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Online Tour - Pioneer room

As with any location in the world, Martin County had its pioneers.  These people lived and worked here to forge a better life for themselves.  In the process, they built homes and accumulated material items.  Here in the Pioneer Room, visitors will take a walk back in time to what a typical Martin County home would have looked like.  As a visitor walks through, they will notice items that would fill a bedroom, kitchen, dining area, and den.  Items range from turn of the century up to the 1950s.  Each item tells a story of what the county residents used to go about their daily lives within the home.  Notice the picture on the west wall by the elevator.  It is a picture of the Carvers.  Sam Carver is best known for his famous fight with Calvin Tuttle, the bully of Tuttle Lake.  When Tuttle attempted to force Carver into leaving his homestead, Carver challenged Tuttle to a fist fight.  The loser would leave the Tuttle Lake area and move elsewhere while the victor could stay.  Carver defeated Tuttle, who then moved away from Tuttle Lake.  Without pioneers like Carver, Martin County would not have become what it has today.