For the last couple years we have kept Jim busy building our next attractions. These days he's working on a new wagon for another museum, The Grove National Historic Landmark. The Grove staff came up with a terrific idea for a new program in which the wagon will play a central part. The program is called "Load Your Wagon" and it will put school kids in the place of early pioneers. When our forefathers were heading west they would have to make some really important decisions on what to take and what to leave behind. "Should we pack the wood stove or extra grain for the oxen?" These kinds of choice could literally mean the difference between life and death. The wagon that Jim is building is an exact replica of they type of wagon that many of the pioneers used on their westward journey. Just imagine fitting everything you were going to take in basically the area of a modern mini-van!
