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Wellton Pioneer Museum Opening for Winter Season on Saturday

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WELLTON — The Welton Pioneer Museum, on Saturday, will reopen to the public after being closed during the summer months.

Shirley Reynolds, the Museum Director, and her staff, have spent the last few weeks dusting off the old relics and getting the grounds ready to receive the public.

The museum includes hundreds of exhibits illustrating how Wellton grew from an ancient and very active center of Native American culture, into the small farming community it is today.

KAWC news recently visited Shirley at the museum to learn more.

The museum is located at 10402 Fresno Street, in Wellton.

It is open from 1 to 3 p.m. each Saturday and Sunday Through March.

Admission is free, but donations are accepted.

For More information, call 406-761-6983 or visit www.wmfaha.com/pioneer-museum

Chris McDaniel can be reached at 928-317-6077, or christopher.mcdaniel@kawc.org

Chris McDaniel is a Yuma native and fourth generation graduate of Yuma High School. He began his print journalism career at the Yuma Sun as a reporter in 2009. He later worked in the Pacific Northwest as an editor for Peninsula Daily News, as arts editor for The Port Townsend and Jefferson County Leader, and as publisher for a small weekly newspaper in the badlands of Montana. He is a graduate of Peninsula College, where he earned a Bachelor of Applied Science in Management degree. He has served as host for KAWC's Morning Edition and All Things Considered and spends much of his time gathering reports from the field in Yuma and La Paz Counties.