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By: Brad

As my friends and I walked, excitedly up to the Welsh House I saw a balcony with fence around it. There was a white wooden door. I walked into the Welsh House with my friends. It looked newer than in the past. They have turned it into a cool museum. We looked at all the boards that had information on them. We touched the flat walls. The rough floor smelled but it smelled nice not old and musty. The kitchen is small and so is the bathroom. The stairway led up to the top floor where meetings are held. The stairs had blue carpet on them that was probably new. Maybe they changed the carpet because the old stuff had worn out.

We walked past some glass cases with really old items in it. There were some boots, probably worn by pioneer men. A dress hung in the glass case also. It was white. I wondered if it was a wedding dress?

My friends and I went into the kitchen. There was a dishwasher, electric stove, microwave, and a telephone. They were all new and I know they were not there in the past because they did not have electricity in the past. We wanted to go upstairs but we could not go because they where having a meeting. So we walked past everything and looked at them again. Then we walked out. I talked to my friends about what the Welsh house would look like in the past when the present is so different.

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