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I am not sure if this is old news or not, but I wasn't aware of it. I was down at the Boise VA earlier this year for a bit. One weekend I went to the Cabela's, just looking around taking it in as it was the first time I had been to one. I did a circle around the place. Nearing the checkout counters I see a display in the corner. I see more stuffed animals on the wall then I see Elmer Keith sitting at his desk. Then I start looking around and here are most of Elmer Keith's guns. That was one of the most pleasing suprises I have had in a long time. I never thought I would see the Keith No.5 except in pictures. There it was 12" away behind glass along with a lot of other pistols he wrote about. His rifles are also there. If you get to Boise don't miss it, they did it right, even if your not an Elmer Keith fan.
Also a note, the Jack Occoner museum in Lewiston is well done to. It's not far from the house. When I went, his Model 70 .270 was gone. I protested as that was the sole reason I paid admission. The guy at the desk told me it was out with Jack's son on a hunt and the three other guys hanging out at the desk telling stories confirmed it. He told me I could get back in for free later in the year, which was fair. One fellow asked what I thought of the museum. I told them I thought it had been done exceptionally well, but I was more in the Elmer Keith school of thought. I should have shot a hole in the ceiling, it would have been less dramatic than the bomb I dropped with that comment. The conversation was over, not like a little small talk then I left, it was over. Ackward.
Where is the Jack O'Connor museum? I lived in Lewiston for several years and never heard anything about it. Or is it something just recently done in the last couple years?
TedH wrote:Where is the Jack O'Connor museum? I lived in Lewiston for several years and never heard anything about it. Or is it something just recently done in the last couple years?
My memory isn't the greatest but I would say it has been their for 3 years. It as at the end of Hells Canyon Park up the hill on the left. If you pay the fee to get in the gate the museum is free, or at least is was last year.
Well we left there in March of '05 so it may not have been open yet. We hope to get back up there to visit friends someday. If we do I'll have to be sure and check out the museum.
Definatley do, if it's important to you, might give a call ahead and see when the best chance that 270 will be around. I still want to. It's nice to have that little conncection with the things you have read about and are symbols of the two main schools of thought in hunting, IMO.
Yes, that display has been there for a couple years. I dropped in and saw it back in '06 when passing through Boise. John Taffin put together the script for the talk that the EK mannequin does. Nice lil' museum indeed.
Paul - in Pereira
"He is the best friend of American liberty who is most sincere and active in promoting true and undefiled religion." -- John Witherspoon
As I recall the whole office/living room display is done as close to his home, with the allowable space.
That is an entertaining script the EK manequin delivers. (It is also animated.) I had forgotten the story about him having that single action in his belt when searched by the Mounties. As I recall he used the open loading gate as a means to keep the pistol perched on his belt. When he realized he was going to be searched he closed it by brushing his arm against it, allowing it to slip down his pants in to his bloused boots which prevented detection.
