Ramah Museum

Please call for the schedule or to make appointments for tours.
Normal schedule: Friday 1 - 4 pm and Saturday 10 am to 1 pm.

Reed Anderson new: reedand@direcway.com
Fran Anderson new: franand@direcway.com

Ramah was first settled in 1882 as a mission outpost for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Their work was concentrated among the Navajo and Zuni.
A dam started by the pioneers in 1883 was destroyed by floods twice. The current dam, 1906, maintains Ramah Lake, a favorite fishing spot.
The first permanent store was started by the Master Brothers form England in 1901. There are many historical buildings.
The Ramah museum features a pioneer room, a Native American room, a military veterans' room, and a Bond family room.

A visitor's report

The following was written by a Thoreau HS teacher in 2003 after a visit with his/ her team to Ramah for a volleyball game in 2004. The volleyball team made a trip to Ramah and that day, in order to get the athletes some exercise, we took a walk around the town. During the walk, some of the girls shared stories about their culture- in particular