1. Posse House

The posse house would have been were the deputies hung out. The curator wanted to honor the vetrans of world war 2 and all other current and retired military,

 

It all started in 1998 with the curators dads first signature, Allen Armstrong, single engine combat instructor. You can see this about 7ft up on the wall to your right as you walk in.  Also notable are members of United States Army Air Forces that dropped the Atomic bomb. Their signatures are near the upper right hand corner of the window to the right.

Notice the newspaper hanging in the right hand corner.  This was found by the curator when he repelled into a local mineshaft. It was the first time since 1918 that someone had been it. He found this paper and dynamite still in the hand drilled hole in the wall ready for the next blast. The paper is dated Sept 30, 1918 the day the war basically ended. We assume the boss came down with the paper to announce the war was over, They dropped the paper and walked out of the mine never to come back. A pick, shovel and dynamite spoon was also found laying there.

Castle Dome would have been a high priority bombing target for the enemy if they had the capability to reach here. This is because large amounts of lead for bullets was mined here and Japanese intelligence thought they were mining Uranium.

For our current and retired military we thank you for your service, feel free to sign the log book.

Notice the tools near the entrance that were used to fix machine guns.

The Yuma proving grounds opened in 1943 and is responsible for test and evaluation of materials and systems in the three (3) climactic extremes; desert, arctic and the Tropics