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==Museum exhibits==

==Museum exhibits==

The indoor exhibits on the first floor include recreations of a general store, which became a social center in the 19th century as well as the source of needed goods. A non-denominational chapel includes artifacts, including stained-glass windows, from the first churches built in the county. It is sometimes used for small weddings. There is an early-day kitchen with a cast-iron cook stove and a primitive ice box. A restored bedroom depicts furniture purchased from local stores in the early 1900s, including a washstand, dresser, and bed. A parlor shows a later period as Hereford had prospered to allow citizens to own nice furniture, a pump organ, and other items for family entertainment.<ref name=exhibits>{{cite web|url=http://www.deafsmithcountymuseum.org/exhibits.php|title=Exhibits at the Deaf Smith County Historical Museum|publisher=deafsmithcountymuseum.org|accessdate=January 23, 2020}}</ref> ​

The indoor exhibits on the first floor include recreations of a general store, which became a social center in the 19th century as well as the source of needed goods. A non-denominational chapel includes artifacts, including stained-glass windows, from the first churches built in the county. It is sometimes used for small weddings. There is an early-day kitchen with a cast-iron cook stove and a primitive ice box. A restored bedroom depicts furniture purchased from local stores in the early 1900s, including a washstand, dresser, and bed. A parlor shows a later period as Hereford had prospered to allow citizens to own nice furniture, a pump organ, and other items for family entertainment.<ref name=exhibits>{{cite web|url=http://www.deafsmithcountymuseum.org/exhibits.php|title=Exhibits at the Deaf Smith County Historical Museum|publisher=deafsmithcountymuseum.org|accessdate=January 23, 2020}}</ref>  

 

The museum has a display of arrow points, pottery, tools and other [[Native Americans]] artifacts donated from a private collection. There is a one-room school; a hand-carved three-ring circus, and a women's clothing shop.  

The museum has a display of arrow points, pottery, tools and other [[Native Americans]] artifacts donated from a private collection. There is a one-room school; a hand-carved three-ring circus, and a women's clothing shop.  

Also highlighted are items from an [[Italy|Italian]] prisoner of war camp during [[World War II]] near Hereford.<ref name=exhibits/> There are paintings, including portraits of Deaf Smith, [[Francisco Vasquez de Coronado]] and Ranald S. Mackenzie (1840-1889) and scenes of a 19th-century homestead and a cattle drive.<ref name=exhibits/>​

Also highlighted are items from an [[Italy|Italian]] prisoner of war camp during [[World War II]] near Hereford.<ref name=exhibits/> There are paintings, including portraits of Deaf Smith, [[Francisco Vasquez de Coronado]] and Ranald S. Mackenzie (1840-1889) and scenes of a 19th-century homestead and a cattle drive.<ref name=exhibits/>​

 

The outside exhibits include a half-dugout, a first residence for many settlers on the Great Plains, where the absence of forests and lack of available stone required digging into the ground. An Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway caboose, a wooden [[windmill]], early jail cells, farm implements, and a wagon barn with a chuckwagon, originally developed by Charles Goodnight (1836-1929), are displayed outside.<ref name=ttravel/><ref name=exhibits/>​

The outside exhibits include a half-dugout, a first residence for many settlers on the Great Plains, where the absence of forests and lack of available stone required digging into the ground. An Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway caboose, a wooden [[windmill]], early jail cells, farm implements, and a wagon barn with a chuckwagon, originally developed by Charles Goodnight (1836-1929), are displayed outside.<ref name=ttravel/><ref name=exhibits/>​