During Kelleigh's stay with us last summer, her grandparents came for a visit, too. While they were in Globe, we visited Besh-ba-gowah and the Gila County Historical Society's museum. The museum is located in the former Old Dominion Mine rescue station, which housed the mine's emergency equipment. Besides displays relating to mining in Globe, the museum also has rooms furnished in period style, information on ranching in the area, and many interesting artifacts from the county's past. With Kells, we also visited the llamas at a local propane company. These folks have llamas, emu, a giant parrot, peafowl, and also foster dogs and cats available for adoption. If you visit Globe, drop by Matlock Gas to meet their menagerie (and the humans there are pretty friendly, too!)
With Grammie and Poppa at Besh-ba-gowah
Kells tries her hand at
making a rubbing of a "rock painting"
in the Besh-ba-gowah museum
Checking out the upstairs room
in a restored pueblo building
The rescue station in a historic photo
Today, it houses the historical Society's museum
Rescue crews rode to the field in this
Kells, her dad, and grandad
in front of a pioneer bedroom exhibit
Kelleigh and a lovely old piano
Meeting the llamas
Bahama the llama enjoys a treat
Rockhounding in Copper Canyon
Showing off some of her finds
Investigating the Copper Hill ghost
town area in Copper Canyon
At a roadside shrine in Miami
