First State Bank

The First State Bank was constructed by the Surface Creek Valley Historical Society. The "construction bunch" was called into service again. To give the structure its finishing touch, Doris Stewart, Marie Wetterick, and Mary Kiser reported to Maynard Nelson's yard to wield paint brushes to the gingerbread trim prior to it's installation on the front of the building.

Inside, a large temperature controlled vault was installed across the back section to provide space for storage of valuable historical items as well as books and manuscripts, The vault door came from the Brooks building in downtown Cedaredge which housed the First State Bank, the first bank in town. Ken Brooks donated the door through Wesley Cumstons, who was purchasing the building.

The teller cage was donated by Phil and Lela Aust of Cedaredge. This cage had been replaced when the First National Bank in Cedaredge was remodeled. The safety deposit boxes also came from the First National Bank. The bank was still in service at the time of the donation.

The large safe, just inside the front door, was donated by Delta County when this original safe was replaced by a newer one in the Social Service office located in the basement of the courthouse. All the SCVHS had to do was move it. By now our "construction bunch" had become experienced movers and took the challenge hi their stride ... all 3,000 pounds of it! Planks were laid to protect the floor as the safe was literally "manhandled" out of the building. Once they got that heavy safe to its new home at Pioneer Town, those guys decided enough was enough! They weren't moving it to any back corner. It sits there today in the front part of the building. The painted trim was faded and worn. Jan Hinchman and Doris Stewart repainted the design following the dim original pattern as closely as possible.

Vintage mimeograph machines and adding machines came from a variety of sources. A display of typewriters came from Tom Huerkamp's collection. A separate showing of these typewriters made up an early special exhibit by the society.

The white tiled flooring was donated and installed by Tom and AnnaBelle Bell.

When Jack MacAdams' cousin, Mary Leda (MacAdams) Cooper toured Pioneer Town and visited the bank, she decided that this bank needed a decorative window over the doorway similar to the leaded glass transom in their bank in Lockney, Kansas. She returned home and made a beveled stained glass window and donated it for the First Sate Bank in Pioneer Town.

PIONEER TOWN HISTORY

Livery Stable

The Livery Stable stands across the street from Girling Mercantile next to the Cedaredge City Jail.