Show 1 I A 4 L Letter ii rio to laid Midge Midge- e near Dear Midge Sorry t 16 to miss misS misS' writing to you last Jast week Just too much to do Here comes one rune now lope Hope e you will enjoy visitIng visit Ing one pf pr our favorite place pieces ces via letter i We had a aock ock rock that we wanted wanted want want- ed fo we took look it to Musselman's Rock Shop On his machine the rock can be cut so sowe sowe sowe we can see the beauty hidden in in- side We have been out many times but this time I looked a nt at the shop hop with a tou tourists tourist's st's eye ey Signs Signa on the outside announce that it is 15 a rock shop an official orn- orn cial Chamber of Commerce Information in information In formation center It and h d that Navajo Nav blankets and jewelry are sold 1 I remember what whitt some lome of ot our out friends had said uld th that t in all their travels this shop IMp was I the most completed and Interesting Interest ing that they had visited Every kind of or rock is found roud except of course the rabbit rock and the leaver tc rocks The ones that are fit tit to throw at atthe atthe atthe the rabbits and the ones that we leave right there on the grou ground nd polished tough rough large and small rock are found all allover allover allover over Inside anI and outside the shop Beautiful necklaces pins ear car rings tie slides are made up for lor sale If It the buyer wishes he can buy the rocks and the backings and make his own jewelry He lie has hu sold some rocks for hundreds hun hunt dred of dollars he sells lens some for a dime Names of or the rocks are fa fascinating n a n g Apache tears desert rose and on and on one has to have lots of or time just to look at them all even more time to leer learn about them He lie has a alIghted lighted viewing glass that magnifies the crystal and geodes Into nto miniature caverns and fairyland fairyland fairy fairy- land places On the floor are many Navajo blankets Countless people have walked over them they still have lavo the original color and beauty He has many Indian Items too but mostly Navajo lie Ife buys directly from the Navajo Navajo Nava Nava- jo jo weaver there are no cheap or sr shoddy blankets in his store In n fact he sells none of the cheap gaudy stuff that one sees so often orten in tourist places Ins Ills turquoise collection is one of the best He has many old pieces for display only and also many nany pieces for sale Around on the he shelves and In the cupboards are man many very old Indian pots pot and other artifacts Besides the rocks aria ana the Indian Indian In In- dian dlan artifacts he has many old museum pieces S. S In one cerner corer Isa is isa isa a chair from the first court courthouse courthouse house in n Woodland NJ An oxen yoke came from a farm fann near near Logan Utah A 50 caliber buffalo and gun nand and a gun a-gun gun from the battle of Gettysburg hangs on one wall On the other end of the shop are some some cutlasses one from the battle of Gettysburg and one from the battleship Maine used Maine used during the Span Span- American sh-American War Mr Musselman is a wiry haired grey-haired man interested in rocks Navajo Indians and advertising advertising ad ad- this area In his yard he le has bas a place where there are benches and a n screen With the cooperation of the Chamber of Commerce and other Interested people he puts on a nightly show of colored slides of this thus nr area a for forthe forthe forthe the benefit of the tourists and new new people Just arrived in this area When rock clubs from other sections of or the country come to visit he lets them camp in his yard rard The day that we visited the he shop Mr Musselman told us that there were about 50 people r f from r rom o m Denver Colo camped in his yard the night before When rock from other ther at the American Rock Club In InDes InDes inDes Des Moines Moine Iowa va this next summer ummer An hon honor r when you know enow that this is the grand grand- granddaddy daddy of all rock clubs Mr Musselman came to this country some odd 30 odd years ago ago ne lie le bought a cattle and guest ranch anch When he decided to retire re- re tire ire he sold out his interests and bought this shop as a hobby jobby Now he Is very busy with his rock shop advertising this country and collecting Navajo art in the form fonn of rugs j and mcl Jewelry He lie has one old Batea rug woven by one of the first Navajo weavers They used het material 1 from the American soldiers soldiers soldiers' uniforms unraveled It and mad the rugs from the yarn yam th thu obtained j An interesting shop In which 1 to o brouse and to listen to the tory story of of the rocks as told by bythe bythe the he owner Love Pepita |