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Best Kept Secret in Cowlitz County!
Did you know that we have a very unique gift shop here at the
museum?
Now is a great time to check out the museum store as more than a hundred items
are on sale to make room for new inventory.
Marked down books and items from cedar grilling planks to toys and
puzzles are now up to 50% off. Just right for a rainy day, our selection of
Historical Jigsaw Puzzles are sure to bring hours of fun.
These 550-piece sets will delight and challenge the whole family.
For the junior carpenter in your family, is our 140-piece authentic Log
Play Sets (made from real wood)!
We have a great selection of the old-fashioned, rubber band-driven Balsa
Wood Airplanes in stock right now.
New books include Robert
Carriker's Urban Farming in the West: A New Deal Experiment in Subsistence
Homesteads, kids coloring books, and for the 100 year anniversary of Boy
Scouts of America
the Boy Scouts Handbook: First Edition.
Kids, get ready for a variety of old fashioned toys at the museum store
including train whistles, bamboo pick-up sticks, and cornhusk doll kits.
Come look around and treat yourself to a great deal.
Still need a calendar for 2010?
Right now you can pick up a
Cowlitz
County
Historical
Museum calendar for this
new year with pictures from our extensive collection of historic photos.
For
those of you who want to curl up with a good book, we have several new arrivals
waiting for a place in your library,
including autographed copies of Vicki Selander's
Castle Rock
from the Images of America series. For
the determined dreamer, share in the extraordinary journey of aviation pioneer
Molt Taylor in A Drive in the Clouds: The
Story of the Aerocar by Jake Schultz.
If
you are interested in purchasing any of these items (as well as any other we
have in stock) and are unable to visit us in person, you can contact us
by
phone
at (360) 577-3119
or e-mail
at
freeced@co.cowlitz.wa.us.
We would love to hear from you!
History
is Fascinating!
Buy a Good Book for Yourself or as a
Gift.
- They Came to Six Rivers, the Story of Cowlitz County: written by Virginia
Urrutia (softcover)
- R.A. Long's Planned City, the History of Longview: by John McClelland, Jr.,
(both hardcover and softcover) , is here as well.
- Lake
Sacajawea, Longview's Treasure: by Dr. Travis Cavins
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Winter Reading, Then and Now'. |
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If you're looking for a good book to snuggle up with and haven't yet picked up a copy of
the Cowlitz County Historical Society's Cowlitz
County: Then and Now, copies are still
available.
A collaborative effort of Travis Cavens and Dave
Freece, the book features historic photographs from the museum's collections
paired with new photographs of the same sites taken by Cavens.
A popular title since its publication, the cost
per book is $29.95 plus $2.31 tax ($32.26 total), or $26.95 plus $2.08 tax
for members of the Cowlitz County Historical Society ($29.03 total).
If you live out of town, you can also order the book by phone or
e-mail and we'll be happy to ship to you.
Shipping costs are $4.00 for the first book
ordered, and $1.00 each for additional copies placed in the same order.
If you'd like more information, please contact
us at 360-577-3119 or
freeced@co.cowlitz.wa.us.
(Proceeds from the sale of this book are being
dedicated to the replacement of the Cowlitz County Museum's long-term
exhibits.)
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