The Clemenceau Heritage Museum is gearing up for its annual sale, one of its largest fundraisers of the year.
The nonprofit museum is run entirely by volunteers with the Verde Historical Society and is based out of the old Clemenceau School on Willard Street in Cottonwood.
The museum is dedicated to preserving the early history of the community, once named Clemenceau after the former French prime minister who led his nation during World War I. He was a friend of James Douglas, the man who established the community to support mining operations for the United Verde Extension copper smelter, back when that precious metal was the bread and butter for the Verde Valley.
As the mining industry eventually declined, the community of Clemenceau became part of the city of Cottonwood when the town incorporated.
The sale is set for Friday and Saturday, Oct. 3 and 4, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the museum in the old school auditorium.
To read the full story, see the Wednesday, Sept. 10, edition of the Cottonwood Journal Extra.
