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Cowboy Poetry Gathering

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California Trail Interpretive Center

California Trail Interpretive Center

4.6(32 reviews)
10.2 mi

This is a great center to visit when driving on I-80…read more Parking is free and the lot is a nice size with many stalls open. There are clean bathrooms inside and a water bottle refill station. When we walked in we were greeted by the friendly staff. They explained where everything was and helped us feel welcome. The whole thing is free. Donations box are near the entrance and are greatly appreciated to help maintain the museum and keep the trails pristine. I enjoyed the museum and small student art exhibit. The museum was very interactive and had beautiful murals. I also found the wagons outside enjoyable to walk around and look inside. The trails are great! There are two main lookout spots and they ate not hard trails to follow. With this said, the trails are gravel so I recommend closed toe shoes for the trails.

This museum focuses on why people headed to California starting in 1841 - with much of the focus on…read morethe first couple trips and follow-ups. The movement was slow and hard. They took us from a starting point geographically where there was "civilization" and walked us through various geographic locations - much of it would be right off I-80 today - en route. Included is the challenge of getting around/over the mountains. Some interactive stuff for kids. There wasn't a gift shop when we were there. Most exhibits are inside - but there are a handful of things to see and read outside. Spent 90 minutes between the inside and outside.

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California Trail Interpretive Center - View of the mountains east of the Center.

View of the mountains east of the Center.

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Cowboy Arts & Gear Museum - Saddle

Cowboy Arts & Gear Museum

4.5(2 reviews)
0.1 mi

This museum is the newest museum to the area of Elko and it is educational and charming at the same…read moretime. This museum is dedicated to the preservation of the vaquero (this is Spanish for cowboy to the uninitiated) and the American Buckaroo. The Cowboy Arts & Gear Museum is full of history, culture and traditions of the cowboy of the American West. The idea of the American cowboy is kind of romantic to many, but it is actually the daily life of people of live in this region of Nevada. This museum brings the past and present together in an easy digestible way for the museum goer to understand. Housed in the actual shop of the famous saddle maker G.S. Garcia (the building itself is well over 100 years old), this museum is full of gorgeous saddles and beautiful silver work. Family photographs, images, bits, spurs, stories, saddles, belt buckles...there is a lot on display. The museum is only one floor and would not take a ton of time to wander through. There is a cute little gift shop area in the back selling souvenirs as well. The director, Jan Peterson, was there the day we wandered through while visiting Elko for the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering. She was so enthusiastic and welcoming of our visit and had a passion for this museum project in this community. A great little museum for this area and a great little museum to celebrate the American west and the spirit of the cowboy.

it had allot of nice things on display. The lady was sweet.It had allot of books on sale.If you…read morelove saddles,you'll love this place.

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Cowboy Arts & Gear Museum - Main and basically first floor area of museum l.

Main and basically first floor area of museum l.

Cowboy Arts & Gear Museum - Different barbed wire types and their names.

Different barbed wire types and their names.

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