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- Subscribe - Contact Us - Rate Card - Place an Ad Archives Revels Classifieds Real Estate Menu Guide Wedding Weather Subscribe Contact Us February 27, 2006 The city of Weed, Calif., has a lumber museum that’s open year-round by appointment. The museum features early 20th-century utensils and vehicles. Photos by Jennifer Margulis | For the Tidings Weed museum serves 2,000 a year By Jennifer Margulis Tidings Correspondent Harold Orcutt, who was born in Mount Shasta, has been volunteering at the Weed Historic Lumber Town Museum for the last five years. “It’s strictly logging and lumber,” says Orcutt, who clearly enjoys taking visitors around the museum and talking to them about Weed’s history, “that’s what Weed is known for.” Weed, which has a population of only 3,100 people, welcomes 2,000 visitors to the museum every year. Open by appointment all year round (contact information of volunteers to call is posted on the museum’s door), the height of the season for the Weed Historic Lumber Town Museum is Memorial Day through the end of September. The museum, which is on the site of the old town jail, has three rooms that are decorated with period pieces from the early 20th century. One is a sewing room where visitors can touch real animal fur, examine an old-fashioned sewing machine, and look at the handmade ladies’ dresses that hang on the wall. Another is a rather sparsely decorated bedroom featuring an old-fashioned baby cradle, a small twin bed with a large headboard, and a nightstand. The third room is a vintage kitchen. Axes of all shapes and sizes are on display at the museum. In the back of the museum is a huge room which features a replica of a US Mail stagecoach made by Rich Reuter, a 1923 LaFrance fire engine, and hundreds of knickknacks. Visitors are allowed to sit in the stagecoach to experience what horse-drawn traveling used to be like. A large section of the museum is dedicated to logging. On the walls visitors will find saws of all shapes and sizes, as well as pictures of famous loggers, axes, boots worn by loggers, and actual Weed lumber. Another room of the museum is something of a shrine to Charlie Bryd, California’s first black sheriff, who held office in Weed from 1987 to 2002, and whose affability and professionalism are remembered fondly. When you are finished examining the historical artifacts inside the museum, take the free walking tour of downtown Weed. The tour lasts about an hour and points out historic places of interest. Hungry after all that history? Jennifer Mehmen at the Weed Chamber of Commerce recommends stopping by the Hi-Lo Café, (530) 938-2904, which has operated in Weed for more than 50 years. The Hi-Lo Café has home style cooking, several vegetarian options, and monthly seafood and Chinese buffets. A hamburger, fries and drink costs about $7.45. Although they’re famous for their mountain burger, which is a half-pound patty with fresh vegetables and blue cheese dressing, Mehmen recommends their sourdough cheeseburger. “It’s just a really good burger,” she says. Silva’s Restaurant, (530) 938-4061, is another favorite with locals. Try their hot pastrami sandwich for a home style treat. After you eat, you may want to check out Weed’s parks. Bell Air Park, which is by the College of the Siskiyous, has play structures for children and the community swimming pool. Charlie Bryd Park (which used to be called Lincoln Park) is on Hwy 97 and will be the site for a new skate park and bike park. Building is projected to begin by the end of the summer. Carrik Park, which is about five miles from downtown, off of Hwy 97 towards Klamath Falls, has basketball courts, baseball fields and play structures, with a beautiful creek running through it. “Weed is a place that is just passed by. People think Mt Shasta, Mt Shasta. But there is a lot of history in Siskiyou County and Weed is a part of that history,” says Mehmen, who thinks a stop in Weed is worth the trouble. “Come take a picture of our beautiful arch, that’s been here over a hundred years.” And when you leave town, make sure to notice the colorful road sign on the way back to the highway that proclaims: “Thanks for visiting. Weed like to see you again.” DailyTidings.com Home Page Archives | Revels | Classifieds | Real Estate Guide | Weather | Subscribe | Contact Us Copyright 2005 Ashland Daily Tidings and Ottaway Newspapers All Rights Reserved Deep Muscle Stimulator Ceramic Piggy Banks FREE Entertainment Guide Women's & Men's Slippers Accelerate Weightloss Products Backpacks Generic Viagra Vegas Travel Guide Search Engine Optimization Sportsbook Absinthe Supply Student Loans Hotel & Airline Reservations African Safari Hammocks Helzberg Diamonds Online Casinos Community Bonus Casino King of Spirits ink cartridges Mortgage Calculator Security Systems Mailing Lists Click Here Advertisement .:Advertisements:. Site Search: RESOURCES - Mail Tribune News - ODOT Road Cams