencampmentmuseum.org/