| BETWEEN FENCES opens in Cottonwood The Verde Historical Society/Clemenceau Heritage Museum hosted their Between Fences grand opening in Cottonwood on May 3, 2008. |
| (above) Fences photo collages were created by fourth grade students from the Cottonwood Oak Creek School District and at the American Heritage Academy. |
| (left) Museum volunteer Barbara Evans and Exhibit Director/Between Fences project director Mary Liggit use the Smithsonian’s fence wall to demonstrate good neighbor relations. |
| The turnout was excellent for Cottonwood’s opening ceremonies. |
| Local Girl Scout troops helped artist Julie Flatt create a permanent mural in the museum that reflects the Verde Valley’s fence history. |
| Museum visitors explore the Smithsonian exhibit. |
| A screen from the museum’s video exhibit on fence types in the region. |
| Scholar Ed Williams demonstrates the Lincoln photo opportunity embedded in the Smithsonian exhibit. |
| The opening day cake displayed two different fence types, the post and the barbed wire. |
| The museum’s train room recreates most of the communities in the Verde Valley, and illustrates their train track boundaries. |