CO - Overland Trail Museum

Replica at Overland Trail Museum, Sterling, Colorado, USA. Presumably the otherwise anachronistic fluorescent light fixture is for illuminating the display. This museum is considerably more than a cut above the usual museums you find in the rural US! Recommended if you're ever that way.

Overland Trail Museum, Sterling, Colorado, USA. A type of windmill that, aside from the wooden tower, is still commonly seen across the rural US west. This museum is considerably more than a cut above the usual museums you find in the rural US! Recommended if you're ever that way.

Overland Trail Museum, Sterling, Colorado, USA. A replica that looks to be evoking small-town America in the early and mid 20th century. The Fearless Fosdick ad on the right indicates 1950s vintage, as that's a character from Al Capp's Li'l Abner. Note that if you wanted a shave on Sunday it cost a dime more! This museum is considerably more than a cut above the usual museums you find in the rural US--recommended if you're ever that way.

Overland Trail Museum, Sterling, Colorado, USA. The woodstove suggests this is early 20th century at the latest. This museum is considerably more than a cut above the usual museums you find in the rural US--recommended if you're ever that way.

Overland Trail Museum, Sterling, Colorado, USA. Another replica that looks to be evoking small-town America, from perhaps the latter 19th to the mid 20th century. This museum is considerably more than a cut above the usual museums you find in the rural US--recommended if you're ever that way.

Mock-up at the Overland Trail Museum, Sterling, Colorado, USA. Another replica that looks to be evoking small-town America, from perhaps the latter 19th to the mid 20th century. This museum is considerably more than a cut above the usual museums you find in the rural US--recommended if you're ever that way.

Another view of the mockup at the Overland Trail Museum, Sterling, Colorado, USA.

Or harrow; I think, anyway. Overland Trail Museum, Sterling, Colorado, USA.