A hands-on look at Beautiful Plains history

PHOTOS BY CASPER WEHRHAHN

One of the valuable experiences Neepawa’s Beautiful Plains Museum provides is student tours. On Oct. 8, the Neepawa Banner & Press had the opportunity to shadow one such tour, which was given to a class of Grade 8 students. The items at the museum not only give these students a closer look at the nation’s history, but a more personal experience with the history of the Beautiful Plains area in which the students and their families make their home.

Top left: The General Store was chock full of everything you needed back in the day. All the students got a close look at the goods on display in front and behind the counter.

Far right: Seen here, this student puts on a stoic face for a photo op with the Banner & Press while wearing a genuine bison coat.

Above left: Typewriters, laundry implements, farm equipment and much more were inspected as the students roamed the exhibits on the bottom floo.

Above right: The barber shop section contains a plethora of old tools that were essential to the trade. And, as can be seen in the mirror’s reflection a collection of license plates.