3/20/2025 - Oracle Historical Society Museum

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The Oracle Historical Society Museum is located at Acadia Ranch in Oracle, Arizona.  In this museum you see a lot of different artifacts on things about Oracle.  Here is some information about this building.

Originally the headquarters of a ranch the Acadia was built around 1880 by ES Dodge who owned a boarding house in Tucson and moved to Oracle for Mrs. Dodge's health.  He named it the Acadia after the settlement in Nova Scotia where they originally lived.

From 1885-1901 the Acadia served as Oracle's Post Office after it was moved from American Flag Ranch.  Dodge wanted to name the post office Acadia Ranch, but the USPS would not allow a two-word name, so he chose "Oracle" after one of the first mines in the area established by Weldon and McKay.  Weldon named the mine after the ship he had taken around Cape Horn, "The Oracle."



In 1914 Mr. and Mrs. William Neal, owners of the Mountain View Hotel bought the Acadia and operated both until 1923 when they sold to William Trowbridge of New York City, who also purchased the Triangle L Ranch.

In 1945 Katherine Trowbridge sold Acadia to Mr. and Mrs. Reginald Ramsay for their family home.  In the early 1950's Mrs. Ramsay operated a beauty parlor in one of the front rooms.



The newly organized Oracle Historical Society bought the Acadia in 1978 for use as a museum.  In 1984 the Acadia Ranch building was placed on the National Register of Historic Places.






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