Volunteers Honored Oct. 11, 2012

On October 11, 2012 the many volunteers of the museum were honored with a dinner served at the museum. Festivities included a walking tour of all of the major exhibits which included the newly created "Indian Forest Camp ", the recently covered "Caboose ", the changes at the "Steam Donkey" display, the enhanced site of the "Amphitheatre", and the still in progress installation of machinery at the "Powerhouse." At each site information was shared by the attending museum board members  about the changes accomplished and those still planned. Finally, with the tours finished, everyone met in the museum for a showing of the future of the museum as created by the company  Panagraphics  . A word of appreciation to all volunteers  was given by John Mount, president of the Board. This was followed by a dinner served by Shaver Lake Deli.For a list of the many volunteers who support the museum see below.List of Museum Volunteers 2012

Recent and Planned Exhibits

There are several recent and new exhibits planned for the museum in the near future.

  1. A small Lumber Mill exhibit.
  2. A Mono Indian camp. site exhibit
  3. A Nature Trail
  4. A Botanical Trail featuring native shrubs and flowers

The Botanical trail has been started last year with the planting by Intermountain Nursery  of many native plants in the area immediately surrounding the museum . This year Identification tags were added to the plantings.

                     

      5.A mural created by Hans Sumpf for the Seabury family , recently donated by them, was installed on the north facing side of the Musuem.

"Redinger P.H. #1" Exhibit near completion

The Redinger Powerhouse Exhibit is the creation and gift of Dr. Carver Mead. The specially constructed building is a replica of the buildings that house generation facilities in the Southern California Edison Sierra system. The first steps in creating this exhibit were outlined for the public in 2009 in a presentation by Dr. Carver Mead at the Museum.  Selection and dedication of the site  was followed by construction of the building. 

             

 

Special Events at the Museum this summer

Sunday ,June 9, 2012– 3pm to 10PM:  The first wedding to be celebrated at the museum occurred on this date. The newly married couple, The Astones, have a special bond to the Shaver Lake area and wished for the reception and dinner to be held in the  forest setting. 

Caboose #50 Restoration Project

San Joaquin & Eastern Railroad

Caboose #50

HISTORICAL BACKGROUND

The San Joaquin & Eastern Railroad (SJ&E) was constructed in 1912 to furnish transportation

for men, materials and equipment bound for Southern California Edison’s (SCE) Big Creek

Project, the largest hydroelectric construction effort known to the world at that time. The

railroad was built from it’s El Prado connection to the Southern Pacific’s Friant Branch, north of

Fresno, to Cascada (pronounced k ã-skãd´a), California (known as Big Creek since 1926). The

SJ&E was built in 157 days between 5 February and 10 July 1912. It extended a distance of just

over 56 miles, containing 1078 curves up to 60 degrees, 43 trestles (the longest being 576 feet in

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