We invite you to walk into a Vanishing America at the Kelly-Griggs House Museum. The classical Victorian showplace was built early in the 1880's by sheepman Sidney Allen Griggs and purchased by the Kelly family in the 1930s . . . hence the name Kelly-Griggs.

Follow the Kelly Guide through the elegantly renovated rooms where Victorian garbed mannequins "live" among the authentic antique furnishings, through the Emmet Pendleton Stairway gallery with paintings spanning more than a century; the Ishi Room with the Isensee exhibit of "the last wild Indian" and other local Indian exhibits; and the Pioneer Room with priceless possessions and photographs from Tehama County's past.

The Kelly-Griggs House museum Association was organized in 1965, as a nonprofit, educational corporation for the sole purpose of purchasing the 1880 house from the last remaining Kelly and renovating it to "help preserve the past for the present and future generations." The Museum is supported entirely by memberships, donations and fundraising events. Admission is by volunteer donations. Hours are from 1 until 4 P.M. Thursday through Sunday, closed holidays. Groups are shown through at other times by appointment.