Dr. Frank R. Burroughs Home & Depot Museum

Railroad telegraphers station This is a rare, intact, and functioning example of a railroad telegraphers station inside the former Northern Pacific Railway depot. The telegrapher was responsible for handling railroad communications, and both sending and receiving Western Union telegrams. How it represents the community's American experience: The telegraphers station at the railroad depot was the […]

Harris Family Rocking Chair This 19th century rocking chair belonged to the Jared Harris family, who brought it with them in a covered wagon from Wisconsin to Ritzville via South Dakota. The Harris family homesteaded in Ritzville and the chair remained in the family until 2020, when they donated it to the Dr. Frank R. […]