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Flying Box Turtle, 1996. Another gregarious Box Turtle. Found trying to climb the new curb along the highway just outside of town. Turtles are better climbers than you might imagine, but they can't climb a concrete curb.

Squirrel in Hand, 1999. After a storm, a friend near the park found a nest of six very young squirrels. She raised them all and slowly they became independent though for several years she could still have a squirrel leap into her lap on a park bench.

American Alligator and Texas Rat Snake, 1994. I liked to get the animals up into "3D" so they could be seen more fully, so many of the animals are suspended, held in the air, etc. A Park Service friend relocated nuisance Alligators and called me when he was moving one. He brought it in in a duffle bag. I just happened to have a snake handy. The alligator was a young female, about six feet long and lightly built. She was four years old. She'll be 31 this next year and is probably in a river bottom or refuge area.

Black Widow in Eggshell, 1996. I was very nervous about this spider. I simply didn't know what she might do. Much to my relief, she was focused on her egg clutch.

Bullfrog in Beaker, 1995. A friend of mine taught 5th grade science at Camp Tyler, the outdoor learning center for the school system. This girl is the class mascot.

Copperhead Martini, 1995. On the edge of my studio desk. Very careful here.

Whitetail Fawn, 1999. A woman had 13 rescues that she was tending and bottle feeding. I had to model and work my camera. I'd just fed this fawn a bottle. She was about as heavy as a housecoat, but lightly built, like a bird. At the end of the session the woman called all 13 inside for the night. I followed and stepped into the living room behind 13 fawns. They all disappeared. I thought they had gone into another room until she began to point them out here and there. One under a plant, two behind a chair, one tucked under the edge of the couch.

Fledgling American Crow, 1994. Crows are very quiet around their nests. One morning I came to work to find three youngsters running through the hedges while frantic adults tried to tend them. I raised all three in a corner upstairs room at my studio with the windows open so the adults could come and go.

Just Hatched Sliders, 1996. My step-dad called me with a clutch of eggs he'd found in the woodpile. I sunk them in a bowl of sand in the studio and came in one morning to find the studio cat sitting over a dead snake. Later I hatched Sliders.

Cicada Hand, 1995. My daughter encountered Cicadas hatching from shells as soon as she was old enough to be awake at 10:00 PM. The shells and songs had already been observed. It's still her favorite bug. In preschool she would wear one into the classroom as a broach, to the terror and fascination of all.

Male Opossum, 1996. My 90 year old neighbor called early one morning to say, "Robert, there's something wrong with my garbage can."

Raccoon On Chair, 1995. The roughest fellow of the series. The neighbors were trapping and disposing of Raccoons in their attic. I heard about it and managed to get possession of one inside a trap. He nearly wrecked the studio.

Snail Hand, 1994. Animals of the Blackfork were beginning to seek me. I didn't what I was going to do with the lovely hands of the girl who ran the drive-through window of the donut shop, but I knew I was going to do something. She assumed I was going to take a glamorous photo and wondered about fixing her hair.

Snapping Turtle on Fence Post, 1993. I saw this lady on the center stripe of a four lane highway, ditched my Land Cruiser and sprinted out to rescue her. Standing on the yellow lines between howling semi trucks I realized I didn't know how to pick up an angry Snapping turtle.

Stacked Toads, 1995. My neighbor put in pavement lights and got a colony of toads hunting bugs on them. He graciously loaned me three.

Mouse Under Glass, 2015. My neighbors cat caught a rat and I was summoned.

Toad in Cup, 2016. A toad appeared on the brick step to my studio, just a few feet from my prop table and camera. I took that as a sign.

The Region

quilts of the collection

Notable Locals

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Harold Ritter Wood Carvings

Harold Ritter Wood Carvings

Harold Ritter's Chair and Curio Cabinet

Harold Ritter Wood Carvings

Harold Ritter Steam Engine

Harold Ritter Steam Engine

Gillespie Eye Service Exam Chair

Delay Bank Paper Cutter

Granada Theatre Arc Projector

Granada Theatre

Granada Theatre Sconce and Wall Decal

Dr. Carl Verges Exam Room

Dr. Carl Verges Exam Room

Dr. Carl Verges Office

Front Lobby Displays

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Dr. Campbell's Buggy

Dr. Campbell's Buggy

Elkhorn Valley Railroads

Railroad Artifacts

Railroad Artifacts

Railroad Artifacts

Rear Lobby Displays

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Other Artifacts & Documents

Victorian Horse-Drawn Herse

Victorian Horse-Drawn Herse

Lueshen Bird Library

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Verges Park & Cave

Inside the Cave

Fall in Verges Park

Garden in September

Summer Camp in the Park

Overgrown Garden Flowers

Changing Leaves

Summertime in the Park

Winter in the Park

Dederman Cabin

Cabin at Sunset

Inside the Cabin

Dederman Schoolhouse and Cabin

Play by the Cabin

Dederman Schoolhouse

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Dederman Schoolhouse and Cabin

Projects in the Schoolhouse

Dederman Schoolhouse and Cabin

Schoolhouse and Cabin in Winter