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Show ) TUP Pioneer Museums Collections Of Early Pioneer History Three pioneer museums in Garfield County offer a wide array of artifacts which tell the vivid , story of the early days of the county IT ryd the hardships of its settlers. J Maintained and operated by members of Daughters of the Utah Pioneers, each museum is as uniquely different as the settlers of its particular area. In Panguitch the museum is located lo-cated in the old bishop's storehouse on East Center Street. A colorful sign invites the traveler to spend some time going through the interesting inter-esting collection. It is open from 4 until 8 p.m. daily except Sundays during the summer months. Pioneer pictures, furniture, dishes, handiwork, early organs, music, midwives' bags, wedding dresses, weapons and many other interesting artifacts may be seen in the museum. In Hatch, the museum is located in the community building and is maintained by Ruth Wilson 735-4296, 735-4296, May Sawyer 735-4207, Rcva Lowdcr 735-4203. These three ladies will be willing to open the museum for anyone who would like to sec its contents. More than two large rooms of artifacts may be seen. Visitors may stop in Laylon Barney's store at the Conoco Station Sta-tion where the post office is located 1 V.. :i- . J ,y , I - , .; ... ...... . " ; Panguitch DUP Museum I and he will conuict one of the three. In Escalantc, the DUP museum is located one door south of Griffin's Grif-fin's grocery store in the old tithing office, one of the first buildings ever built in Escalantc. Many : ::: :w;it;:: beautiful pictures in their original frames adorn its walls and many fine artifacts portraying life in early Escalantc arc displayed. Visitors may ask at cither grocery gro-cery store and the gracious owners will contact Vclma Boulter at 826-4891 826-4891 or Hilda Roundy at 826-4288. Both ladies maintain the museum and will gladly open it for visitors (Continued On Page 12A) TT 7! ! ? t i DUP MUSEUMS I (Continued From Page 5A) to Escalante. i All members of Daughters of the Utah Pioneers are descended from ancestors who came to Utah before the railroad. Their purpose is to I preserve the history and relics of ! early Utah. They collect unpub- I lished manuscripts of members' an- I ccstors histories which are submit- I led to the central organization in i Salt Lake City where they are compiled in lessons for use at i meetings of the DUP. I The various DUP "camps", lo- i catcd all over the state, meet regu- , larly and participate actively in all I activities that endeavor to recognize , r' and preserve early Utah history. I A new Bryce Valley DUP I Museum is exspected to open I shortly after July 1 on Scenic . Highway 12 in Tropic. |