Support the Salida Museum Association
Your membership helps us further our goals to preserve and tell the story of Salida and the surrounding area. In 2017, we replaced all fluorescent lights with LEDs to minimize UV damage to artifacts; we replaced the ceiling in the Maysville school teacher’s quarters; and improved many existing exhibits, including the Native American and military cabinets, which also received new LED lights, along with new posters and informative labels. We also held a 100th anniversary celebration at the Smokestack.
Our next big project focuses on the 1926 Porter Engine. In 1953, the Koppers Company of Pittsburgh donated a Porter Engine to the Salida Museum following the closure of its railroad tie-treating, creosote plant in Smeltertown near Salida. Built in 1926, the engine moved trams loaded with railroad ties to and from the treating shed. It is a two-foot gauge engine, with saddle tank and 0-4-0 wheel arrangement. This “dinky” was also known as the “Yard Goat” by local workers. According to records, only 130 of the 24-inch gauge tank engines were made by Porter, compared to a larger number of 36-inch models, a fact, which if true, makes the Salida Museum’s engine quite rare. Plans include professional painting, and getting reproductions for the bell, builder’s plate and front lens, which were original to the engine.
Take a moment right now to join or renew your membership today!
Our annual membership is $15, which includes 5 visits. Lifetime membership is $100 and includes a current year calendar. We are a 501(c)(3) and donations are tax deductible as allowed by law.
By Credit Card
You can join or donate using PayPal.
- Regular Membership, $15
- Lifetime Membership, $100
- Donation (any amount)
By Check
You can also send a check (made out to “Salida Museum Association”) to:
The Salida Museum
406 1/2 W. US Hwy 50
Salida, CO 81201
Please note on your check whether this is for a membership or donation.
2018 Salida Museum Association Donors and Members
The Salida Museum extends its thanks to our Donors and Association Members. Without their support, we could not continue to provide our local and out-of-town visitors with a glimpse into the rich and varied history of the Salida area.
Corporate Donors/Granting Organizations/Supporter
50 Burger
Elevation Beer Company
Moonlight Pizza
The Mountain Mail
Salida Museum Lifetime Members
Alan & Elaine Adams
Don Bauder
Marilyn Bouldin
Irv & Gloria Broudy
Cheryl Brown-Kovacic
Robert Cato
Claude & Margaret Dean
Ann Ewing
Katy & Bob Grether
Judith Kinzie
Earle & Judy Kittleman
Larry Kovacic
Scarlett & Robert Massine
Mildred Moffett
Ron & Cindy Osterholt
Donna & John Rhoads
Max Ruppeck
William Schrader
Jane Templeton
Forrest Whitman
Mary Wolfe
Jack Za
Chaffee County Heritage Area / GARNA
First Colorado Land Office, Inc. (Jeff Post)
Krivanek Jewelers
Salida Museum Annual Members
Marla Jo Batchelder
Kevin Brundage
Elizabeth Dixon
John Dykins
Daniel and Christine Dziennik
Gregory Everhart
Gail Franke
Joy Jackson
Matthew Jameson
Giff & Sally Kriebel
Janet Lastovica
Lisa Marvel
Dennis McCargar
William Murphy
Arlene Shovald
Mark Yates
Richard Young
Salida Museum Association Volunteers
These generous people literally keep the doors open and the place in order by spending their time and energy working at the Museum. We owe them a debt of gratitude that cannot be easily expressed. A heartfelt thanks goes out to them for their efforts.
Bob Campbell
Bonnie Konopka
Giff & Sally Kriebel
Judith & Ed Kinzie
Earle Kittleman
Larry Kovacic
John McCarthy
Terry Pintane
Ron & Janet Reginold
Arlene Shovald