KALAMA  MUSEUM

WE HAVE OPENED THE MUSEUM TO THE PUBLIC:

    PLEASE, CALL US OR E-MAIL US FOR A APPOINTMENT TO VIEW THE COLLECTIONS, FOR DIRECTIONS PLEASE SEE PAGE ONE OR HOME PAGE FOR DIRECTIONS. FOR CALLING PLEASE CALL 1-360-673-3200.

   THE MUSEUM IS FREE TO ALL, A DONATION BOX IS AVAILABLE IF YOU WISH? We have but one condition for viewing and they are on the sign below

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            projectile points or arrowheads are examples of a type of point found on the lower Columbia to lower mid-Columbia river. Known as the "Klickitat point".   this rare and unusual type of point did not appear on the Columbia river system until late in the classic phase. we believe this style first arrived no more than 600 bp and was still in production until as early as 1900. all of these points are from the van ronk collection of art and artifacts, and can be view within the private museum of Columbia river ancient resources.

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    PHOTO OF MR. VAN RONK ANTHROPOLOGIST/ARCHAEOLOGIST WITHIN THE MUSEUM.  THE MUSEUM BELIEVES THAT ARCHAEOLOGY IS FOR ALL TO ENJOY, NOT JUST A FEW UNIVERSITY professor and a few state and federal employees. the museum is open to the public to view upon reasonable request.

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ABOVE ART AND ARTIFACTS ARE FROM THE UPPER MID-COLUMBIA RIVER.  ALL ARTIFACTS ARE SITE SPECIFIC AND ARE MARK BY LITTLE WHITE LABELS AT THE CENTER OF THE FRAME or the top or bottom of each photo.

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 THE ABOVE ARTIFACTS OUR CANOE ANCHORS AND LARGE NET WEIGHTS USED AS ANCHORS FOR SMALL WOODEN CANOES, or too anchor large drift nets in the river.  THESE WEIGHTS CAME FROM SEVERAL ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES ALONG THE COLUMBIA RIVER. EACH IS MARKED BY THE TAG NEXT OR BELOW EACH ARTIFACT. MOST ARTIFACTS ARE SITE. SPECIFIC.

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   ABOVE IS A GROUP OF DISPLAY FRAMES, LOTS OF SHELL BEADS, CORDAGE, AND BONE WORK. ALL OF THE ARTIFACTS ARE SITE SPECIFIC AND INFORMATION IS LOCATED IN THE READER CARD.

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   THE ABOVE DISPLAY IS EXAMPLES OF COLUMBIA RIVER LITHIC AND BONE WORKED KNIVES. EACH ARTIFACT IS LABELED FROM THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE THAT ITEM WAS EXCAVATED.

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   SALMON PACKERS OF THE COLUMBIA RIVER. ALL ARE MARKED FROM THE SITE THEY WERE FOUND.  THE PACKER IN THE CENTER IS 31 1/2 " LONG. VERY LIKELY FROM NEAR THE MOUTH OF THE COLUMBIA RIVER AND IS THE LONGEST SALMON PACKER FOUND ON THE COLUMBIA RIVER.

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ABOVE ART AND ARTIFACTS ARE FROM THE MID-COLUMBIA       RIVER.  ALL ARTIFACTS ARE SITE SPECIFIC AND ARE MARK BY THE    LITTLE WHITE LABELS AT THE CENTER OF THE FRAME

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        ABOVE ART AND ARTIFACTS ARE FROM THE UPPER MID-COLUMBIA RIVER.  ALL ARTIFACTS ARE SITE SPECIFIC AND ARE MARK BY THE LITTLE WHITE LABELS AT THE CENTER OF THE FRAME.

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   GREAT BASIN ART AND ARTIFACTS, WE HAVE ON LOAN TWO COLLECTIONS OF GREAT BASIN ART AND ARTIFACTS. SEVERAL OF THE FRAMES WERE PART OF THE COWLES COLLECTION OF THE 1920-2000.

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ABOVE DISPLAY IS OF NET GAUGES FROM THE LOWER COLUMBIA RIVER. THE WHITE CARD ON THE DISPLAY HAS THE INFORMATION ON THE ARTIFACT.

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    THE ABOVE DISPLAY CONTAINS PERFORATED SINKERS OF NET WEIGHTS. MOST ARE SITE SPECIFIC AND ARE MARKED WITH THE SITE INFORMATION ON THE SMALL TAG BELOW EACH ARTIFACT.

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    NET GAGES USED BY ANCIENT PEOPLE OF THE COLUMBIA RIVER VALLEY. MOST ARE SITE SPECIFIC AND MARKED TO LOCATION OF THEIR FIND. MAKE OUT OF RIVER COBBLES THEY WERE IMPORTANT TOOLS IN A FISHING CULTUREPlease e-mail us for more information: columbiariverman@msn.com or write us:

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OUR DISPLAY OF COLUMBIA RIVER ATLATL WEIGHTS. THESE PALEO-MAN WEIGHTS WERE A VITAL PART OF EARLY MAN IN NORTH AMERICA.  THESE WEIGHTS AND SITE SPECIFIC AND REPRESENT SOME OF THE KNOWN EARLY MAN SITES WITHIN THE COLUMBIA PLATEAU.

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        OUR DISPLAY OF COLUMBIA RIVER ATLATL WEIGHTS. THESE PALEO-MAN WEIGHTS WERE A VITAL PART OF EARLY MAN IN NORTH AMERICA.  THESE WEIGHTS AND SITE SPECIFIC AND REPRESENT SOME OF THE KNOWN EARLY MAN SITES WITHIN THE COLUMBIA PLATEAU.

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   THIS DISPLAY GIVES THE VIEWER A GLIMPSE OF THE PAST COLUMBIA RIVER, THIS AREA IS GONE BENEATH THE RESERVOIR OF THE JOHN DAY DAM. MANY AN OLD TIMER SPENT THEIR WEEK ENDS WALKING AND SCREENING IN THIS AREA BEFORE IT BECAME ILLEGAL IN THE LATE 70'S TO FIND AND SEARCH OF ARTIFACTS.

    I LIVED IN THAT TIME THE 50'S AND 60'S, AND SPENT MANY A FINE WEEKEND WITH FRIENDS AND FAMILY CAMPING ALONG THE COLUMBIA RIVER. TODAY, WE FIND IT RUDE, ILLITERATE, AND MINDLESS FOR NAME CALLING ABOUT THOSE PEOPLE AS DRUG DEALERS, POT-HUNTERS, AND LOOTERS, WHEN IT WAS VERY LEGAL TO WALK AND PICK-UP THOSE ARTIFACTS. WE HERE AT COLUMBIA RIVER ANCIENT RESOURCES BELIEVE THOSE WHO SAY SUCH NONSENSE AS SIMPLY LIVING IN A IDEALIST AND MARXIST WORLD.

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    THIS DISPLAY CENTERS ON FRAUD IN ARCHAEOLOGY. IN OUR MODERN SOCIETY OF THE 21 CENTURY ART AND ARTIFACTS REPRESENT LARGE INVESTMENTS. THE investment MARKET PLACES, IS REAL AND ITS A PART OF THE AMERICAN SYSTEM. WE HERE AT COLUMBIA RIVER ANCIENT RESOURCES HAVE MIXED BELIEVES ABOUT SELLING OUR ANCIENT RESOURCES, however, WE HAVE FROM TIME TO TIME PURCHASED ART AND ARTIFACTS TO SAVE These ITEMS FROM FOREIGN INVESTMENT GROUPS AND OTHERS.  we only wish that those idealist and university phd's could stop and understand that we are trying our best to save these artifacts for the future studies and research.

    IN THE ABOVE DISPLAY WE VIEW MODERN AND FAKE ART AND ARTIFACTS AS A CRIME  AND TRY TO HELP YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT TO LOOK FOR.

WE ARE SORRY BUT WE HAVE NO MORE SPACE FOR PHOTOS ON THIS PAGE.  LOTS MORE TO VIEW SO, PLEASE VISIT THE MUSEUM.