Heritage Day a hit in Empire

More than 225 people attended Empire Heritage Day Saturday.

The Empire Area Heritage Museum complex was open for the last day of the season with old-time music by Sandy Dhuyvetter and George Powell.

Attendees listened while exploring the museum’s main building, the fire hose house, a one-room schoolhouse and the Billy Beeman Barn. Must-see exhibits included the turn-ofthe- century Empire saloon and kitchen, the blacksmith and woodworking shops, the railroad and lumbering exhibits, and several old-time vehicles, including horse-drawn wagons and sleighs, early motor cars and an authentic 1956 Sleeping Bear Dunesmobile. Also on display was the museum’s newest acquisition — the original butcher-block table from the old Deering grocery store.