2001 Lake Chelan Summer Magazine
On your way to Chelan don’t forget to
stop at Pioneer Village and the Historical
Cashmere Museum, located at 600 Cotlets
Way in Cashmere. Whether your visit is just
a short rest stop or a complete tour, you
will find the Pioneer Village and Museum
an entertaining, educational and interest-ing
experience. Knowledgeable volunteers
will greet you, tell about the museum and
village and answer questions.
Pioneer Village, which is part of the
museum, is a surprising jewel that is being
discovered by more and more visitors each
year. Twenty original pioneer structures
make up the village, including a blacksmith
shop, school, hotel, general store, saddle
shop, doctor and dentist office, pioneer
homes, a waterwheel and railroad build-ings.
All the buildings are furnished with
artifacts from the 1800s and early 1900s.
The museum also features thousands of
artifacts. The main level houses one of the
finest collections of Native American arti-facts
in the Northwest, containing thou-sands
of objects dating from 9,000 years
ago through the arrival of the pioneer set-tlers.
In the lower level, you can enjoy the
Natural History Exhibit Hall which in-cludes
dioramas depicting the local land-scape,
plants and animals, an extensive
collection of beautiful minerals from
around the world and displays of North
Central Washington petrified wood and
semiprecious stones.
The museum store has a wide selection
of history books on Native Americans and
pioneers, as well as local arts, crafts and
jewelry.
Cashmere Museum’s Pioneer Village in-cludes
the following buildings:
Waterwheel - Built in 1891, it is a na-tional
historical landmark, the waterwheel
came from Monitor.
The John McDonald Great Northern
Railroad Collection - Ticket Office, Ca-boose,
Dining Car and Section House.
The Barbershop.
The Schoolhouse - Built in the 1880’s
in Brender Canyon, this one-room school
house was the first in the Cashmere Valley.
The General Store - Originally built in
Dryden in 1896 by Archie Smith.
The Post Office - Built in Wenatchee in
1872, this log structure first operated as a
trading post and later became the post of-fice.
The Jail - This building came from the
lower Icicle River area in Leavenworth. The
doors, bars, and bunks are originally from
the old Cashmere jail.
The Horan Cabin - Built in 1872 by Sam
Miller. This is the birth home of 1896 Con-gressman
Walt Horan.
Richardson Cabin was built in 1888. The
logs came from Horse Lake area.
The Saddle Shop.
The Buckhorn Saloon was built in 1886.
It came from Badger Mountain.
The Church is a replica of the St. Xavier
Mission. The original was built in 1873.
The Millinery Shop.
The Print Shop.
The Weythman House was built in 1891
of board and batten.
The Blacksmith Shop was built in 1889
near Dryden and was used by the Great
Northern Railroad in 1891-1892.
The Mission Hotel was built in 1898 in
Mission.
The Doctor and Dentist Office was built
in 1890. The tools of the trade were do-nated
by Dr. L. E. Hutchison.
The Mining Portal came from Blewett
Pass mines.
The Assay Office was built in 1879 - $39
million in gold came through this office.
Plans are in the works to move a one-room
cabin currently located near Lake
Wenatchee and owned by the Barbara
Hutchison Dronen family. It will be used
to house archived records and will be avail-able
as an information center.
The museum is open March 1 through
December 15 from 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
It is closed Thanksgiving. Admission is $8
for families, $4 for individuals, $3 for stu-dents
and seniors and $2 for children ages
Cashmere Museum and Pioneer Village
five to 12. For information, contact the
museum at (509) 782-3230 or at
cchspvm@aol.com.
Candy Factory and Country Store
FREE SAMPLES &FACTORY TOURS
Liberty Orchards Co.,Inc.• 117 Mission Avenue • Cashmere,,WA 98815
Production and tour hours do not always coincide,therefore the factory may not be producing for all tours.
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Tour Hours April through December...
Monday through Friday:8am to 5:30pm Saturday &Sunday:10am-4pm
Tour Hours January through March...
Monday through Friday:8:30am to 4:30pm
Aplets &Cotlets
®
Located off Highway 2 in Cashmere,our factory is the
perfect stop in your tour of the scenic Cascade Loop.Our
friendly employees will guide you through every step of our
traditional candy making process...from hand-sorted
walnuts to hand-packed boxes.
Many Native American artifacts are on display at the Cashmere Museum.
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