History Half Hour at High Noon - August's feature: The Lewis Ore Wagons

Meet at the Ore Wagon Museum at the corner of 5th and East Streets at 12pm.

August 14, 21, 28, 12:00 p.m.

Ore Wagon Museum

Free. No registration required.

Join Heather LaMonica Deckard at the Ore Wagon Museum for a deep-dive into our iconic ore wagons and the history surrounding them. Heather is a fourth-generation Blaine County resident, who returned home after earning a BA in history at Boise State University. For the past 24 years, she has coordinated the Wagon Days celebration, combining her personal roots with a passion for history to share the story of the ore wagons and their enduring place in our community’s Western mining heritage.

Each year, ahead of the Wagon Days celebration, the City of Ketchum proudly displays the historic Lewis Big Hitch Wagons outside the museum and also has a pop-up exhibit inside the Ore Wagon building that includes historic artifacts from the Wood River Valley's mining days. But beyond the wheels and wood lies a rich history that many don’t know. The History Half Hour is presented by the Wood River Museum of History + Culture and the City of Ketchum. Artifacts inside the pop-up exhibit come from the Bellevue Museum, the Blaine County Historical Museum, and the Wood River Museum of History + Culture.