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American Legion Post 34 giant rummage sale
The American Legion Post 34 auxiliary will host its popular rummage sale on Friday, January 26 and Saturday, January 27, 2024 at the Legion from 8 AM-3 PM. Featured goods include clothing, thrift store goodies, household items, furniture, art, collectibles and more. Donations of goods can be made on designated dates beginning January 6 until […]
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Cave Creek Museum: assayers and their critical role in the mining industry
Cave Creek Museum: assayers and their critical role in the mining industry
During old West times, plenty of honest people worked in the gold business. So did plenty of crooks. Unscrupulous individuals found ways to cheat on gold assays, leading to numerous scams. Fraudulent assayers wanted lower gold grades and unsavory miners wanted higher gold grades – and both had a few tricks up their sleeve. Assayers […]
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Cave Creek Museum event features assayers
Cave Creek Museum event features assayers
Cave Creek Museum event features assayers and their critical role in the mining industry. During old West times, plenty of honest people worked in the gold business. So did plenty of crooks. Unscrupulous individuals found ways to cheat on gold assays, leading to numerous scams. Fraudulent assayers wanted lower gold grades and unsavory miners wanted […]
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Cave Creek Museum showcases miners’ lights and hats
Cave Creek Museum showcases miners’ lights and hats
Because mines are totally dark and dangerous, Cave Creek Museum’s mining professional Al Zeman shares insight into how miners explored different ways to provide illumination when mining for gold. Early on, miners used torches until the invention of tallow candles. However, tallow was very soft and could be made at home. In the 1800s, candles […]
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Kiwanis Family Friends Day: “Stick & Pricks & Bones, Oh My!”
Kiwanis Family Friends Day: “Stick & Pricks & Bones, Oh My!”
Cave Creek Museum’s Kiwanis Family Friends Day presents “Stick & Pricks & Bones, Oh My!” December 5, 2023, Cave Creek, Arizona –Kiwanis Family Friends Day in conjunction with Cave Creek Museum present “Sticks & Pricks & Bones, Oh My!” on Sunday, January 14, 2024 from 2-4 PM at Cave Creek Museum. “Learn how to safely […]
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“Stick & Pricks & Bones, Oh My!”
“Stick & Pricks & Bones, Oh My!”
Kiwanis Family Friends Day, in conjunction with Cave Creek Museum, presents “Sticks & Pricks & Bones, Oh My!” on Sunday, January 14, 2024 from 2-4 PM at Cave Creek Museum. “Learn how to safely touch desert plants that jab and stick you,“ says Evelyn Johnson, executive director for the museum. “Find out why they have […]
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Cave Creek Museum presents Antique Appraisal Day
Cave Creek Museum presents Antique Appraisal Day
Cave Creek Museum will present Antique Appraisal Day on January 20, 2023 from 9:00 AM-4:30 PM. Expert appraiser Sean Morton will tell guests the value of their antique and its history. Morton also will offer anecdotal assessments of valuables. Morton has a remarkable knowledge of the history and value of antiques, from readily recognizable to […]
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Cave Creek Museum Antique Appreciation Day
Cave Creek Museum Antique Appreciation Day
Cave Creek Museum will present Antique Appreciation Day on January 20, 2024 from 9:00 AM-4:30 PM. Bring an antique for an appraisal. Expert Sean Morton will tell guests the worth of their antique or what it was used for years ago. Learn from professional antique appraiser Sean Morton, as he offers anecdotal assessments of valuables. […]
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American Legion Post 34 Giant Rummage Sale
The American Legion Post 34 auxiliary will host its popular rummage sale on Friday, January 26 and Saturday, January 27, 2024 at the Legion from 8 AM-3 PM. Featured goods include clothing, thrift store goodies, household items, furniture, art, collectibles and more. Donations of goods can be made on designated dates beginning January 6 until […]
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Cave Creek Museum showcases miners’ lights and hats
Cave Creek Museum showcases miners’ lights and hats
Because mines are totally dark and dangerous, Cave Creek Museum’s mining professional Al Zeman shares insight into how miners explored different ways to provide illumination when mining for gold. Early on, miners used torches until the invention of tallow candles. However, tallow was very soft and could be made at home. In the 1800s, candles […]
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Archaeology of the Tonto National Forest
Archaeology of the Tonto National Forest
On Saturday, February 3, 2024 from 2-4 PM, Cave Creek Museum will host “Archaeology of the Tonto National Forest.” According to Evelyn Johnson, the museum’s executive director, the Tonto National Forest has a rich heritage reaching thousands of years into the past. Popular guest speaker Scott Wood will explain how originally, this area was home […]