The second program in The Way We Were series at the Iron County Museum in Caspian
this summer will be held on Thursday, July 20. Doors to the Museum will open for the special
activities at 5 pm. An admission donation of $7 per person is requested for all the evening’s
activities. The “Tailgate Party” will be held from 5 until 6:45 pm. The program SPORTS will
be shown at 7 pm. The special display of memorabilia will be available for viewing from 5:00PM until the Museum closes.
The theme of the program will be SPORTS and the early evening festivities will begin with a
“Tailgate Party”. Weather permitting, the “Tailgate Party” will be held on the Museum
grounds. Hamburgers, hotdogs, baked beans, chips, cookies, coffee, and soda will be offered. If
it should happen to rain, tables will be available for seating inside in the Bernhardt Cultural
Center. The program, sponsored by the Museum with support from the Michigan Council of Arts
and Cultural Affairs, will be a power-point presentation on the Museum’s movie-size screen .
Included with the visuals will be a verbal story of baseball, softball, semi-pro ball, football,
bowling, and more. Of special interest will be the digitalized copies of sections of a Steeler’s
football game as well as a Stambaugh-Iron River football game.
Throughout the evening, attendees are welcome to view the large special display of just
some of the Museum’s very large collection of Iron County Sports memorabilia. Plans are to
include baseball uniforms from Amasa and Gibbs City, a Stambaugh Reino Post 21 Junior
Baseball jersey, a Crystal Falls letterman’s sweater, an Iron County Steeler’s uniform, and a
Deloria’s Red Owl women’s bowling dress, as well as many photographs and trophies.