An interesting visitor

Tuesday Ruth Ellen Gruber came into the Depot. She is related to Joe Simon, the much missed proprietor of Simon's Department store, and was looking for details for her family genealogy. We showed her a picture we have in our collection of Joe back in the 1940s and found a little bit of printed material about him and his store.

Ruth is a writer and a very accomplished one. She writes travel pieces and other articles for the New York Times, the International Herald Tribune and other newspapers and has written at least two books on Jewish heritage in Europe. She lives in Italy. Read more about her at her web site:www.ruthellengruber.com

She is currently working on a project/book that looks into European images of the American West. Our little museum does have interesting visitors!