The First Cave Creek Post Office
Cave Creek was founded in 1870, but it took the town’s post office 92 years to acquire the name Cave Creek Post Office. For most, this is a startling [...]
Purchase Tickets
Purchase Tickets Purchase your tickets to the museum ahead of time! Adults $7.00, Seniors $5.00, Students 12+ $5.00, and Children Under 12 are FREE!
Prehistoric Sandals
The sandal shown as artifact of the month is the prehistoric equivalent of a cheap flip-flop —for a minimal investment, you get footwear that lasts for a decent amount [...]
Ballot Box
As a nod to the national, state and local elections presently holding us all in their grips, we chose as our October Artifact of the Month this Ballot Box. [...]
Spurs in America’s Southwest
A Cowboy and His Spurs Believe it or not, the first evidence of spurs appeared in about 5th Century B.C., and in the oddly serendipitous way these things happen, appeared [...]
Pottery Figures
A small sherd, a broken piece of pottery about the size of a quarter that has part of a human figure painted on it. It was made by the people [...]
Crazy Quilt
This crazy quilt, whose provenance is not completely known, is thought to date back to the 1870s and may have been created by a member of the Ann’s family [...]
Salt Redware Bowl
This simple bowl represents the best of Hohokam culture near the end of more than 1,000 years of pottery making. It’s identified as the Salt Red type, Salt variety, [...]
Political Campaign Buttons
The Cave Creek Museum’s November Artifacts of the Month feature campaign buttons. A campaign button is a pin used during an election as political advertising for (or against) a candidate or political party, or to proclaim the issues that are part [...]
Corrugated Wares
WE LAUNCH THIS YEAR’S “Artifact of the Month” exhibit with this sturdy pottery jug made in the style identified as “obliterated corrugated,” which refers to the exterior texture almost [...]
