School Tours
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Students get hand=on experience with a docent in a pioneer wash-day. Image, K.R. Burke
Under the direction of Deanne Sanders who schedules school tours, MMW hosted students from local schools for a series of field trips. The program. which was temporarily halted when Covid restrictions were in place, continues through the school year, then resume again in the fall.
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Tour guide and board member Doug Toney shares history with student group about Montrose’ first railroad depot, which now resides at MMW. Image K.R. Burke
Two-hour tours are divided into 15-minute segments, with students, accompanied by teachers and parent chaperones, stopping at “stations” manned by costumed docents, where they learn about life and practices in the old west.