Rex Museum
Gallup, New Mexico
REX MUSEUM IS LOCATED AT 300 W. HISTORIC 66 AVENUE. OUR PHONE NUMBER IS 863-1363, WE ARE OPEN FROM 8:00 AM TO 3:30 PM MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, CLOSED ON LEGAL HOLIDAYS.
1. COMPLETE INVENTORY OF ALL THE GRAVES, BY LOT, LOCATION AND NAME OF PERSONS BURIED INTHE HILLCREST CEMETERY. BETTY KELLEY DID A BEAUTIFUL JOB IN PUTTING THIS BOOK TOGETHER. WE HAVE HAD IT USED A FEW TIMES BY PEOPLE LOOKING FOR LOST RELATIVES. YOU SHOULD KNOW THIS IS AVAILABLE AT THE MUSEUM ON A CHECK OUT BASIS.
2. WE HAVE, ON A DISC, HERE AT THE MUSEUM A COLLECTION OF GALLUP PHOTOS OF A HISTORICAL NATURE WHICH IS AVAILABLE FOR VIEWING ON OUR COMPUTER MONITOR. MANY, MANY PHOTOS OF A VERY INTERESTING NATURE WHICH THE PUBLIC CAN FIND VERY INTERESTING.
3. WE HAVE TWO REGISTERS OF THE OLD PAGE HOTEL, DATING FROM 1886 TO 1919 IN WHICH THERE ARE MANY NEWS PAPERS ARTICLES AND COPIES OF LETTERS OF THE OLD GREGORY PAGE ERA, WHICH GIVES AN INSIGHT TO OLD GALLUP === THESE ARE NOT ON PUBLIC DISPLAY, BUT THEY ARE STORED AND OUR CLERK CAN LET PEOPLE VIEW THEM WHILE THEY ARE HERE. VERY INTERESTING FROM A HISTORICAL BASIS.
4. WE HAVE THE HISTORY OF THE OLD KITCHENS OPERA HOUSE PUT IN BOOK FORM BY ROGER ZIMMERMAN AND THIS BOOK IS ALSO AVAILABLE ON A CHECK OUT BASIS HERE AT THE MUSEUM. IT GIVES A VERY DETAILED HISTORY OF THE OLD KITCHENS OPERA HOUSE.
5. HISTORY OF OLD FORT WINGATE ORDNANCE DEPOT 1850 TO 1958 INCLUDING PHOTOS AND MUCH HISTORICAL DATA.
6. A LIST OF THE EMPLOYEES (MINERS) WHO WERE EMPLOYEES OF SOUTHWESTERN COAL COMPANY. VERY COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF MINERS - FOR PEOPLE WHO WANT TO CHECK ON THEIR RELATIVES WHO MAY HAVE WORKED THERE.
7. GALLUP INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPERS, TABLOID SIZE, FROM FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR OF 1914. THERE ARE SOME VERY INTERESTING ARTICLES OF HISTORICAL VALUE.
8. BOOKS FOR SALE, "SIX DECADES OF ROUTE 66" AND "OUR GALLUP N. M. STORY" BOTH DONE BY SALLY NOE.
9. CEREMONIAL INDIAN ART BY LARRY LINFORD. TWO BOOKS WITH PHOTOS AND STORIES.
10. PHOTO ALBUM OF THE NOW DEFUNCT 20-30 CLUB A CIVIC ORGANIZATION OF MALES BETWEEN 20 AND 30 YEARS OF AGE.
11. VARIOUS NEWS PAPERS DATING BACK TO THE 1900'S IN LAMINATED FORM.
OTHER ITEMS TOO NUMEROUS TO MENTION.
COME DOWN AND SPEND SOME TIME IN THE MUSEUM AND YOU WILL GET A COMPLETE IDEA OF WHAT WE ARE ABOUT.
THANKS,
JACK STARKOVICH (rexmusum@ci.gallup.nm.us)
WE ARE HAPPY TO REPORT THAT WE NOW HAVE AVAILABLE AT $7.50 PER CD, A COMPILATION OF 190 HISTORIC PHOTOS OF GALLUP, NEW MEXICO AND ENVIRONS INCLUDING SOME OF THE COAL CAMPS. IF PEOPLE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A COPY OF THIS CD THEY CAN COME BY, OR SEND $7.50 WITH THEIR NAME AND RETURN ADDRESS AND WE WILL COPY FROM THE MASTER AND MAIL THEM ONE IN 7 to 10 DAYS. THESE ARE REALLY NICE PHOTOS; IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN THE HISTORY OF GALLUP, YOU SHOULD OWN ONE.