KELSEYVILLE, Calif. – A double barrel, black powder shotgun carried across the plains by Robert Henderson as he traveled to Lake County with a wagon train recently was donated to the Ely Stage Stop Museum by Robert's great-grand daughter, Carolyn Henderson-Rohner.

The museum is run by Lake County Historical Society volunteers who are dedicated to caring for these important pieces of Lake County history.

The museum and these pieces of our past are maintained so the public can learn about Lake County's early days.

But the museum needs your help. Many items are needed by the volunteers to do their job in preserving and interpreting the past.

Be a part of preserving Lake County's past for the enjoyment of and education about Lake County's future.

Ely Stage Stop wish list

Miscellaneous: Small old-fashioned side tables for porch, old wash tubs for ice and cold drinks on the porch (holes in them is OK), antique dining table.

Office supplies: Copy paper, banker's boxes, bookshelf, vertical storage.

Gardening tools and equipment: Rakes, shovels, hoes, trowels, push brooms, gas-powered weed eater, hoses and nozzles, garden gloves and leather work gloves, a resident tractor to live at Ely permanently, mower for the tractor to live at Ely permanently, wheelbarrows, industrial fans for the barn.

Shop tools: Acetylene/oxygen torch set (with tanks), work bench, vise, tool box, hand tools, 6 foot step ladder; 100 foot 12/3 extension cord, 5 gallon propane bottle; 25- and 50-foot tape measures.

Wood: Old wood is needed for siding on the barns that will be constructed at Ely. If someone donates a barn or out building, Ely volunteers can help take it down in exchange for the wood.

If you have any of these items that need a new home please contact the museum at 707-533-9990 or send an email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .

Remember that donations to the Ely Stage Stop are tax-deductible.

Stop by the museum at 9921 Soda Bay Road (Highway 281) in Kelseyville (near Clear Lake Riviera, just north of Highway 29-Kit's Corner).

Current hours of operation are 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. each Saturday and Sunday.

Visit www.elystagestop.com or www.lakecountyhistory.org , or check out the museum's Facebook page at www.facebook.com/elystagestop .