Bend, Oregon - High Desert Museum

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Pokey goes vertical233 viewsHe may seem to be awkward and clumsy on the ground, but boy can this dude climb. He could teach a cat a thing or two!

Contemplating the fate of Castoroides231 viewsSandie laments the extinction of the giant beaver Castoroides, thinking it might have provided her with a fine fur coat in its heyday, and wondering if we're next.

Essential Equipment for the 21st Century231 viewsThis truck was fitted out to fight forest fires. Soon after our visit, the Forest Service came and repossessed it to help fight the many fires raging in Southern and Central Oregon.

Native American Patriots in WWII227 views"Nearly one-third of Indian men served in the military, while another quarter worked in war industries. Indian women participated in the war effort by joining auxiliaries and finding employment in factories." ...

Gert the Grey Fox225 viewsA tree-climbing fox who was hired by the Museum in 2020 and has proven to be a big draw.

Reservation Tipi225 viewsPlateau Indians continued to put up tipis even after they moved into regular houses, and some still use them to house visitors (especially white tourists looking for the authentic Indian experience, who pay lucrative fees for the privilege), or to sleep in during hot summer months (because it was better than the air conditioning supplied by the housing contractors).

Desert Diorama224 viewsPart of the Spirit of the West exhibit, which offers a walk through time, beginning with a stroll past a Northern Paiute shelter and a fur trapper’s camp, continuing through a Hudson’s Bay Company fort, past an Oregon Trail wagon, through a hard rock mine, then a settler’s cabin and finally the boomtown of Silver City. Warning: Some of the captions for the pictures feature tongue-in-cheek, politically incorrect comments which are made in a spirit of fun and not intended to be taken seriously but which some people will find insensitive, outrageous, and offensive. Persons of tender sensitivities on ethnic, environmental, or animal rights issues may want to skip this section. In other words, if you don't have an easygoing sense of humor, bugger off.

A Giant Beaver Exhibit219 viewsThe Beaver exhibit includes a table devoted to a 220-pound beaver, Castoroides ohioensis, who went extinct 10,000 years ago. Modern beavers are grateful they don't have to compete with this behemoth.

Bigelow Boogies!214 viewsIt didn't take more than a couple of seconds for Bigelow to dig his way through that puny pile of sand. He earns his keep!

Silver City storefronts210 viewsShop facades on the main street of Silver City. The second floor, of course, houses a brothel.

Entry portal209 viewsView of the front entrance to the Museum (the indoor part), guarded by a large bronze stag.

Assay Office Accoutrements203 viewsThis appears to represent an office where mining claims were evaluated and their worth assessed, so that the office owner could falsify their value and buy them up for a song and a dance.

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