September Donations

September was a great month for new donations to the Pioneer Memorial Museum. We received a large collection of textiles from the Pioneer Craft House in Salt Lake City, including a fascinating pink costume trimmed with bells.

We also received a beautiful stick pin that belonged to Ann Wilkie Hooper, pioneer of 1854.

Accompanying the stick pin was a watch fob chain that belonged to Ann Wilkie's husband, John Hooper, also a pioneer of 1854.

One September donation has left us more than a little puzzled. We were given a beaded, black velvet hat for which family history states it was "worn across the ocean" by Samuel Saviour, pioneer of 1860 from England. The style of the hat and the beading, however, look more Native American (perhaps Iroquois?) to us. If you can shed any light on the origins of this hat, please email us at pioneermemorialmuseum@gmail.com.