Campo Stone Store Museum

The Mountain Empire Historical Society and Campo Stone Store Museum invite you to shop our online bookstore. https://www.cssmus.org/bookstore.html Many publications are also available at our Campo Museum Bookstore.

UPDATE: We will not be opening the museum this weekend. The Governor has shut down museums again. We will keep you posted as to when we will be open. Thank you! The Campo Stone Store Museum will reopen on Saturday, July 4th (11 am - 4 pm). Looking forward to seeing visitors again!

Dear loyal historians, The Mountain Heritage newsletter is a quarterly publication with reports and stories of historic happenings in the back country. You can receive this newsletter for free when joining the Mountain Empire Historical Society. Or you can pick one up at the museum. To introduce you to this newsletter we have decided to give you a little insight into what you might read. Every so often we will be publishing one of the stories from past or recent editions of t...he newsletter here on Facebook. More information is given below the story for how to become a volunteer or a member of the Historical Society. Marbles of Every Shape, Size, and Color By Larry Johnson Gary Gulley of Lake Morena recently donated his large collection of marbles to our historical society. After collecting them from Gary, cleaning and storing them, a memory from the distant past sneaked forcefully back into my conscience. My personal involvement with marbles started when I was in the second grade in North Carolina in 1943. I had gotten about 10 new marbles in a leather bag for Christmas. I proceeded to take them to school where during recess, there were marble games in the corners of the playground. Some kids were already very good shooters, had good oversize clearies to shoot with and were clever at introducing the novice to a game of keeps. My marbles did not last very long in the 2-foot diameter arena. My opponent cocked and aimed his marble loaded fist/thumb rifle combo at my innocent marbles in the circle, then proceeded to sequentially shoot and knock each of my marbles out of the circle as his oversized clearie managed to stick in a new optimum location for the next shot on my marbles. He never missed, I never got a shot, and I learned a painful lesson about being careful when dealing with people with more experience than myself. Back to Gary’s marble donation; there are 21 groups, a wide variety of sizes, colors and ages. We would like to know more about them, such as value, age, origin, history, etc. We thank Gary for his donation of this collection of marbles which triggered an old memory. If you have knowledge and experience in this area, we would appreciate hearing from you. To get in touch with Larry and offer your marble expertise, please call the museum at (619) 663-1885 or (619) 478- 5566. The museum is always looking for people who would like to be part of our museum. To volunteer click this link: https://cssmus.org/volunteer_opportunities.html To become a member please click this link: https://cssmus.org/membership_form.html If you would like to become a member click this link: https://cssmus.org/donation_form.html The museum is open each Saturday and Sunday from 11:00 am to 4:00 pm.

Hello All, With the fast and extensive developments in the last few days related to the COVID-19 (Corona-virus) in the world, in the US and now in California, we will be closing the Museum to visitors until about June 6. We can then reevaluate the risk to the public and to our Docents at our Museum. I feel that our group of volunteers are more susceptible and we don’t need to take any unnecessary chances. Thank you. Larry Johnson - President

Campo Stone Store is need of volunteers (Docents)! Once a month(Sat or Sun)11am-4pm to welcome visitors. If any history buffs or anyone wanting to get involved in the community, please contact Arvy @ 619-478-5566. Thanks!

Congratulations to our two scholarship recipients! Sujhey Rosas and Trevor Elliott! Class of 2019 Mountain Empire High School.

For all of you Amazon shoppers, please support the Campo Stone Store Museum with donations from Amazon Smile. Every order you place on Amazon Smile a contribution will be made to us. Thank you for your support!

Are you new to the back country? If so, you might like to visit the Gaskill Brother Stone Store Museum in Campo. If you're a Campo local, you pass it every time you go to the green store. It's the stone building you see when you cross the railroad tracks. Well, let me tell you, there is a lot of history in that building! For a short presentation please visit their website: http://cssmus.org/our_history.html Then go visit the museum and take the kids along. Teach them the his...tory of our area and how much it has influenced the way we live now. Museum hours are 11am - 3pm Saturdays and Sundays. Shirts, books and afghans for sale!

The Museum is open today until 4pm, but is closed tomorrow in observance of Easter Sunday.

We will soon have books, hats, quilts and shirts available for sale on our website. You will be able to use your credit card or PayPal. Please help us keep the history of our area. Thank you. If you just can’t wait, visit us at the museum on Saturdays and Sundays from 11am to 3pm. ... www.cssmus.org