In September, Cory and I finally took a tour of the Palmer Mansion. It was--interesting. It was home to B.J and Mabel Palmer in 1912. B.J Palmer developed chiropractic and D.D Palmer, his father, founded chiropractic.
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It was really interesting. Mind-boggling, even. They were very wealthy and traveled a lot and brought a lot of stuff back with them. For example, they bought a mummy in Egypt. That mummy is now at the Putnam Museum here in town. But it was in their house. They have elephant feet as stool/benches. Like real preserved elephant feet. Along with a bunch of elegantly carved tusks. There is a whole bunch of Bud-hi stuff. They owned all this over the top, crazy stuff.
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| There is a crazy story about that tree in there. He basically felt bad about cutting it down and didn't want to get rid of it, so he put it in his house. And the trunks have intricate carvings all over them. |
He had an organ in this room as well. (Above pic) You can't see it in the picture though. The pipes were in the ceiling.
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| His office. |
This is only a fraction of the craziness that we saw. It was mind blowing.
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