Pioneer Life at the Granite County Museum

As part of my quest to learn about my great-great-uncle John Hickey, I visited the Granite County Museum in Philipsburg, Mt., a volunteer-based organization that has re-created numerous rooms similar to those found in Montana during the boom years from the late 1800s to the early 1900s.  They have also brought in old mining equipment so visitors can experience how it feels to be in a mine.

Take a tour below.

The front parlor of a frontier home.

Frontier women had plenty of gadgets in the kitchen...

... and in the laundry.

The Miners Union Hall was a central meeting place.

A miner's cottage.

The office of the assayer, who examined the extracted ores to determine their value.