Santa Fe Trail
Big Timbers Museum, CO

The Big Timbers Museum houses many artifacts reflecting the history of the area. Outside of the museum, everyday tools of homesteaders, such as harnesses, sodbusters, corn shellers, a plow, a thresher, baler, and windmill. Inside the museum, there are many artifacts also reflecting early life as a pioneer. There is a handmade wedding dress of the 19th Century, a 1911 wringer washing machine, the largest arrowhead collection in the country, an antique grand piano, and many more artifacts.

A distinctive addition to the museum is the Sacred Honor exhibit. This exhibit features personal effects of soldiers from every war America has fought. Items such as a Civil War sword, Civil War pictures, a WWI uniform, a Lamar resident's WWII prisoner of war papers, and many other interesting items are also located in the museum. The museum holds Lamar's archives, and genealogy division.