Dewey-Humboldt Historical Society
Agua Fria Festival
Dewey-Humboldt Historical Society has accepted
responsibility for the Agua Fria Festival. We appreciate
the confidence Mr. Bob Greene has placed in us to carry on
this tradition. Likewise, our membership felt this festival,
is important to our community and should not be lost. The
current Agua Fria Festival corporation will continue to exist
but go inactive (no longer raising funds for its stated non-profit
purpose), allowing the Dewey-Humboldt Historical Society
to use the Agua Fria Festival name for our fundraising. This
transition has just begun, but will be in place to allow the long
standing Agua Fria Festival to be part of our newer tradition
of Old West Day this fall, an event you will not want to miss!
Dewey- Humboldt has exciting news about a major new
exhibit for the Museum. The Thumb Butte Questors have
provided a significant grant to the Museum. This grant of
$5,000 was large enough, to first require approval by the
Arizona State Questors organization. However, both the
local Questors and the statewide organization had enough
confidence in our local Museum to proceed. The purpose
of this grant is for the purchase of a Stamp Mill. This is an
exhibit that few Museums have and even fewer have working
Stamp Mills on display.
The first step in the purchase of a Two-Stamp Mill has
been made, you’ll most likely see activity next month as
the disassembled Stamp Mill arrives. It will be stored and
be available to view in the fenced in yard on the side of the
Museum. During the coming months our first phase will be
to finish restoring and erect the Stamp Mill, which will stand
roughly 18 feet high on a base of 8 feet by 8 feet. The next
step in future years will be to turn this static display into a
working mill, moving each of the two 1,000 pound stamps
to demonstrate the crushing of stone. There is no doubt this
exhibit will draw visitors from around the state, mining &
history buffs and tourists from around the country.
This Stamp Mill, is just like those that once dotted the
mountains surrounding Dewey-Humboldt back when mining
was king. There are too many details for this communication,
including the assistance we’ll be getting from Stamp Mill
expert Mr. Charlie Connell (and his team of volunteers) and
training on the Stamp Mill operation at the Museum in Cave
Creek. This is a serious project, one that will draw attention
to the Dewey- Humboldt Museum and our Town.
If you are interested in Mining and Ranching and the History
behind it please visit the Dewey-Humboldt Museum. The
Museum hours are Thursday, Friday and Saturday 10 am – 4
pm.
Donations are appreciated to keep the Museum Alive.
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