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Museum expands Joshua Elmer display

The Odessa Historical Society met earlier this month to prepare for the opening of the museum on Labor Day weekend, Sunday and Monday, May 26 and May 27, from 1 to 3 pm.

The photo display in the main building has been expanded, thanks in part to David Nixon and the Odessa Trading Co., who donated the welding of the frames, and Landon Lobe, who donated the painting of them. The display was enlarged in order to show more of the Joshua Elmer photos that were in storage.

Joshua Elmer, born in 1867, homesteaded in 1903 in the Black Rock region of Grant County. By 1910, he was established as a comme...

 

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