Three Different Wagons - Santa Fe Depot - Miami, TX
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member YoSam.
N 35° 41.534 W 100° 38.245
14S E 351845 N 3951048
Depot is now a museum, and these are on display here...
Waymark Code: WM133J6
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 09/08/2020
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Alfouine
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County of display: Roberts County
Location of display: Commercial St. & Mobeetie St., on the railroad depot museum, Miami

Housed in restored Santa Fe Railroad depot. Extensive collections include household antiques, pioneer documents, frontier firearms, Indian artifacts and artwork, farm and ranch antiques, half-dugout, blacksmith, tinsmith, cobbler and print shop displays, and portion of Meade collection of prehistoric archaeological artifacts and fossils. One display includes artifacts from one of the earliest documented co-occurrences of Clovis fluted points and mammoths excavated over a half century ago at the Miami (Clovis) Site.

Type and Quantity:
Three types:
Far wagon: Farm wagon, used for transportation, hauling grain, and hay from field to barn, also, used as family car, transporting to church the store for groceries, etc

Center Wagon: Conestoga - without stays and cover, but was used to move across large spaces, like the pioneers who traveled across the west.

Near Wagon: - Luggage Van, used to transport luggage and freight from trains to depot, and vica versa



Opening Hours:
10:00 A.M. - 5:00 P.M.
Tuesday - Friday
Closed Monday and Saturday
Sunday, by appointment.
Call: Cecil - 868-2061


Admission Fee: 0

On-line Documentation: [Web Link]

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