The Browning Museum boasts an extensive mineral and rock collection that our students were able to enjoy and appreciate in Friday's field trip to Bluff Dwellers Cave. Kathleen Browning, daughter of the cave's discoverer Arthur Browning, purchased and collected the items in the museum (which is free to the public).
There are some large and beautiful specimens in the cases here, mostly locally mined. Students appeared to appreciate the collection, even taking the time to listen as one of the employees cranked up the Edison phonograph, hold a heavy cannon ball, and marvel at the old toilet seat. One student stood oh-faced in front of an antique device. "Oh, wow!" he exclaimed. "I always wanted to see a real typewriter!"
The arrow- and spearheads on the walls here were collected mostly from the property on the other side of the highway from the cave. Later, we would discover that our cave was visited often by the ancient, indigenous people in the area. These people left their calling cards in the cave in the form of a couple of grinding bowls (on display inside the cave).
The arrow- and spearheads on the walls here were collected mostly from the property on the other side of the highway from the cave. Later, we would discover that our cave was visited often by the ancient, indigenous people in the area. These people left their calling cards in the cave in the form of a couple of grinding bowls (on display inside the cave).
Stay tuned for our cave interior photos (coming soon).
