Old Trails Museum closed, posting images to Facebook

Old Trails Museum is currently closed but will be posting historic images on its Facebook page to stay current with visitors. Above: The Atlantic and Pacific Railroad agreed to complete a transcontinental line by 1878 in exchange for land grants from the federal government. In 1880, railroad survey crews laid out the new townsite of Winslow, named for President Edward F. Winslow of the St. Louis and San Francisco Railway, which controlled the A&P’s central division. Because of the ample water supply from nearby Clear Creek, the railroad’s Third Division began in Winslow, and the first line arrived at the townsite in 1881. Engineer Charles McCauley (above) passed through Canyon Diablo, 27 miles west of Winslow, in a locomotive on July 10, 1888. (Photo courtesy of Old Trails Museum)

Old Trails Museum is currently closed but will be posting historic images on its Facebook page to stay current with visitors. Above: The Atlantic and Pacific Railroad agreed to complete a transcontinental line by 1878 in exchange for land grants from the federal government. In 1880, railroad survey crews laid out the new townsite of Winslow, named for President Edward F. Winslow of the St. Louis and San Francisco Railway, which controlled the A&P’s central division. Because of the ample water supply from nearby Clear Creek, the railroad’s Third Division began in Winslow, and the first line arrived at the townsite in 1881. Engineer Charles McCauley (above) passed through Canyon Diablo, 27 miles west of Winslow, in a locomotive on July 10, 1888. (Photo courtesy of Old Trails Museum)

WINSLOW, Ariz. – Even though Old Trails Museum is currently closed, curators stated they wanted to stay connected with their friends through social media.

The museum said it will be posting an image and caption each Monday from its historical calendar archives on its Facebook page.

“We’ll post them chronologically as a way to preview our 2021 calendar ‘Winslow Through the Decades,’” the museum stated.

The calendar will feature images that have never been published in previous calendars.

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