Sleeping Quarters Exhibit
click the photo to continue
Mystery of Room 8
The Kelso Depot was home to a mysterious mystery that had tongues wagging. Waitresses in Room 8 upstairs began to disappear one after another; this would happen when it was pitch dark outside. These young, polite, well-mannered women vanished in the blink of an eye, leaving many people dumbfounded.Some people thought the depot had been built on ground considered hallowed, and others felt a hex was emplaced on that section of desert. But nobody could ever find any evidence of an old graveyard or some spell attached to the land.
When any of these waitresses disappeared, new girls took their place and later also vanished. This went on for so long that people started noticing the pattern, and finally, the mystery was solved.
These ladies were so lonely, working in that desolate and remote place, that they would fall for the first gentleman who came along and promised them a new life away from the desert. Any curse or ghost wasn't taking them; they were just finding an exit from that lonely situation.
End.
Building Exterior
Front of depot
Arcade from east
Arcade from west
Tracks from front
Main Floor
Lobby
Beanery
Theatre
Exhibit room
Exhibit room
Exhibit room
Exhibit room
Bookstore
Exhibit room
Baggage room
Ticket/Telegraph Office
Conductor's Office
Second Floor
Exhibit room
Exhibit room
Exhibit room
Exhibit room
Sleeping quarters
Sleeping quarters
Library
Map room
Basement
Meeting Room