1926 - Lake County Historical Museum - Lakeview, OR
N 42° 11.285 W 120° 20.719
10T E 719214 N 4674070
This date stone made of obsidian exists behind the Lake County Museum in downtown Lakeview, OR.
Waymark Code: WMGJH3
Location: Oregon, United States
Date Posted: 03/12/2013
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I discovered this unusual date stone while visiting the The
Lake County Museum. The date stone is located in the upper right corner of the back of the museum. This museum was originally the residence of Ike Kent who constructed the house with handmade concrete blocks. The date's numbers are of made with obsidian rock, a very popular rock with Native Americans and used for making arrowheads for hundreds, if not thousands of years. There is a historical marker located at the front entrance of the museum and reads:
LAKE COUNTY
HISTORICAL MUSEUM
1926 - Building constructed of
handmade concrete blocks by
Ike Kent as a family residence.
1940-1960 - Utilized as medical and
dental offices.
1971 - Purchased by Lake County
together with adjoining property
for future museum purposes.
1976-1990 - Utilized by Lake County
Education Service District.
May 15, 1991 - Opened as Lake County
Historical Museum. Dedicated
to the preservation of data
pertaining to Lake County & its
citizens. Managed by Lake County
Museum Board of Directors.Plaque courtesy of Lake County Historical
Society - 1992 |
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