Loretta and John Conrad - Davenport, WA
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A block south of Highway 2/Main Street in Davenport, the entrance to the Lincoln County Museum is at the intersection of 7th and Park Streets.
Waymark Code: WMZVFT
Location: Washington, United States
Date Posted: 01/08/2019
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The museum is open from Tuesday through Saturday, June 1st through September 30th and wouldn't you know it - we visited on May 21st, so were unable to experience their indoor displays. Included in these displays are American Indian display, a railroad memorabilia display, farm machinery, steam engine, combines, tools, guns, a prison cell, printing press, vintage fire engines and a display dealing with the outlaw, Harry Tracy, who, after killing several police officers and civilians, escaped capture for a month before being cornered and killing himself in nearby Creston, WA.
At the front of the main museum building is a long covered porch, the cover for which extends north past the end of the building. At the northwest corner of the building is a double door entrance, to the south of which is a row of benches, all dedicated to citizens of Davenport and area. All the benches are identical, constructed with wrought iron frames, wood slats for the seats and decorative wrought iron backs inside wooden frames. The benches allow visitors to relax and view the collection of implements and machines arrayed in front of the building, and possibly even reminisce on the time, many years ago, they actually used similar machines.
The Loretta and John Conrad bench is the first in the row, nearest the entrance. We have found little information for John Conrad (March 29, 1918 - February 10, 1987) or for Loretta, only the information that she was born January 24, 1921, passing away on April 20, 2001 and is buried beside John in Mountain View Cemetery.
