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2350 North 30th Street . Tacoma, WA 98403
253.627.5405
General Open Hours: 1:00 to 4:00 (Wed-Sat)
Summer Hours: 12 noon to 4:00 (Wed-Sat)
Closed January, except by appointment
> eMail the Cabin Now!
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| A perfect history lesson! |
We are encouraging homeschool
parents and classroom teachers
and students to visit the
birthplace of Tacoma.
The Museumıs education
program is flexible and every
effort will be made to
accommodate your needs.
We tailor programs to grade
level and to meet the State
EALRS. Please let us know
how we can make this an
enriching experience for
your classroom.
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Have fun learning!
This museum is a fulfilling visit for elementary and middle school students. We
suggest you allow about 30 minutes in the cabin to view the artifacts, experience
hands-on education with games, and ask questions. A bit of history about Job Carr,
his cabin and early Tacoma is available by utilizing our traveling trunks. Tours
are arranged at a mutually convenient time when the museum is closed to other
visitors; advance registration is requested. There is no admission fee, although
donations are gratefully accepted (the museum is a self-supporting non-profit 501(c)
(3) organization) to help cover the costs.
Tasting the cream that they
shook into butter. Yum! |
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Ray Egan portraying Ezra Meeker,
talking about the Oregon Trail |
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An intimate setting!
The Cabin can accommodate one average classroom at a time. Larger groups are
divided to alternate between educational activities in Old Town Park and the
presentation in the Museum itself. It works well! Students may eat lunch
afterward in Old Town Park, on the cabin porch, or perhaps they'd like to read
the bronze markers in the sidewalk as they walk down to Gateway Park (where
they can use their imaginations to visualize the prison that used to stand there)
for lunch. However you decide to end your stay, do plan a class visit to the first
permanent settlerıs cabin in Tacoma and see what's new in Old Town!
Enjoying the sunshine in our outdoor
amphitheater setting. |
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A dress up and sing along in the cabin! |
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In 1862, President Lincoln passed a law known as the Homestead Act, It entitled
the pioneers to claim 160 acres of land; free if they improved the land by actually
farming it, build a small cabin on it, and lived on the land for five years. Union
veterans of the Civil War could apply the time they spent in the army to the
five-year residency requirement. So Job, and his sons all being veterans -
each filed claims for 160 acres; and since all three were veterans, they were
able to obtain their free land in much less than five years. It was possible for
the pioneers to also obtain land from the government by purchasing it for a very
low price, which the Carr's did also. Eventually the three of them owned about
1000 acres in Old Tacoma.
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For further information or to schedule a field trip
with your class:
Contact: Kathy Westlin, Program Director
253.627.5405 Wednesday and Thursday
e-mail at kwestlin@jobcarrmuseum.org
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