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The Museum is housed in the Zimmerman House which was built in 1908 by Earnest Campbell and sold to E.H. Zimmerman in 1913. The Zimmerman family lived in the house until 1956 when it was purchased by the County. The Tread of Pioneers Museum opened in the house and was founded in 1959 by a group of Routt County residents concerned with preserving the memories and artifacts of Routt County's unique and colorful past. The Museum's name is derived from a John Greenleaf Whittier quotation: "I hear the tread of the pioneers of nations yet to be, the first low wash of waves where soon will roll a human sea."
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