INDIO HISTORICAL MUSEUM

Introduction
We went to the Indio Historical Museum and learned many interesting things about life in the desert a hundred years ago.

SCHOOLHOUSE

• The school house had a bell that can be heard for miles away
• You have to bring your own lunch because there is no food at school
• Girls can only wear skirts or dresses
• Kids from kinder through 8th go to school in the same class
• They use socks as erasers

BLACKSMITH

• Burned symbols on a horse to notice the difference
• The shop has a lot of tools
• The blacksmith made horseshoes
• When he sharpened a tool he used water to cool it down

DR.SMILEY'S HOUSE

• His house was made from adobe
• Went to basement for summer or winter
• Had a dumbwaiter to bring the food to the basement
• Used his house for a office

SUBMARINE

• The wind goes through a wet towel for cool air
• Workers sleep in the submarine to rest from work
• Has two beds
• The workers take turns sleeping

OUTHOUSE

• When full dads have to move it
• There are two outhouse for boys and girls
• One person at a time
• The outhouse was made out of wood

Conclusion
Those are some of the interesting facts I learned about the people who lived a hundred years ago from the Indio Historical Museum.