OPENING OF MUSEUM. 
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conchology and mineralogy she was assisted by 
Prof. G — — and the Colorado State geologist, 
J.A.S . 
. The following account of the formal opening 
of the museum we copy from the Boulder News 
of that date : 
“ The event of the week was the opening of 
the Rocky Mountain Museum, — an event cele- 
brated with flags and music, as befitted an occa- 
sion so significant of benefit to this country. The 
Boulder brass band and the string band were out. 
The exhibition itself created quite a sensation ; 
the collection of curiosities and specimens being 
unexpectedly full and fine. Mrs. Maxwell is 
indefatigable in her profession as taxidermist and 
collector in natural history. As one of the vis- 
itors last evening enthusiastically remarked, — 
4 Why, she has everything in air, sea, earth or 
under the earth imaginable/ 
“ It is well called the 4 Rocky Mountain Mu- 
seum/ as she and her assistant, Professor Glass, 
have laid the whole Rocky Mountain region 
under tribute for representatives of its fauna, 
fossils and minerals. Her visit to the Pacific 
coast last season was for the express purpose of 
collecting, for this museum, relics, curious speci- 
mens and objects of interest in natural history; 
and it is wonderful how much her tact and en- 
ergy have accomplished. Every beast of the 
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