I stopped by by the E.B. Black historical home that is operated by the Deff Smith County Historical Museum. The garden is beautiful with a classic gazebo. The patio of the house is amazing it wraps around half of the house. I spent about 45 minutes walking around the house taking pictures.

Housed in the former Roman Catholic school, the Deaf Smith Museum displays a quality collection of artifacts dating from the late 1800s though the mid-1900s. The docent told us about the old WWII POW camp near town, which operated from 1942-1946 and housed captured Italian soldiers. The museum includes a display on the POW camp downstairs. Other items of interest to our group were a telephone swtichboard and the coverage of Coronado's expedition through the area.

There is a marvelous diorama made by a local gentleman in the 1930's of a circus troupe. I was interested in the dugout house in the outside area but it was not possible to get a picture of it without showing the modern fence and cars/buildings behind it. I would suggest they build a screen of some sort. Inside, there was a display of arrowheads and native American artifacts and I was disappointed to see all different tribes and geographical areas displayed together in the collection, not by region, as if it were all the same thing, Indians. I hate to criticize, though, because the docent was a kind, helpful person and this was a very nice, little museum.