Museums 101: The Burrows House Museum (Photo Diary)

by Ojibwa for History for Kossacks

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Monday, Mar. 05, 2018 Monday, Mar. 05, 2018 at 8:30:04am PST

Operated by the Lincoln County Historical Society, the Burrows House Museum in Newport, Oregon, tells the story of the area’s history. The Burrow’s House was originally built in 1895. In 1976, the house was donated to the Lincoln County Historical Society and moved to it present location where it serves as a history museum.

photo P1180455_zpsezdrhvll.jpg — Shown above is the display about the bridge at Newport.

photo P1180456_zps2gbjnywv.jpg — The model of the bridge is made out of toothpicks.

Homesteaders

For thousands of years, American Indians had been living along the Central Oregon Coast when the first European explorers and fur traders began to invade their territory. The first non-Indian tourists arrived in 1837 when a French Canadian Hudson’s Bay Company guide led two recently married couples into the area for a belated honeymoon. The couples spend a week a Road’s End at the north end of present-day Lincoln City.